This may be the most rainbow-y form of optimistic there is, but hear me out... Wouldn't it be amazing, in terms of sheer, unbridled, impotent tranny rage, if this new Harry Potter show came out and was a universally beloved, instant, massive, genre-defining, money-spinning hit that changes the media landscape forever? If it becomes THE fandom of the current zeitgeist?
I mean, look at the competition. Disney have absolutely cratered Star Wars - nobody cares about that shit any more - and Marvel's been on pretty fucking shaky footing for a while now, with most people feeling like they've kind of worn out their welcome, post-Endgame. Game of Thrones, which dominated pop culture for much of the last decade, had such an abysmal, disappointing finale, that nowadays, nobody talks about it at all, and Rings of Power with its strong black female dwarves has not captured the popular imagination the way that Lord of the Rings did in the 2000s.
I'm not saying it will - and to be honest, I don't
think it will - but the board is clear for J.K. Rowling's boy-wizard to swoop in and literally take it all, and can you imagine the fallout from the troon platoon if it does? The absolute catastrophic levels of seethe and cope and butthurt? Please let this happen, God, it would be so fucking funny.