Trompe L'oeil
The artist recreates a realistic depiction of the torn paying card, paying attention to the right color and shadow definition of its counterpart.
“Realism Challenge: Playing Card” Artist. Mark Crilley
This behavior is why people are hating on Rowling and future Wizarding World story developments…
Allow me to emphasize what I’ve already said before: it’s because too many people think they liked Harry Potter…it turns out, they’re interest in the series only extends to superficial BS (I.E., nothing to do with the actual story) that doesn’t sustain satisfaction or interest in, you know, the actual story.
EXAMPLES
JK Rowling: Here’s something interesting - horcruxes and how Voldemort used them to attain immortality
Y’all: Whatever, aren’t Hogwart’s houses interesting?
JK Rowling: Here’s a deep exploration of Voldemort’s backstory and family history etc…
Y’all: *Makes joke about Voldemort not having a nose* anyway, aren’t Hogwarts houses SO fucking interesting, like-
JK Rowling: Here’s Snape’s tragic backstory and Pettigrew’s betrayal and Dumbledore’s tragic backstory-
Y’all: Hogwarts. Houses. so. fuCKING. COOL.
JK Rowling: Okay, well here’s an examination of Wizarding communities worldwide and their justice and political systems
Y’all: WAIT, I GOT SOMETHING EVEN BETTER: Hybrid houses!
JK Rowling: Hi, yes, that’s very interesting, but how about an interesting conflict between a clandestine Barty Crouch Jr and his government official father, who ends up-
Y’all: BITCH IM A GRYFINPUFF-
JK Rowling: -UGH here I’ll introduce some badass, flawed new Auror characters and-
Y’all: QUIDDITCH MAKES NO SENSE
JK Rowling: -what about a Fantastic Beasts series exPLORING THE NATURE OF FASCISM IN THE WIZARDING W-
Y’all: ANIMALS?! COOOoool I guess uh
JK Rowling: So, Credence Barebone comes from an abusive anti-magic household and develops a parasite called an Obscurus and it links back to the Dumbledore family and-
Y’all: WHAT? PLEASE FOCUS ON CUTE ANIMALS INSTEAD OF PLOT AND STORY! NIFFLER
JK Rowling: But, I’m an author - this story is about Dumbledore’s untold history and the fight against Grindelwald in the Global Wizarding Wa-
Y’all: BITCH idc where are the chocolate frogs
JK Rowling: …so, here is the Wizarding community of France, the history of the Lestrange family, new in-universe literature, and intriguing themes relating to fascism, Naziism, and modern po-
Y’all: BITCH IM A SLYTERPUFLL
JK Rowling: -AND NEXT INSTALLMENT WE’LL GET MORE DUMBLEDORE BACKSTORY AS WE EXPLORE MORE OF GRINDELWALD’S ARMY AND GO TO THE WIZARDING COMMUNITIES OF BERLIN AND RIO D-
Y’all: QUIDDITCH! SLYTHERDOR MOTHERFUCKER, SHOVE A NIFFLER UP MY ASS, *SQUEE*, WHATS YOUR HOUSE THREESOME, ID FUCK A RAVEN AND A BADGER, IM A RAVENPUFF-
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The point being: STOP BEING OBSESSED WITH IRRELEVANT SHIT! Jesus, there’s so much hate for Rowling now because too many people have ignored her complex and sophisticated storytelling for so long that they don’t know how to follow something that’s extremely plot heavy and dispenses with bullshit like Hogwarts houses and Quidditch, which are ephemeral elements that have existed since book 1.
Once you stop selectively attending to irrelevant shit like Nifflers and magical sports, maybe then you’ll start to understand and like her stories more. Jesus.
TLDR; This is a post reiterating some of the things I said in my two previous rants regarding the reception to The Crimes of Grindelwald and the current nature of Potter fandom that I made because I’m still seeing a lot of the same unfair, aggravating shit being thrown at Rowling and the stories she’s written.
