Eugen RochkoMay 11, 2017

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

Show threadEugen RochkoMay 11, 2017

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

Show threadbentosmile 🍱May 11, 2017
@Gargron the writing in the original books is so wonky. and I don't quite get the nerd popularity, as Harry is basically a jock (cheats off his friends in class, good at sports, etc etc.) plus I remember being a teenager, and if I acted towards my friends the way Harry does... well, you just don't do that. o_O
Show threadEugen RochkoMay 11, 2017

@bentosmile hey i'm in a school with the most powerful wizard in the world

better not tell him about my private investigation of events and any evidence i find

Show threadbentosmile 🍱May 11, 2017

@Gargron argh and the whole Snape thing gets me... as he's proven to be good in the first book, but because he's a teacher with a crappy attitude Harry and co decide he is evil and don't quit until the goddamn end!

(+ don't get me started on people making fascism analogies with it... but merrily ignoring how Dumbledore is basically responsible for enabling a new generation of evil wizards without making any open stance against it, and is knowingly giving them tools to be evil by educating them)

Show threadMr Nobody [OLD - delete soon]
@bentosmile @Gargron "as he's proven to be good in the first book, but because he's a teacher with a crappy attitude Harry and co decide he is evil and don't quit until the goddamn end!" <= That's basic children/teenager behaviour, no ? I think, on the contrary, that it perfectly depicts how people can continue having a prejudice against somebody, even when proven wrong.
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