The only way it could make sense is this convoluted logic: if the celebrities knew fully well he was an abuser, decided to work with him anyway because his company was so financially solid and dependable, but then it turned out the company wasn’t actually solid and it went bankrupt, screwing them over? So it’s like,…

As a kid, I read a review of the first HP book in a Christian Magazine (maybe Focus on the Family, but most likely the Mennonite magazine which was less fundie) before I ever read the series.

Yeah, I hate it when people act like the “court of public opinion” needs to meet the same burden of proof standard as a criminal court. It’s not set up for that.

Agreed, the “only consider quality, not race!” argument always tells on itself.

Re: “I do think it was sort of odd that Zain just showed up to teach her some basics of story structure, though. Just some real basic stuff you could Google.”