With the release of Hogwarts Legacy and J. K. Rowling’s ever-growing TERF behavior, everything about the Harry Potter franchise is being re-evaluated. Many former fans are finally coming to realize Rowling’s use of bank-running goblins is an antisemitic trope. A trope that the developers of the Hogwarts Legacy video game kept as one of the central elements of their story.

Hogwarts Legacy tried to pivot away from Rowling’s transphobic rhetoric by tossing in a transgender non-playable character that fans are less than thrilled with. One point of contention with this new character is her name: Sirona Ryan. The prefix “Sir” seems a little strange. But honestly, it continues the tradition of the terrible name tradition started by Rowling. There are dumb names that are way too on the nose like Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. With her non-British and non-white characters, Rowling goes from silly to completely racist. Let’s refresh ourselves with Rowling’s stereotypical and racist character names.

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