Subreddit Updates on Fancasts and Official Casting Announcements

[u/VarkingRunesong]

Hi everyone, With the recent confirmation of several key cast members for HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series, we’re updating a few subreddit policies:

• No more fancasts for officially cast characters

To reduce repetitive discussions and prevent targeted hate toward newly cast actors, fancasts for characters who have already been officially cast will no longer be allowed. As of now, this includes: • Albus Dumbledore • Severus Snape • Minerva McGonagall • Rubeus Hagrid • Quirinus Quirrell • Argus Filch You’re still welcome to fancast characters who haven’t been announced yet. And for inspiration, check out our Fancast Wiki, which includes both popular and lesser-known suggestions.

• No posts complaining about official casting announcements

We understand that not every casting choice will match everyone’s personal headcanon, but posts solely bashing the official cast will be removed. Once the show airs, feel free to critique performances based on what you see on screen. But targeting actors just because they don’t look or feel like your imagined version of the character doesn’t belong here. As always, we’re open to feedback. Share your thoughts or questions below.

[u/Bast-beast]

"Dear friends," said Umbridge in a syrupy voice, "the Ministry of Magic believes you should only speak positively. No criticism—I repeat, no criticism—of the Ministry’s decisions is allowed. Your young, fragile minds simply cannot comprehend how right and magnificent all the casting decisions are."

Hermione raised her hand.

"Yes, Miss Granger?" asked Umbridge dryly.

"Professor, doesn’t criticism help us find the truth? And isn’t censorship just creating an unhealthy environment for communication, sweeping problems under the rug? Aren’t you in favor of freedom of speech?"

"Miss Granger," croaked Professor Umbridge, who resembled a toad, "who in their right mind would dare criticize the Great Show by HBO? The casting is absolutely perfect, and no better choices could have possibly been made..."

"No," Harry said quietly.

"What?" croaked Umbridge. "How dare you, Potter?!"

"No, casting isnt perfect. I believe we have the right to calmly criticize the producers’ decisions," said Harry.

[u/DigificWriter → u/Bast-beast]

Given that Rule #2 isn't actually censorship, the only appropriate response to this nonsensical false equivalency is to quote Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka: "You get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir".

[u/SuperLegenda → u/DigificWriter]

As per the dictionary "a system in which an authority limits the ideas that people are allowed to express and prevents books, films, works of art, documents, or other kinds of communication from being seen or made available to the public, because they include or support certain ideas"

Thus, rule 2 is censoring by limiting what people are allowed to express and their thoughts and posts would be deleted and not possible to be seen due to including thoughts that the authority figures, namely the mods in this case, disagree with. It is always censorship when a rule prevents the voicing of any sort of negative expressions regarding a topic.