J.K. Rowling's Black Mold

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About

J.K. Rowling Black Mold refers to the theories and discussions about the observations of what some believe to be black mold in British author J.K. Rowling's home, as seen through her Twitter / X profile picture. In 2024, X users noticed a black mold-like pattern on the walls of J.K. Rowling's home and theorized that a mold issue could explain Rowling's decision to transvestigate female Olympic athlete Imane Khelif.

Origin

On July 30th, 2024, X^[1] user @mushycrouton posted an image of J.K. Rowling's X (formerly Twitter) profile picture with the caption, "Sorry but is that black mould growing up the walls of her house? Is that why she’s the way she is?" (seen below).

The grainy image showed Rowling smiling against the backdrop of her home in Edinburgh, Scotland, where blurry black shapes appeared to be creeping up her walls (shown below).

A video^[2] showing the inside of Rowling's home from late June 2022 shows what appears to be black shapes on her walls, a pattern some internet users^[3] chalked down to a floral-themed wallpaper resembling mold spores (seen below).

Spread

Various other internet users posted memes and jokes about J.K. Rowling possibly having black mold growing on the walls of her home, with X^[4] user @ChrisDStedman posting a tweet on August 1st, 2024, that read, "JK Rowling: perhaps I should work on a new book today The black mold growing up her walls: how about we transvestigate an Olympian instead," gathering over 89,000 likes in three days (seen below, left). The tweet is a reference to Rowling's comments on the Imane Khelif Olympic Boxing Controversy during the 2024 Summer Olympics.

On August 2nd, X^[5] user @AnotherPlumbob posted a series of images from Sims, showing a Sims version of Rowling slowly being overtaken by mold. The post gathered over 4,000 likes in three days (seen below, right).

On August 3rd, 2024, X^[6] user @beeblebroxes posted an image showing Rowling edited onto an RDJ's Comments meme in the form of a sticker, gathering over 3,000 likes in two days (seen below, left).

Also on August 3rd, X user @PleaseBeGneiss^[7] posted about Rowling changing her profile picture after the mold discourse gained traction online. The new photo contained a confusing phallic shape, with @PleaseBeGneiss's post gathering over 52,000 likes in two days (seen below, right).

Later on August 3rd, X^[8] user @LuminanceLunar posted a clip from Resident Evil 7, jokingly comparing the game's hazardous world to Rowling's home and gathering over 70,000 likes in two days (seen below).