“I’ve still got your money, so by all means borrow my lighter.”
You don’t need me to introduce you to J.K. Rowling, Queen of Harry Potter and also Twitter.
She often uses her time between writing best-selling, award-winning novels to tweet about current events, often in the best damn way possible.
If the worst they can say about you is you're an OPENLY GAY EX-OLYMPIC FENCER TOP JUDGE, you've basically won life. pic.twitter.com/j8tUTjODuP
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 3, 2016
So it makes sense that she’s been talking a lot recently about President Trump and his policies. Just this weekend, she tweeted this Bible verse in response to an old tweet from Vice President Mike Pence.
Of course, because it’s Twitter, the trolls came out in force. And J.K. immediately clapped the hell back.
I seem to have woken up in the 90s. pic.twitter.com/g7Q3i2dSIz
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 30, 2017
When people (who apparently don’t know anything about Harry Potter) told her to “stay out of politics”, she politely* pointed out that we all have the right to an opinion.
In — Free — Countries — Anyone — Can — Talk — About — Politics.
Try sounding out the syllables aloud, or ask a fluent reader to help. pic.twitter.com/K1j19EIU5f
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 28, 2017
*OK, maybe it wasn’t that polite.
When this troll referred to her as “Mrs Shitty Writer”, she went straight for the jugular.
*sighs* Well, who knows? If I try harder, I might be reincarnated as a lonely virgin hiding behind a cartoon frog. pic.twitter.com/EbocdxfJ5o
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 30, 2017
And she’s been on a roll ever since.
Unless you're actually a hooded chihuahua, I'm pretty sure I win on the 'not hiding' front. I quite like 'old whore', though. #Shakespearean pic.twitter.com/0pIEVfrGn7
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 30, 2017
Like when people started threatening to burn her books (and movies), and she made this very valid point.
Well, the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I've still got your money, so by all means borrow my lighter. pic.twitter.com/kVoi8VGEoK
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 31, 2017
Because it appears that *some* people didn’t quite get the point of Harry Potter.
Guess it's true what they say: you can lead a girl to books about the rise and fall of an autocrat, but you still can't make her think. pic.twitter.com/oB7Aq6Xz8M
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 1, 2017
Keep slayin’ those trolls, Jo. ????????
