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Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works

Anon has learned enough (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I always like to include the addendum that she's also a bad writer. It's great when people are excited to read, but success is not an indicator of quality.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I tried reading them as a kid and thought they were shit then. I realise now the biggest problems I had with it were the total absence of brick jokes (or whatever the literary equivalent is), the utter refusal to engage in foreshadowing, and the lack of character development.

Harry Potter was the best person but everyone else was a dick. "Gosh I wish something fun would happen" said Harry. Then Magic Headteacher turned up and it turns out that Harry is famous and rich and amazing! "Come and learn to be wizard and a celebrity" said Haggis, "you are amazing and have no choice". And he did. And his stepbrother was fat. Then Harry learned to play Quitit. Albino McVillain said "I've been playing my who life. You'll never be as good as me". And Albino was correct, Harry could only win if he was given a broomstick called a Plonko 9000. Then, Harry got a mystery package. It was a Plonko 9000 and he won. "I am a wizard!" whispered Harry, "but I will still share my chocolates because he is a good person". And he was. "Special people are born special and that's why they're special," said everyone.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Then he banged his best friend's sister.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

Which is honestly pretty standard for the real world. Limited social circles and hot times blended well for millennia, why not continue the tradition at this point if both parties are willing? That's probably the most accurate character portrayal rowling ever made.

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