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Anonymous Fri Aug 31 22:21:23 2018 No.11715622 [Reply] [Original]

Being an adult fan of Harry Potter is a female version of being a bronie

Anonymous Fri Aug 31 22:24:08 2018 No.11715634

Being an adult fan of harry potter is being an adult fan of one of the dullest franchises in the history of movie franchises? Seriously each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody. Just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the books were good though

"No!" The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 22:25:23 2018 No.11715637 File: 14 KB, 125x128, capital.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11715622 You can be a woman and be into MLP, and a man and be into Harry power. Meanwhile, I own several hardcover prints of MLP fanfictions worth several grands online.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 22:26:10 2018 No.11715638 >>11715634 Based

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 22:51:00 2018 No.11715692 My little brother (16) is reading the books now. Any recommendations for something else he might enjoy? I dont think hed enjoy what Im reading

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 23:04:52 2018 No.11715728 >>11715634 I don't know what I was expecting

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 23:05:54 2018 No.11715732 >>11715637 I mean the gross majority. Yes grown women like MLP, but it's more of the exception.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 23:06:54 2018 No.11715735 File: 32 KB, 334x499, 51BYcXvTimL._SX332_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11715692

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 23:08:21 2018 No.11715740 >>11715692 Also forgot to mention, he really liked to kill a mockingbird

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 23:43:06 2018 No.11715856 >>11715740 >he really liked to kill a mockingbird i think your brother is a dull person

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 31 23:50:14 2018 No.11715886 >>11715692 Force him to read Poe (especially FotHoU) so that he can see a quality representation of gothic in literature. Rowling never accomplished that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 00:10:13 2018 No.11715960 >>11715856 Im sure you were just fantastic to be around as a 16 year old

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 00:20:41 2018 No.11716010 >>11715960 yeah they voted me wittiest guy my senior year

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 04:30:59 2018 No.11716789 File: 48 KB, 780x425, collab_nlct_15.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11715692 make him read naked lunch instead

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 04:38:29 2018 No.11716810 File: 44 KB, 744x687, 1489632673316.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11715637 >I own several hardcover prints of MLP fanfictions wanna be frens? I have an IDW pony comic on my desk right now next to my /lit/ stack

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 05:42:55 2018 No.11716975 >>11716010 good for you, I only made third wittiest

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 05:48:25 2018 No.11716989 >>11715692 Harry Potter is fine for a 16-year-old. Just make sure he gets to read a bunch more stuff as he grows.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 14:03:27 2018 No.11718826 >>11716989 DESU I would say it depends. If it isn't 6 or 7 he's reading I'd say he's too old. Unless he's just doing it to see what all the fuss is about

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 14:07:50 2018 No.11718843 >>11715692 Get that kid some Terry Pratchett.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 14:11:26 2018 No.11718853 >>11715692 East of Eden.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 1 17:04:32 2018 No.11719598 >>11715692 Gatsby Victorian books like Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll, Dorian. 1984, Brave New World. Ender's Game

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