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Szrotmistrz he/man Mosquitoes carry the Vaccine. 11mo ago #5500375 Edited 11mo ago

I still find it incredibly cringe, how all the leftoid soys that lived nothing but Harry Potter, turned on it after J. K. Rowling Terf-ed. It may not be good, but I know that if it was written by an Ally we wouldn't hear any of these criticisms, or they would be framed as being "of the time".

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Szrotmistrz 11mo ago #5500678

For a kids book :marseyrowling: it's actually good, the problem has always been the adult fan base not the source material. :dumbledoreagony:

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Szrotmistrz he/man Mosquitoes carry the Vaccine. Miserere_Mei_Deus 11mo ago #5500699

I have only seen the films, so I have no informed opinion on the quality of the books. With how popular they got, they couldn't be that bad.

As for the films, I really liked the early ones. First 3 are kino. Goblet of fire is a guilty pleasure. Rest is mid.

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Szrotmistrz 11mo ago #5500946

Yeah the movies aren't great, they don't really capture the impact of giving a child a long fantasy book and allowing their imagination to run wild. At least for me, I read Harry Potter beginning in elementary school and midnight book releases being a community event and the novels a constant topic of conversation etc was a gateway to further reading rather than just staying in a stunted YA atmosphere forever.

Plus for our Christian bros, they're a good mid point between CS Lewis and Tolkien while retaining the core essence of Christian fantasy in most regards. Her inspiration was largely pulling from the more explicitly Christian Tom Brown's Schooldays and the Victorian era boarding school genre it began.

For religious, cultural, and personal reasons alike I'll defend Harry Potter.