lohdunlaulamalla
lohdunlaulamalla t1_iuhptew wrote
Reply to The Witcher by Live-Needleworker-60
>They're super misogynistic.
I looked into the Witcher subreddit, when Henry Cavill announced that he was leaving the series, because I wanted to see how the fans reacted to this. Apart from some reasonable comments that suspected he couldn't do both, now that he's Superman again, there were many who believed that he could no longer bear the butchering of the story and characters that he so loved.
Given all that I know about Henry Cavill (dates very young women and had a problematic first reaction to #metoo), that might even be true.
I initially wanted to read the books, because I very much enjoyed the Netflix show, but I passed on them, when I became aware, what exactly people were complaining about in the show versus the books. No thanks to the misogyny.
I think book and video game Geralt is a "I wish this was me" character to a certain kind of man, as is "hot nerd" Henry Cavill. What they fail to understand is that a true-to-the-book TV show would have been slaughtered by the critics (and rightly so), if it had ever been green-lit. They may think that "pandering" to "wokeness" and "political correctness" doesn't matter, but any adaptation that only aims to please the fans of the source material won't get the viewing numbers necessary to make it a sound investment. Alienating 50 % of humanity isn't helpful, when you have a large CGI budget.
lohdunlaulamalla t1_iuhodra wrote
Reply to I finally bought an ex libris stamp but now I’m not sure where to stamp my books! by epdoncloudnine
I usually stamp the inside of the front cover or (if that's not possible) the title page. Either can't be removed without the missing page being clearly noticeable.
lohdunlaulamalla t1_iuhtzix wrote
Reply to comment by donjohndijon in If you ever loved Enders Game, or science fiction in general, check out some of Card's other series. by donjohndijon
>But I do wonder, how do you feel about reading books you own?
Bit late to this thread, but I can chime in here. Learning about Card's beliefs made me not want to read his books anymore, even though I'd enjoyed some of them.
I only ever had his books on Kindle, but I used to own several novels by a somewhat famous author from my country, who eventually came out as a racist and misogynistic asshole. The kind that gives speeches at rallyes. That was reason enough for me to ban him from my shelves, because I knew I wouldn't read those books again and I didn't want to be associated with his bigotry or seen to be tacitly endorcing his views by keeping them. Originally I'd planned to sell them and donate the proceeds to a charity that works with female refugees, but I couldn't find a second hand shop willing to take them. In the end, they landed in the trash and good riddance.
I haven't been able to stay away from my Harry Potter audiobooks, but I make a point not to spend any money on their author. No movie tickets, no "first hand" buying of books or merchandise.