FWIW: I think this is one dimension along which many somewhat left-leaning and somewhat right-leaning folks can find themselves aligned, and I hope they do because this is the one I really care about
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Harry Potter became the best-selling book series of all time by spinning up a world where children belonged, developed skills useful in collaboration with and/or against adults, often knew better than superiors & weren't afraid to try. IMO this subgenre remains largely untapped
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Harry Potter became popular because Tolkien was too hard for kids that didn’t read good.
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A (fantasy) reference/backdrop for irl intergenerational work?
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See also Avatar: The Last Airbender
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YES. Nickelodeon has always been extremely good about this even going back to Hey Arnold and Rugrats. Shows about kids solving conflicts for themselves in a world where the adults might mean well but have too much baggage of their own to be a source of stability.
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They also failed badly at times and learned to deal with the consequences of their mistakes.
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Also important
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Also explains why the most reviled villain of all time is not Voldemort, but Professor Umbridge, and why Dumbledore's army is so exciting as a plotlinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_MpC8PcPQ0 …
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I always found it troubling as a teenager, that other teenagers in the story wouldnt attempt more, ahem, creative uses for some of the magic elements.
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