now that JK Rowling has torpedoed her reputation for the foreseeable future can we talk about how her books are not actually good
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also, Harry is a crap protagonist, and the weird crypto-racism ingrained into the books' structure is both unpleasant and doesn't make much sense even as an analoguehttps://twitter.com/talestoenrage/status/1269405903062798337 …
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"GOOD" WIZARDS: ah, yes, we understand that Muggles are just as good and worthwhile as wizards... what? house-elves? oh they're meant to be slaves, that's just their nature
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WIZARD SOCIETY: Oh, look at the Weasleys. They are clearly poor wizards, they don't have a lot of money. REGULAR SOCIETY: ...how do you determine wealth when you can all literally just create it out of thin air? WIZARDS: shut up
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like, seriously, the Weasleys have tons and tons of labor-saving devices and fun gadgets and LIKE ALL WIZARDS THEY CAN TELEPORT WHEREVER
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but anyway, once you realize that 95% of the wizard characters are, by any reasonable standard, *incredibly stupid* and have to be in order for the plot to work even a bit, etc
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MR. WEASLEY: I'm supposed to be a wizard police, and I am fascinated by the concept of batteries, which I do not actually understand despite their core concept being something little children can figure out ME: is this supposed to be an anti-cop satire? JK ROWLING: no
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ASIDE: none of this really applies to the movies, which took the basic fun parts of the books and then ignored a lot of the parts which were just stupid
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the after-the-fact invention of other magical schools outside of Europe with the level of attention given to an average episode of HE-MAN is sort of par for the course herehttps://twitter.com/AiddonValentine/status/1269408280302039045 …
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Again: these are the sorts of details which are JUST FINE in a light YA story with a series of monster-of-the-book plots. The Harry Potter books stop being that after book two.https://twitter.com/CandyAppleAlly/status/1269408385855664128 …
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WIZARD CANDY MAKER: this is a Chocolate Frog! It's like regular chocolate, but it hops around and is more difficult to eat! REGULAR CANDY MAKER: ...why would you do that? WIZARD: maaaaaaaagic!
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people get on Dumbledore's case for not telling other wizards his plans and plots to the extent necessary for them to understand the plans, but it makes sense if you realize Dumbledore's secret power is that he's The One Wizard Who Isn't A Moron
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DUMBLEDORE: ...and that concludes my secret plan, which will end the threat of Voldemort forever. Questions? THE ORDER OF THE MONGOOSE: what if we all got magical rapiers which sang songs DUMBLEDORE: okay now I gotta found a new secret order, what the fuck
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THIS IS LITERALLY CANONhttps://twitter.com/NewBrunette/status/1269410103666585610 …
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