/lit/ - Literature

>>11691082
would succ / 10

honestly considered moving to baltimore just so i could hit her up on tinder

>>11509094
>popular with obsessive fans & dumb masses
>tended towards poor writing
>abrasively overt philosophy in dialog
>borrowed haphazardly from other genres without deep consideration
>big strong muscle men fight with honor to see who's the biggest strongest muscle man
>animal sidekicks
>overpowered magic
>repetitive and formulaic
>outshone other, better genres
They were the capeshit of his time.

UPS
Mathematics
Cute place, but honestly I should have chosen a more competitive school.
Finance? I kind of want to sell my soul.
The Magic Mountain, Mann.

>>10862468
Harry Potter is the Star Wars of literature.
>well told genre story
>"chosen one" narrative
>simple, good/evil binary with a handful of characters who switch teams
>immensely popular, with many awful spinoffs
>draws from existing tropes but unique enough to be unique
>creates new tropes that others shamelessly copy
>writer gets blinded by their own success, transforms into a hack after refusing to take criticism
Harry Potter will be remembered in 50 years the same way Star Wars is remembered now. New writers will come to the IP and misinterpret what made it engaging in the first place. Fans will continue rabidly defending it, because they were "raised" on it. People will parody it endlessly.

Capitalism ruined art.

>>10353000
Sure, but if I sit around all day and masturbate, that's not a violent act. Likewise, if I sit around all day and chant "two plus two is four, minus one that's three, quick maths," that's not violent act-speech. By contrast, if I enlist in a fascist militia, that's a violent act. If I run around in public repeating fascist talking points, that's violent act-speech.

>>10085292
Hitchhiker's Guide. I know, le reddit ecks dee.
>tfw OP's image got me hard

Is Guy DeBord worth reading or just a meme?