Non-Binary Author Gets $3 Million Movie Deal for Harry Potter Fan-Fic Turned Novel

"SenLinYu, a well-known Harry Potter fan fiction author who identifies as non-binary, has landed a multi-million dollar movie deal for their upcoming dark fantasy novel, Alchemised. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal is worth upwards of $3 million and is one of the largest sums ever paid for a book's film rights. The new novel is based on SenLinYu's wildly popular 2023 fan fiction, Manacled."

"The fan-fic is part of the "Dramione" subgenre, which imagines a forbidden love between Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy, and offers a dark alternate ending to the Harry Potter series. SenLinYu's success as a non-binary author in the Harry Potter universe creates a striking contrast with J.K. Rowling herself, who has faced years of backlash for her TERF-driven views about gender identity."

"Adapting this disturbing source material for a mainstream audience will be a challenge. Alchemised comes with content warnings including "wartime violence, religious abuse, depictions of complex trauma, suicidal ideation, self-harm, human experimentation, medical torture, eugenics, cannibalism, sexual assault, rape, and allusions to necrophilia." Alchemised is set to hit shelves on September 23rd. Pre-orders are ongoing."

"Alchemised follows a similar path by centering on Helena Marino, an alchemist and healer whose memories and abilities have been suppressed. When she is sent to the estate of the powerful necromancer High Reeve, Helena must fight to "protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self.""

SenLinYu, a non-binary fan-fiction creator, secured a movie deal reportedly worth upwards of $3 million for the dark fantasy novel Alchemised. The novel adapts the popular 2023 fan fiction Manacled, part of the "Dramione" subgenre imagining a forbidden romance between Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy and offering a grim alternate ending where Voldemort's forces won and Harry Potter died. Alchemised centers on Helena Marino, an alchemist and healer whose memories and abilities were suppressed and who must confront the necromancer High Reeve to reclaim her identity. The novel carries extensive content warnings and is scheduled for release on September 23rd with pre-orders open.

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