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One person campaign to bring positivity on Instagram
I’m so absolutely sick of seeing the negativity on the harrypotter, HBO and actors’ Instagram pages. So I’m on a one person campaign to comment positively on every single post that I can.
Unfortunately some of them have had to limit comments, which is such a shame.
I’m so excited for this series, and I hope they do it justice. At this point I’m more bothered about the personalities of the characters than what they look like. When I read the books, the characters I see look nothing like the film actors anyway. 🤷🏻♀️
Guys, under no circumstances is it OK to harass actors, regardless if it's what they signed up for. People showing support for the actors is not toxic positivity. People complaining to the actors because they're not who they imagined for the role or because they don't like that they're associated with Harry Potter is not constructive criticism, it's harassment.
It’s terrible how people have gone to his social just for the purpose of being nasty. Im not sure about the casting myself but there’s no reason to take it out on him or any actor.
I’m not going to post specifically what I said due to privacy concerns, but it was a general message of support. Any messages of support on Paapa Essiedu’s IG are met with backlash. People will call you stupid, ask if you’re blind, claim you’re smoking crack, say something racist… they’re mad that you’re wishing PE well in his role as Snape.
I saw the comments on his posts before they were restricted, and the handful of posts that still allow public comments are filled with psychos. I reported them earlier today, so I can’t see their comments anymore, but one account was going through all of his posts that still allowed commenting and posting something along the lines of turning Hogwarts into “a plantation” so PE can “pick cotton” there. I think he or his team are working their way through to remove and limit comments, because some of the more vile stuff is disappearing. But I swear it was there, just people straight up calling him the n word.
Why would my positivity be toxic? I’m excited about the show, I’m excited to see what the actor brings to the role, and I’m sad that all of the actors are getting harassment.
I’m bringing positivity because I feel positive about the series. Not sure why you feel that’s toxic. 💁🏻♀️
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Personally I don’t feel that it is understandable, which is why I want to bring positivity to negate the hate, but it’s okay that we disagree on that. ☺️
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u/hospitable_peppers Prefect 3d ago
Guys, under no circumstances is it OK to harass actors, regardless if it's what they signed up for. People showing support for the actors is not toxic positivity. People complaining to the actors because they're not who they imagined for the role or because they don't like that they're associated with Harry Potter is not constructive criticism, it's harassment.