Comment on Harry and Ron were always bored in class because Rowling's magic system is boring as hell

drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Snowclone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In the books Harmoniems is pretty flawed, book smart, but totally unfamiliar with wizard business and the magical blokes, she knows the book stuff, not the culture stuff.

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Knew enough to understand slavery is bad

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  • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The reader hardly knows about the culture shit. How is it that we don’t know he can hear anyone say his name until the last book?

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    • Snowclone@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well… you know why. Because JK wrote them first book to last without really planning what happens next or why, and didn’t bother tying stuff in to the previous books unless it occurred to her without checking.

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