James Woodall
@jameswoodall.bsky.social
Youtuber, Editor, Writer, Gay (He/Him)
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James Woodall
@jameswoodall.bsky.social
· Aug 23
What Does Harry Potter Mean Now?
How have Joanne's actions changed what Harry Potter means to us?------Please consider donating to:The Good Law Project: https://goodlawproject.org/campaign/t...
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What Does Harry Potter Mean Now? My biggest video yet. Now on YouTube.
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Damn right it was.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Damn right it was.
I’m seeing Wicked takes complaining that the deleted scenes should’ve been kept because they’re good.
Yeah, of course they’re good. D’you think filmmakers waste time shooting scenes they think won’t be good? There’s plenty other reasons scenes get cut.
Yeah, of course they’re good. D’you think filmmakers waste time shooting scenes they think won’t be good? There’s plenty other reasons scenes get cut.
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I’m seeing Wicked takes complaining that the deleted scenes should’ve been kept because they’re good.
Yeah, of course they’re good. D’you think filmmakers waste time shooting scenes they think won’t be good? There’s plenty other reasons scenes get cut.
Yeah, of course they’re good. D’you think filmmakers waste time shooting scenes they think won’t be good? There’s plenty other reasons scenes get cut.
My Scott Pilgrim video has been demonetised over a copyright claim. It's clearly fair use and highly transformative, but my dispute was rejected. Not sure if appealing is worth the risk.
If you've ever considered joining my Patreon, now's a great time.
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If you've ever considered joining my Patreon, now's a great time.
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creating Video Essays
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November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My Scott Pilgrim video has been demonetised over a copyright claim. It's clearly fair use and highly transformative, but my dispute was rejected. Not sure if appealing is worth the risk.
If you've ever considered joining my Patreon, now's a great time.
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If you've ever considered joining my Patreon, now's a great time.
www.patreon.com/c/jameswoodall
New Comment Response for my video ‘Adapting The Queen’s Gambit Shouldn’t Have Worked.’ Now on Patreon.
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Comment Response: Adapting The Queen's Gambit Shouldn't Have Worked | James Woodall
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October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New Comment Response for my video ‘Adapting The Queen’s Gambit Shouldn’t Have Worked.’ Now on Patreon.
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My favourite thing about seeing that Strictly clip of La Voix asking Claudia where to send her CV to the BBC is looking at the replies and finding a non-Brit asking what a Tess is.
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My favourite thing about seeing that Strictly clip of La Voix asking Claudia where to send her CV to the BBC is looking at the replies and finding a non-Brit asking what a Tess is.
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Guillermo del Toro said “I don’t ever make eye candy, I make eye protein” and that goes hard tbh
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Guillermo del Toro said “I don’t ever make eye candy, I make eye protein” and that goes hard tbh
A Vietnamese cafe called Bánh Mi Alive. Is this anything?
October 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A Vietnamese cafe called Bánh Mi Alive. Is this anything?
F**K TERFs! New bonus video exclusive to Patreon, about the time TERFs didn’t like my sign.
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F**K TERFs | James Woodall
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
F**K TERFs! New bonus video exclusive to Patreon, about the time TERFs didn’t like my sign.
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I’m loving Crowd Control but for those asking, no, it is not a panel show, because the game element is mostly arbitrary. ☺️ #crowdcontrol #dropout
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’m loving Crowd Control but for those asking, no, it is not a panel show, because the game element is mostly arbitrary. ☺️ #crowdcontrol #dropout
YouTube's new Restricted Mode, intended to filter "potentially mature" videos takes out 11 of my videos, including my most popular ones. None of these are mature. I even bleep my swears.
Please double check if you have restricted mode on by accident. Here's instructions to de-activate it.
Please double check if you have restricted mode on by accident. Here's instructions to de-activate it.
