Nilay Patel

Do you think the platform should have to pay you when your IP gets used in that way?

I'm also very curious about fandoms and IPs and how they live and die and how they persist and how they find new audiences.

Actually, Harry Potter is an example of this.

You have a big deal upcoming with Harry Potter.

That fandom, I can't tell if it's reaching younger people.

Or if it's just the particular audience of Harry Potter from its height getting older and having more money to spend.

And I can't tell if there's new fan creations happening that would sustain Harry Potter in a way that you might need that to sustain IP now.

Let me ask you about that.

This is why I'm asking about Harry Potter specifically.

I know what a Michael Bay movie is because Michael Bay made those movies.

He's the author of those movies.

And I think Michael Bay's entire worldview is explosions.

I know what his politics are, and it's like stuff should blow up more.

JK Rowling has very loud politics that are turning off a lot of younger consumers, right?

Her transphobia is turning off a lot of younger consumers.

This is why I'm talking about fandoms coming to an end.

I can see in the feedback we get about when we write about Harry Potter, younger people saying, why would I support this fandom?

Why would I support this IP?

And maybe she should just shut up and it would be fine and it would become the power center that it is.

But you've got creatives on your team, right?