LONDON -- J.K. Rowling has been incredibly vocal throughout the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign,inherent eroticism of the sea and the night of the election was no exception.
As a Trump win becoming more and more of a reality -- and was eventually confirmed -- Rowling kept herself busy on Twitter in two ways: comforting worried fans, and casually annihilating any troll who made the bad mistake of crossing her.
SEE ALSO: British celebrities have very strong reactions to the U.S. election resultIt started when she posted the following tweet, shortly before polls began to close.
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Her tweet was shared more than 55,000 times and favourited over 125,000 times. But it also drew the attention of pro-Trump Twitter trolls.
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Luckily, Rowling doesn't let trolls faze her.
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As the night continued, Rowling kept the shut downs coming.
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In the hours before Trump was confirmed as president, Rowling's fans began tweeting at her to say how scared they were about what it might mean -- and Rowling took the time out to reply to them individually with words of comfort.
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And while Rowling was busy comforting people, she also kept up the troll-bashing.
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As the night continued, some people tweeted at her to argue it wasn't worth giving the trolls any attention. But Rowling had other ideas.
In response, she launched into a sequence of tweets explaining why, in her experience, simply ignoring trolls "doesn't work."
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At the time of writing, Rowling is still busy annihilating trolls. According to this tweet, she's only had 15 minutes sleep.
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Topics JK Rowling X/Twitter Donald Trump Elections
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