Laurence Thompson
Role at the time: Writer and journalist for the Liverpool Post
Condemned
Response to this claim
Some Malfoid fan-fiction writers deserved the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature more than Anne Carson, judged against the poetry excerpts The New Yorker circulated.
“Also the right-wing: This AI-generated anime slop about a female Draco Malfoy should win the Nobel Prize for Literature.”
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Thompson contrasts claims to defend Western culture with praise of the Malfoid material. His description of the material as AI-generated is his assertion; its production method has not been established.
Why we used this label
The case concerns the Malfoid-versus-Carson comparison. Thompson uses a sarcastic contrast to criticize it, rather than endorsing the words he assigns to its proponents.