I got the first and the second book from my mom when they came out. While i didnât love them per se, i liked them enough that they peaked my interest in becoming a reader, and i started to read more books, and iâm thankful for that.
Since then i had a few girlfriends who were super into HP and they made me watch the movies, and i have to say, these stories are not thought out at all, and are often dumb as hell. I donât really remember much, but just the fact that quidditch doesnât make a lick of sense is really telling. Or goblet of fire, they were okay to let them play with dragons. Everyone shrugged and told HP that well, he might die. Someone wouldâve drowned if he didnât break the rules and people were pretty upset about the rule breaking. And at the end, Cedric died and everyone was absolutely shocked and devastated that someone died at the murder tournament.
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
True⌠What actually inspired that thought, indirectly, was thinking about how the anime I was watching (seven spellblades) felt like a more interesting wizarding universe than HP.
jacksilver@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
You should check out Mashle, itâs basically a parody of your typical âmagic schoolâ anime where the main character canât use magic and literally just out muscles everyone.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Its also gloriously hilarious, plusâŚ.
Is just pure poetry
rockerface@lemmy.cafe â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Mashle is very distinctly a Harry Potter parody, yep. All the way to the âchosen oneâ scar. Even the magic school headmaster looks 1 to 1 like anime Dumbledore.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Has season 2 been dubbed already?
jacksilver@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Looks like it - animesuperhero.com/mashle-magic-and-muscles-seasoâŚ
BlackLaZoR@fedia.io â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Meanwhile Hogwarts Legacy sold like 40mln copies? Most people don't care about dumb politics
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I doubt you would call it âdumb politicsâ if she was relentlessly campaigning against your right to exist in society as a person.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I have them tagged as âright wing PoSâ so Iâm not sure youre getting anywhere with them.
BlackLaZoR@fedia.io â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I honestly wouldn't care
squaresinger@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
People also still use Meta products, Apple products, Amazon and their products, and so on, even though all of these companies directly support the budding fascist empire in the USA.
Likely, you too buy/use products by a corporation that supports the pumpkin dictator, and that has much more real-world effect (on trans people and on all other minorities too) than the ramblings of a mad old TERF.
At least Rowling isnât directly stoking the genocide in Gaza or rounding up and deporting people to prison camps in other countries.
(Iâm not defending Rowling. Iâm just saying at a certain point most people, likely including you, value the convenience of next-day-shipping over the life of some people we donât know.)
andros_rex@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Rowling has spent tons of money petitioning the UK Supreme Court to basically make existing as a trans person in public illegal. Sheâs got more money than some cities do.
Like, legally, there is no where a trans man can piss in the UK. Not allowed in the womenâs, not allowed in the menâs. Just got piss yourself.
SalamenceFury@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Rowling is literally directly funding the erosion of trans rights in the UK. She IS directly responsible for a genocide.
ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Well I own it and I do, and most of my friends do as well (some of whom are trans)
But yeah, fuck JKR.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I mean I was conflicted about buying a copy and did not until (a) my wife wanted one and (b) I saw our trans sister had a copy.
subignition@fedia.io â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Loudly privileged complaint post
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
You should delete this post.