Now, Wizard Book Lady is not GOOD necessarily at mysteries. She's not INHERENTLY bad at them - she's better at writing them than I am, and I've tried. I don't read a lot of whodunnit fiction and the assembling of clues and stuff isn't trivial.
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The core appealing thing about the setting -- the Secrecy Statute, the veil they hide behind from Muggles -- is an atrocity Wiping Muggles' memories without their consent is an atrocity Withholding healing magic that could save millions of lives right now is an atrocity
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If the good guys seriously gave a shit about the values they professed -- that the lives of wizards and Muggles are equally valuable, that no one has the right to act better than someone else because they have powers -- then Harry should've torn the veil down by the epilogue
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That's fair - but I'm also not sure that it's a world that's *meant* to be taken seriously, or that benefits from that kind of close-reading/implication. This isn't unique, it's probably true fo most fantasy novels.
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This is why I come back to the argument that the best prior for Harry Potter is the Breakfast Club and not Lord of the Rings. It's about adolescence., not magic, and it ONLY makes sense in the context of a school.
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AKA "The "Cabin in the Woods" Method"
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This maybe an accurate take, however people can't handle tragedies. That's why Rambo and commando were never killed. It's why the death star blew up. But mostly they're just entertainment.
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