Turn Restricted mode on or off on YouTube - Android - YouTube Help
Restricted mode is an optional setting that you can use on YouTube. This feature can help screen out potentially mature content that you or others using your devices may prefer not to view. Com
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September 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
YouTube's new Restricted Mode, intended to filter "potentially mature" videos takes out 11 of my videos, including my most popular ones. None of these are mature. I even bleep my swears.
Please double check if you have restricted mode on by accident. Here's instructions to de-activate it.
Please double check if you have restricted mode on by accident. Here's instructions to de-activate it.
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🔴 Amy Winehouse
September 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🔴 Amy Winehouse
I second this
Chants of Senaar is 40% off on steam at the mo (~ £10). I reckon it's one of the best videogames I've played.
Save 40% on Chants of Sennaar on Steam
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by ...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I second this
What Does Harry Potter Mean Now?
youtu.be/zVa7H446Iiw
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August 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What Does Harry Potter Mean Now?
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I find it amusing that Game Changer has this reputation for surprising the Dropout cast into getting Game Changer’d at any moment. And yet, to date, the only person who’s found themselves on an episode of Game Changer without knowing that was about to happen is Sam Reich.
August 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I find it amusing that Game Changer has this reputation for surprising the Dropout cast into getting Game Changer’d at any moment. And yet, to date, the only person who’s found themselves on an episode of Game Changer without knowing that was about to happen is Sam Reich.
What Does Harry Potter Mean Now? My biggest video yet. Now on YouTube.
youtu.be/zVa7H446Iiw
youtu.be/zVa7H446Iiw
What Does Harry Potter Mean Now?
How have Joanne's actions changed what Harry Potter means to us?------Please consider donating to:The Good Law Project: https://goodlawproject.org/campaign/t...
youtu.be
August 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What Does Harry Potter Mean Now? My biggest video yet. Now on YouTube.
youtu.be/zVa7H446Iiw
youtu.be/zVa7H446Iiw
What the fuck, Instagram?
August 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What the fuck, Instagram?
This beast of video is now on Patreon. What Does Harry Potter Mean Now?
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August 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This beast of video is now on Patreon. What Does Harry Potter Mean Now?
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I would also like to wish ill on JK Rowling. I would like for her to go to her moldy castle and mind her own goddamned business, forever.
it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
August 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I would also like to wish ill on JK Rowling. I would like for her to go to her moldy castle and mind her own goddamned business, forever.
It’s about as done as it’ll ever be.
August 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s about as done as it’ll ever be.
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
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August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
This has put me off too, ever since that first clip of her getting revenge on Pugsley’s bullies. Wouldn’t Pugsley enjoy being bullied?
August 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This has put me off too, ever since that first clip of her getting revenge on Pugsley’s bullies. Wouldn’t Pugsley enjoy being bullied?
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X marks the spot, where "spot" means "excellent book you should buy immediately, ideally from your local queer bookshop".
Update on withdrawals from the Polari Prize: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire have all withdrawn so far, in protest of the inclusion of John Boyne.
August 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
X marks the spot, where "spot" means "excellent book you should buy immediately, ideally from your local queer bookshop".
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I loved this little show so much. Between cancelling Willow and Wheel of Time, I really don't know what the purpose of having tv services anymore.
This morning, I am reminded that the Willow TV series existed; that it was actually really rather fun; and that it's a damn shame it was not only cancelled, but completely scrubbed from streaming within six months of coming out, so it's no longer possible to watch (bar pirating it from somewhere).
August 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I loved this little show so much. Between cancelling Willow and Wheel of Time, I really don't know what the purpose of having tv services anymore.
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god i fucking HATE this era of half-assed art. put your WHOLE ASS IN we don't have time
August 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
god i fucking HATE this era of half-assed art. put your WHOLE ASS IN we don't have time
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If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
![[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihjvnz2ttxl7z4a2b3a4kylubobgvqxmjhwz6yuetuztzoc4g2s4y@jpeg)
August 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.