J.K. Rowling's response to this tweet about Quidditch gets very brutal, very fast

"You're welcome."
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This isn't the first time J.K. Rowling has fielded a tweet about Quidditch, and it almost certainly won't be the last.

Anyone who does think about challenging the Harry Potter author's fictional sport, though, may want to think twice. Because she is definitely 100% done it.

On Tuesday evening, someone tagged her in a tweet reading, "the scoring system of quidditch makes zero sense".

Her response was... pretty blunt.

"You're welcome."

Those are definitely the parting words of someone who does not want to read another tweet about Quidditch again, ever.

Doesn't look like she'll be getting her wish, though.

On the plus side, you know you've created a memorable fictional sport when people are still discussing its finer points over 20 years after you first wrote about it.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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