I'm rewatching the Harry Potter movies and here's a couple thoughts:
Nerdwriter is right, Prisoner of Azkaban is the best of the movies
Harry James Evans-Verres Potter is a better character than Harry Potter, canon Harry is pretty dumb and hard to watch. Also, wtf is Hermione doing in Gryffindor. What's the reason for Ravenclaw house to exist if Hermione is not in it?
One of the reasons I like HPMOR more than canon is because the characters' awesomeness potential is actually used
For me, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality is the canon now. The original books have too many seams. Okay, telling people to read a fanfic is a hard sell because of the fanfic stigma, plus the first 10 or so chapters have a different style to the rest of the book, after 3 or so years I've given up personally recommending it to anyone and expecting results
Also the fact that this one fanfic is longer than the 7 original books
@Gargron I've discovered HPMOR accidentally, it was predownloaded in my book reader app. So lucky! One of the best things I've ever read, absolutely amazing, opened the whole new world to me.
I also recommend "Rationality: From AI to Zombies" (an organized collection of EY's essays on rationality).
Also - /r/rational, and specifically stories by Alexander Wales (https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4976703/alexanderwales) for more amazing rational fiction.
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