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

• TheresNodiee@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah. I don’t think you understand what a deus ex machina is.

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  • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Some hints don’t change all the nonsense plot holes and the fact that is almost entirely forgotten about afterwards. It’s only there because the plot needs it.

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    • TheresNodiee@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Of course it was only in the story because the plot needed it! Most things are only in a story because the plot needs it! And there was plenty of setup for it beforehand–an entire book’s worth in fact.

      The fact that it was introduced and then never used again even though it is obviously unbelievably useful and apparently available enough that a 13 year old was lent one to attend extra classes definitely deserves some criticism but at some point you kinda just have to make peace with the fact that it’s a kid’s book and it’s really not that big of a deal.

      You’re really doing nothing to dispel (no pun intended) my suspicions that Sanderson readers can’t understand anything that isn’t explicitly explained to them.

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      • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I don’t give a shit about Sanderson. I just read his second book and frankly I think his magic system is overrated

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