Hey everyone,

I started a couple of Harry Potter themed communities focused on various Harry Potter Ships, they’re based off of the Subreddits with the same names, and I’m looking for some potential moderators to help manage them, as well as some potential users.

Drarry:

https://literature.cafe/c/drarry

For fans of Harry Potter x Draco Malfoy

HarryandGinny:

https://literature.cafe/c/harry_and_ginny

For fans of Harry Potter x Ginny Weasley

Hpharmony:

https://literature.cafe/c/hp_harmony

For fans of Harry Potter x Hermione Granger

  • Magister SieranEnglish
    19•1 month ago

    I’m not sure Lemmy is big enough to have communities for specific ships.

    • cabbageEnglish
      2•1 month ago

      Then again, people seem to be looking for alternatives to big tech lately. There’s probably interested people out there, but it might be more efficient to recruit outside of Lemmy.

      I don’t know what a ship is and after checking out a community I still don’t understand, but I hope they are successful whatever it is they are doing. :)

    • @vzq@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11•1 month ago

      It’s not a very popular topic on Lemmy

      Yeah. There are a lot of trans and queer users around here, and anything to do with the High Transphobe of TERF Island is bound to get a bit of the cold shoulder.

      And rightly so.

      • sunzu2
        0•1 month ago

        Well that’s people voting with their feet which is their right.

        The same way people who like potter have right to do their sin in peace in a some corner of fedi.

      • Teknevra (She/Her) OPEnglish
        5•1 month ago

        I completely understand where you’re coming from.

        I happen to be Queer myself (MtF, Pansexual, although all of my life, I have been forced to present as Male.)

        Where I am coming from is:

        1.) As the other commenter mentioned, there’s no monetary value for JKR for there to be HP-Themed communities.

        2.) By making Fics, “non-canon” pairings, Fan-Art, etc., YOU control the initiative.

        I.e, you want Harry to be gay, make him gay, want him to be trans, BAM!, now he’s Trans.

        You can make him Gay /Straight/Black/White/Fat/Slim/Good/Evil/etc.

        Same thing with all of the other characters.

        Don’t let JKR win by ruining it for you.

        3.) It’s not like I set up a requirement that everyone who joins has to donate to a gofundme for JKR, Joining and participating is COMPLETELY free.

        IDK, just my two cents.

        • AdaEnglish
          4•1 month ago

          As the other commenter mentioned, there’s no monetary value for JKR for there to be HP-Themed communities.

          Yes there is, because it helps keep her relevant

      • Blaze (he/him)English
        7•1 month ago

        That community is doing okay. From an ethical perspective, the author doesn’t get any benefit from us posting meme or fan arts about that universe.

        • @vzq@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3•1 month ago

          That’s totally ok. I know there are critiques of that, but by and large I don’t agree with them.

          It’s just that thinking about Harry Potter stuff makes me think of the wicked witch of the TERFs, and that makes me sad. And angry.

          And I need to save my anger for other stuff right now.

    • Teknevra (She/Her) OPEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      I actually originally applied for an account on leaky_cauldron, but I never got a response back, so instead I decided to make one on Literature.Cafe

        • Teknevra (She/Her) OPEnglish
          1•1 month ago

          Is it just me, or does anyone else think that diagonlemmy feels somewhat dead?

          Like, all of the posts only have one upvote, and the whole community just doesn’t feel very active, at least IMO.

          • Blaze (he/him)English
            4•1 month ago

            Alright so I just manually parsed the comments theree: https://literature.cafe/post/16567061

            The federation seems to be a bit clunky between your instance and that community.

            the whole community just doesn’t feel very active, at least IMO.

            Even beyond the federation issues, that’s unfortunately the level of activity for HP on Lemmy at the moment. I’ve been trying to post there every few days, but I’m mostly the only one with @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works

            We can usually quite a few votes and some comments, but that’s it. You can maybe create a post there to promote your communities as well. The community still has 532 subscribers, all of them interested by HP, so you might find a few people into ships

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)English
    16•1 month ago

    No offense intended, but… Attempting to create Harry Potter themed communities while JK Rowling holds the rights to them, on a social media platform with a huge trans/enby population, doesn’t seem like it would go very far.

    As much as I enjoy Harry Potter, fuck Rowling and I will be looking forward to the day she dies or sells the IP.

    • threelonmusketeersEnglish
      5•1 month ago

      I think that “The Death of the Author” applies even if the author is still alive. Just because a creator is or has become a jerk doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy their work.

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)English
        7•1 month ago

        Not when the author proudly flaunts the fact that every dime spent on her works goes towards eradicating trans people. (Yes, that was a bit hyperbolic, but she absolutely has stated that if you’re enjoying Harry Potter then you’re helping her fight against trans people).

        To be fair, I honestly enjoy Harry Potter. However, I don’t want to give people the temptation to buy books or go see movies.

  • threelonmusketeersEnglish
    3•1 month ago

    I’m not particularly interested in the non-canon ships, but I suppose I could take the Harry and Ginny one. I don’t (yet) have an account on literaturecafe though, which could present moderation challenges.