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  • Best way to punish RFK, sorry I mean JKR is for some LGBTQ+ people to shoot videos telling how HP helped them to come out of hiding and reveal their true self to the world. They can go onto to say things like HP has given them the courage to fight for this cause and in some cases, thanks to this courage, they ended up working in institutes that sets policies regarding LGBTQ+ rights.

    They’re just making up a person, right?

  • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    God it’s one mediocre, highly derivative YA fantasy series! There’s dozens upon dozens of those out there, if you’re really deadset on not moving on to books for grown ups just pick one of those.

  • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]@hexbear.net
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    I started reading the HP books when I was in elementary school, by the time book 6 or 7 came out I had read most of Tolkien (this isn’t glazing Tolkien, honestly believe LoTR is only as big as it is bc it was the first), and a bunch of other more modern fantasy books. I did not continue to read HP because it wasn’t particularly good compared to what I was now reading.

    A lot of these people love to claim that these books “grew up” with them, but I would argue that the truth is they didn’t really grow up. They read a series of books that were heavily marketed to them and never actually branched out, and it shows.

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    I’ve given up and just go, “Oh, you like Harry Potter? You should read Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett!”

    A lot of the Tiffany Aching books feel like they were written as a direct response to Harry Potter mania. I don’t tell them that though. I don’t expect very much reading comprehension from HP fans.