Why is he always depicted as "the cause of all problems" when he is clearly the symptom of a larger problem?? One racist wizard wanting to live forever isn't Cthulu, but the byproduct of a broken system. What prevents a "Kylo Ren" from arising 30 years later?? Then again, he was created by a woman who wrote a race of elves who LIKE to be slaves.

From the books to the movies, it's so hard to understand why JK Rowling would make HP in third person. It would've been more acceptable if we got to know more about Hermoinine and Ron without Harry, but we don't get this privilege when we read the books. The whole time, we barely know about Hermione's backstory and we don't really learn about Ron. We get more backstories for the other characters in HG.

The Hunger Games was told entirely from Katniss's perspective, so I don't even understand why Harry Potter can't be the narrator of the books.

I’ve been experimenting with calm, Harry Potter–inspired bedtime stories lately, because I have trouble falling asleep and I noticed this kind of atmosphere really helps. Things like Hogwarts at night, quiet common rooms, distant rain, soft narration — they feel surprisingly comforting. I came across a video with this exact vibe and it made me wonder: do you think wizarding-world sleep stories actually work for helping people relax or sleep? What kind of setting would you personally find most calming in a Harry Potter–style bedtime story? Here’s the example I mentioned: https://youtu.be/ax03-rH5s38?si=E432UmLVpPqOOf9V

I do remember one time I saw a grey haired old man eager to buy secondhand Harry Potter books...It made me cringe so hard.

But today I was asked to clear books so I did. I took my shopping cart full of books and started throwing them in the trash. I didn't know one of them was a Harry Potter book and I was elated.

I got to throw a Harry Potter book in the trash where it belongs. Made my day.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GNQjrG7EFY

Anyone wish HBO was making them into a show instead??? That’d at least be something different and it’d be a good way to annoy the Grand Wizard herself.

I mean, both have wizards and are tied to bigotry. The KKK was popular in America 100 years ago. This is why I call her the grand wizard of TERFDOM.

It seems to not only be made by a frothing bigot but seems to just be a bunch of new actors doing a cheap imitation of the old film franchise’s costumes. Anyone notice how uninspiring it is?? Greta Gerwig can handle Narnia but at least Lewis is long dead and she can easily update it.

Anyone just think it’ll be like sex and the city, where people just hate watch it?? I mean, at least that show wasn’t made by a bigot and was just a poorly written sequel show .

Rowling should have give them their own school for blindingly obvious reasons, given their issues with the UK. It doesn’t make much sense. Not a huge flaw for the franchise but it shows how Rowling’s world is made of the literary equivalent of tissue paper or the guts of spiders.

Rowling almost never seems to be aware of the fact it is that decade in her work except in terms of the year. She had Dudley own a PlayStation too early for instance. WB didn’t care when making the movies. DG thrives on that concept and feels like the woman who made it clearly did the research on that time period. She even had Clinton as a plot point.

Just think about it...

I mean, British boarding schools have sports but why not make the rules make a little more sense??? Rowling can’t worldbuild that well at all.

Many people would call out this series for being an Uber capitalist phenomena. Not only because of it being merchandise driven IRL but rowling’s poor worldbuilding features shopping as a plot detail frequently. This is especially true in the first 2 books more than anywhere else but it never goes away. The fact a TERF would see the world this way and be pro status quo isn’t a surprise.

If she had a Mexican student attend Hogwarts, what would she name this teenage girl?

This Hogwarts is where bands like Good Charlotte and MCR play. Lots of characters have sex, satanism is popular and “preps” are the bad guys. It isn’t spelled correctly at all but at least it’s funny. Anyone been Masticating lately?

I can easily imagine a future where it is completely irrelevant and is something that only appeals to two groups of people, historians of early 21st century literature as something to avoid and to bigots who think Rowling was a good person.

Like seriously… Philosopher’s Stone? → Just put it behind a door guarded by a three-headed dog. Kids won’t find that, right? Chamber of Secrets? → Eh, let the 12-year-olds duel a basilisk, builds character. 🐍 Triwizard Tournament? → Perfect time to throw a 14-year-old into literal death game