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JK Rowling sounds like an incredibly talented author. Most people just massage things into place. Reuse tropes. But you're saying she baked her worldview into practically every sentence?
If I see ugliness in the world, I might express it as I see it. I don't have to think something is right for me to include it in a story. Do you think I'm special? Am I the only person capable of writing things that I don't necessarily support? Everyone else is forced to include things they personally would vote for. If you write about slavery, that means you love slavery. Is it weird that I'm capable of being against slavery, yet it's possible for me to include it in stories? Should I be using this power?
I didn't realize Rowling was one of the best authors. I thought she just reused things without really thinking. I never knew it was 100% meticulous and so... thought out. I don't think even Tolkien can be said to inject so much meaning into every single page.
You realize she didn't write about slaves right? She made the main character a slave owner and had a plot point about how much the slaves love being slaves and dobby is just weird for not wanting to be a slave.
I can't speak to that. But I can say that I don't think that sentiment applies to her. And I think there's a difference between a viewpoint that one can objectively examine from both sides, and a bias, that is so deeply ingrained to one's psyche that it colors how one perceives the world. And yes, I do think both things exist.