Quidditch rebrand

[McDuffy]

As is the case lately, comments are thhe best bit!

Quidditch now ‘quadball’ to distance sport from JK Rowling over her views on transgender issues

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/d63a49b0-084e-11ed-8c31-545bf77a6173?shareToken=d69106ed8448134fd0160dade102c1b8

Until "quadball" is actually played on broomsticks, who cares? Quidditch will always be associated with JKR, all they have is a slightly sad derivative.

🤣 fighting the important issues!

It’s really pathetic. They’re showing their ignorance by continuing to label her as a bigot. Clearly showing that they have never read a word the woman said.

I saw the news on Instagram and happily the comments were much the same feeling - what a bunch of idiots

Oddball? Perfect.

DH told me about this last night. He couldn’t stop laughing because the ‘game’ is so bonkers already, once you decouple it from quidditch it just looks stupid.

I've been thrown off yet another Potted fan group for suggesting people educate themselves in regards to what she actually said. These people are seriously crazy!

People running around with a broomstick between their legs pretending they are flying, that's a group who should be taken seriously.

It’s so funny, they play a fake game meant to be played on brooms so not really winning the cool points there. And I’m sure there is a copyright issue here too because has JKR ever given permission for the name to be used?

Bit of publicity for them. Probably worried about copyright infringement.

Thing about cosplay and larping of sci-fi/fantasy characters and concepts is that there is a spectrum between "harmless nerdy fun" and "you just look like a dickhead". Doing this just goes to the dickhead end.

Mind you, AGPs are sinister larping so it fits with the brand.

I used to see them play on a green near us. They looked like absolute idiots.

As McDuffy pointed out - the comments are great. It's a pleasure to see how many men now "get" this issue and speak out in support of JKR

JKR has a reputation for being/having been extremely generous with people over her intellectual property rights - so small makers on Etsy & the like, even if they’re coining it in, ditto “Harry Potter Tours”, she’s let them go about [t]he[i]r business.

I’m sure someone will show up to say she’s a gazillionaire so she can totally afford to let people piggyback off her work without taking her cut/getting them shut down - but that’s not the point. Lots of brands actively hunt down anyone who might even be thinking of making money by association. Rowling continues to genuinely Be Kind (& really very generous) by letting even people who are abusive towards her profit from the world she built & shared with us.

I’d suggest that people playing a game where they run around with a broomstick between their legs as if they’re flying, probably don’t have the best grip on reality at the best of times. As a PP said, without the explanation of the HP link via the original name, they just look like idiots.

I mean, we ran round on hobby horses when we were little but we grew out of that. This is just hobby horses for the perpetually infantile.

Quidditch now ‘quadball’ to distance sport from JK Rowling over her views on transgender issues

It’s another wrong headline though, isn’t it? Should be:

“Quidditch now ‘quadball’ to distance sport from JK Rowling over her support for women’s rights”

It really is quite ridiculous. Once it stops being a playful nod to Harry Potter it's just running around with a broom between your legs!

“In the books the snitch is a small flying ball; in the real-life sport it is a tennis ball attached to the shorts of a runner wearing a yellow shirt.”

oh my god and this is played by adults? As a laugh I guess I could understand but do they take it seriously?

I mean, we ran round on hobby horses when we were little but we grew out of that. This is just hobby horses for the perpetually infantile.

Yes indeed. Mummy mustn’t have any rights. Mummy must stay in thrall to me, the mighty toddler, the irrepressible infant. Mummy must do whatever I say, whenever I say it.

Oh I’m tired and cross. I need to have a tantrum now at Mummy. Then I’ll throw all my food in her face. Then I’ll have a nice cry.

Its a wee bit pathetic

Although I’d argue the word ‘more’ should be in here

As a PP said, without the explanation of the HP link via the original name, they just look like idiots

😀

That’s so true.

I love the idea of people playing quidditch. It's the ultimate homage to her books.

I also adore the idea that these people can't bring themselves to just walk away from what they now find so distasteful- they want to have their cake, and eat it. Surprise surprise!

Rebranding will be about the money.
As @NitroNine pointed out branding is big business.
The game is stupid enough to never be a ultra-compeditive activity and funny enough to be a good excuse for an organised kick-around before beer.
Someone will be looking to make money off the rights to the new branding.

It always struck me as being more ‘University Rag Week’ than stag weekend!

I've been amazed for years that JK didn't sue these weirdos for misusing the trademarked name she came up with. It's bloody weird for adults to run round with a stick between their legs pretending to fly - idiotic. I bet she is delighted.

I saw this yesterday and it upset me but everyone's comments today are cheering me up nicely 😄