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The Harry Potter books aren’t even good in retrospect tbh
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At this point there is no separating the art from the artist, this woman’s entire existence need to be scrubbed form the planet. do not go to universal studios, do not watch that dumbass show, pirate the originals, do not buy merch, etc
39 upvotes, 28 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "At this point there is no separating the art from the artist, this woman’s entire existence need to be scrubbed form the planet. do not go to universal studios, do not watch that dumbass show, pirate the originals, do not buy merch, etc"
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Anonymous 15w

I am still pissed because 15 years ago I was saying Harry Potter was a shit franchise and got dogpiled for that take every time. I was the only person I knew who thought it was shit, and got endless shit for it. And because I’m petty I’m still pissed WHO WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG FUCKERS???? I SAW THE FUTURE

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Anonymous 15w

Yeah, it’s also really telling about her that she thinks length = complexity judging by the progression of the Harry Potter books, which I didn’t have words for as a kid but that’s definitely why I liked Percy Jackson more. The last few Harry Potter books are just painfully stretched out.

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Anonymous 15w

They were never good, I didn't even like them as a kid and never understood what people saw in them

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Anonymous 15w

All they’re good for is gay fanfic cannon fodder

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

I saw some call the series “an attractive sandbox” and I couldn’t agree more. Interesting concept but poor world building. Hell I feel like Harry Potter fanfic writers did more for the world building than Rowling ever did…

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

And don’t even get me started on the racial and gender stereotypes she reinforced in her characters lol

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

My favorite JK Rowling moment was when someone was like “is there any Jewish wizards at Hogwarts?” and she was like “Yeah, uhhhhhhhh, Anthony Goldstein”

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

or how the Irish dude’s name is Seamus Finnegan and he blows shit up. I feel like we Americans don’t appreciate just how crazy that is. It’s like if an American writer wrote a Muslim wizard with the same gag and his name was “Muhammad Kareem” or some shit, because the books came out not long after the Good Friday Agreement

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Anonymous replying to -> just_peachy_ 15w

Wizard kids at wizard school is a cool premise for a kids book it just sucks because Joanne can’t fucking write

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 15w

Nah I even think the premise is shit. The only reason people find it interesting is because they can self insert themselves into it imo

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Anonymous replying to -> just_peachy_ 15w

Well that’s what kids wanna do with children’s fantasy, I don’t think it’s a super interesting premise for like adult literature, but it’s a solid premise for the target demographic

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 15w

Like idk maybe im just weird but i never got invested in any of the characters or the world. Both are just so boring Doesn’t help JK Rowling can’t write a book and David Yates can’t direct a film. So the series is screwed on both fronts

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Anonymous replying to -> just_peachy_ 15w

Like if you look at Yates’ filmography, he’s directed only three films outside of the franchise and all of them suck ass. They picked the worst director and have somehow stuck with him

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