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xepProbably an unpopular opinion, but the stories don't hold up under scrutiny, and that's apparent even from the first book. Then again, that's not how one enjoys children's books.
Probably an unpopular opinion
Not really. Even big potter fans acknowledge that the books have giant plotholes
Dharma Curious (he/him)Huge potter fan here (that wonât consume any potter media because JKR is a self-owning ass clown that deserves to watch her empire crumble), and yeah, even well before the Twitter nonsense she started spouting, it wasnât like a secret or anything that the books werenât perfect. I still stood on like at midnight for prisoner of Azkaban as a kid, though. But I remember thinking the Voldemort/death eaters thing was a pretty clear WWII/Hitler/Nazi analogy and googling it only to find an interview with her stating it absolutely was not, and people who thought it was were âreading politicsâ into a childrenâs story. Sheâs always been a dumbass, and sheâs wrong about her own work. Also, the whole house elf thing was⌠Really, really rough to read as a kid. I could never understand why no one was on Hermioneâs side, and how no one could see that elves didnât want to be free because their condition would be that of an outcast, and in a world where only wizardâs were allowed wands, nonhuman humanoids were veru clearly subjugated to the point of delusionality.
Which is to say, yeah, the books got problems, even if you love em. I love those books, because the world felt real, even when it was shitty, it felt real. But there are major problems in them, both in the plothole sense, and in the politics (or lack thereof) of the author shining through the cracks
Also, the whole house elf thing was⌠Really, really rough to read as a kid. I could never understand why no one was on Hermioneâs side, and how no one could see that elves didnât want to be free because their condition would be that of an outcast, and in a world where only wizardâs were allowed wands, nonhuman humanoids were veru clearly subjugated to the point of delusionality.
The motivation behind the idea was a good one, the execution of the idea was absolute cringe.
Let me explain. The intention was to highlight that the wizarding world has its own logic, and trying to apply the morality and philosophy of the mundane will end in failure, but Hermonie canât see that being too smart for her own good in this areaâŚ
Unfortunately JK picked FUCKING SLAVERY as the way to make this point, because she is a dumbass.
RayquetzalcoatlJK hates the Irish? I donât keep up with her or Harry Potter much, but I know about her twitter meltdowns about trans people â didnât know she had a whole thing about Irish people tho lol. What a nutjob đ
Harry Potter has a character called Seamus Finnigan, his whole thing is to act like heâs drunk and blow things up. (Itâs a stereotype in England that Irish people make cars into bombs and are literally domestic terrorists)
And if you look into the extended lore, well ya know how Hogwarts bizarrely has a house intended for Dark Wizards (Why is that a thing? I donât remember âSerial Killingâ being a major in Community College) named for the most second evil wizard in history (The first was Grindelwald who⌠wanted to stop the Nazis), Salazaar Slytherin.
If you look into the backstory of Salazaar Slytherin, he doesnât really have any evil deeds to his name, heâs just Irish lol.
Also JK Rowlingâs house elves are based on âBrowniesâ, stories Slave Owners who tell their children about how black people were âReally magic faeries who like workingâ and will âDisappear forever if you give them nice thingsâ
Sheâs a disgusting person.