This is pertinent to me right now since I've been writing a lot about how J.K. Rowling is SCARED of science fiction themes in her fantasy; the idea of meaningfully transforming society or exploring the idea of what it means to be "alive", "dead", "woman", or "human" frightens her
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A big part of the problem is the books' attempt to transition to serious dark fantasy while still being set in this cartoon universe, the whole Cerebus Syndrome thing
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The moral guardians back in the day pointed this out, that Christian parents had thought stuff like "Jellylegs Jinx!" was obviously harmless but Voldemort resurrecting himself via an occult ritual involving spilling an unwilling victim's blood was less so
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A lot of that is kind of just standard cutesy HALLOWEENTOWN fare, yeah
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I mean, The Worst Witch did all of this before
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