the creator of a twitter account that shares animalpetting game animations has described a new low for the project after the ability to interact with animals in hogwarts legacy was revealed yesterday several hogwarts legacy previews including our own were published revealing some smaller gameplay details including features like swimming potterfocused twitter account harrypotterfilm noted that players can stroke cats ingame tagging the official can you pet the dog account in their discovery that connection wasnt wellreceived by the accounts creator tristan cooper who quotetweeted to say that it was a new low for cyptd cooper said that hed put so much time into something that people like only for it to be absorbed into the marketing machine for a game that benefits harry potter series creator jk rowling who cooper describes as abominablethis is a new low point for cyptd i put so much time into something that people like only for it to be absorbed into the marketing machine benefitting an abominable terf 25 2023see morecooper goes on to praise the animation itself but says that in the end the game lines the pockets of someone awful who they say is at the forefront of a recent rise in negative sentiment against trans people i just cant see how thats in any way redeemablewhile hogwarts legacy seems likely to sell very well the runup to launch has seen a spate of protests about the game ranging from creative use of steams tagging system to an outright ban on all discussion of the game on one of the internets biggest forumsalthough she is not involved in the development of hogwarts legacy gamesradar acknowledges the role of jk rowling in the creation of the wizarding world as well as her publiclystated harmful views regarding the rights of transgender people if youd like to learn more weve attempted to outline the controversy around hogwarts legacy here if youd like to offer your support to the communities affected by rowlings rhetoric consider donating to the national center for transgender equality in the us or mermaids in the uk