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Quidditch looking for a new name "to distance themselves" from JKR

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FannyCann · 19/12/2021 06:48

Also there is the small matter that the name is trademarked be Warner brothers.

But who knew? I certainly had no idea there were to US Quidditch leagues running around with broomsticks between there legs!

Quidditch leagues changing name of sport
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FannyCann · 19/12/2021 06:55

Can hardly wait for comments but meanwhile here's tweet of the day on the topic.

"If you want to distance yourself from the work of J K Rowling, have you considered growing the fuck up and getting a new hobby that doesn’t involve running round a field with a broomstick between your legs pretending you can fly, just a thought."

https://twitter.com/boodleoops/status/1472225903488999430?s=21

They think changing the name will help with sponsorship.....

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Quidditch looking for a new name "to distance themselves" from JKR
Quidditch looking for a new name "to distance themselves" from JKR
Quidditch looking for a new name "to distance themselves" from JKR
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CiaoForDiNiaoSaur · 19/12/2021 07:00
Grin
CatDogAlpaca · 19/12/2021 07:01

Silly sods!

Newforestdonkey · 19/12/2021 07:08

They should obviously cal it quiddicks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

NotBadConsidering · 19/12/2021 07:11

Love this reply 🤣🤣🤣🤣

mobile.twitter.com/film_quiz/status/1472235669334511629

“Our game is called Quizzitch. They’ve got the Golden Snitch, ours is the Golden Snatch. They’ve got the Quaffle, we’ve got the Quiffle. We’ve both got three Chasers, two Beaters, the Keeper and the Seeker, but their broomsticks are the other way round”

VerveClique · 19/12/2021 07:17

How dare you say they can’t fly!! Literal violence.

Moolia · 19/12/2021 07:20

Wondering how close this is to hate speech? Villifying someone for their protected belief.

Moolia · 19/12/2021 07:22

@VerveClique

How dare you say they can’t fly!! Literal violence.
Of course they can fly. But the definition of "flying" now includes anyone who feels like they are flying when they're running.
VerveClique · 19/12/2021 07:25

Thanks @Moolia. I feel more educated now.

CaptainMarvelDanvers · 19/12/2021 07:30

I can’t believe there are actual leagues 🙈🙈

Rightsraptor · 19/12/2021 07:34

Just a hunch, but I think Warner bros. owing the copyright ©️ to the name is really what's important here. Call me cynical.

Just maybe funding is easier to come by if you're not about to find yourself involved in a court case against a massive entertainment conglomeration.

Soontobe60 · 19/12/2021 07:34

It’s pathetic. Both the ‘game’ and the name changing. As my dear mother would say. ‘Grow up and get a proper job’.

Rightsraptor · 19/12/2021 07:34

Owning, not owing.

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FannyCann · 19/12/2021 07:40

Very true @Rightsraptor but I'm sure a little journalistic embroidery is allowed in the pursuit of fun and denial of reality!

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Mummyoflittledragon · 19/12/2021 08:05

Thanks for the laugh this morning. 😂

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FannyCann · 19/12/2021 08:28

Thanks for the laugh this morning. 😂

I am minded of the letter from Sir Archibald Clerk Kerr sharing a little light in the dark days of the war.

We mustn't be mean and selfish when a little brightness is shed even by the DM.

lettersofnote.com/2009/10/28/we-all-feel-like-that-now-and-then/

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BraveBananaBadge · 19/12/2021 08:49

Just a hunch, but I think Warner bros. owing the copyright ©️ to the name is really what's important here. Call me cynical.

It's exactly what's important here, as it says in the story - which is hilarious as well as maddening, for the Twitter reaction and the fact the game is described with a straight face as "a contact sport with broomsticks". Grin

These people who want to profit from JKR while pretending she doesn't exist really are the worst little shits. But then again reality isn't their strong suit.

Linguini · 19/12/2021 08:53

Spectacular reference FannyCann 🤣

FrancescaContini · 19/12/2021 09:00

Made me laugh, thanks Grin

Ghostsintheshelf · 19/12/2021 09:02

Taking credit away from the woman who created something is so progressive and not at all in line with all the misogyny that took credit away from women like Rosalind Franklin, Lisa Meitner, Zelda Fitzgerald etc.

crumpet · 19/12/2021 09:09

Am still gobsmacked that this appears to be a real game. Played by adults. Mostly men I see, who seem to enjoy running around holding an extended phallus.

God it’s funny though. Not just the playing but the pofaced seriousness of it all!

VelvetChairGirl · 19/12/2021 10:32

Let them distance themselves from their market and fall into obscurity and go bust.

ArtemesiaK · 19/12/2021 10:37

What if one of them has a lapse of memory and accidentally misnames it? The shame! It will be like playing Quidditch on eggshells....

Sportsnight · 19/12/2021 10:42

Surely they’ll have more trouble than the name?She invented the game, so has copyright of that too. Otherwise I can just launch my new board games Quonopoly and Qleudo with no fear of comeback.

IncompleteSenten · 19/12/2021 10:43

They should stop playing it. No matter the name it comes from jkr and since they feel so strongly surely they don't want to keep enjoying it or financially benefitting from it...

Same with the Harry potter lot. Give back the money you earned, stop dining out on your past roles. Don't bash her with your right fist while holding the cash she made you in your left.