Jesus Christ this book series is fucking stupid
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beefcat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Arithmancy” is their name for math classes and is mentioned several times throughout the books. It is one of Hermione’s favorite subjects.
nutsack@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s just fun, it’s not serious or hard fantasy. It could be much worse, a lot of people read Ayn Rand and think its good.
Venator@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
It’s just like an izekai but for English reading children.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Isekai is nothing new. Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe are all “isekai”. JK is a special kind of bad writer.
Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Almost like it was written with kids and preteens as the intended audience …
nutsack@lemmy.world 11 months ago
what type of pervert writes a book like that
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
It is but I’m not sure why they called the author a witch instead of a shitty author
Even a dragon would make more sense because of the wealth hoarding
Microw@lemm.ee 11 months ago
In the games, arithmancy is portrayed as number puzzles that need to be solved.
rwhitisissle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
number puzzles that need to be solved.
In JK Rowling’s mind the number puzzles are things like “How many genders are there?”
The correct answer, of course, is “Fuck you, JK Rowling, that’s how many.”
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So crazy that a woman who liberally employed the Polyjuice Potion in her novels and had ghosts who would just wander through the restrooms to talk to you would take some of the most insanely conservative positions on changing your appearance or using the toilet.
rwhitisissle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Billionaire has shitty beliefs. In other news, the weather in London is still shit.”
Microw@lemm.ee 11 months ago
She has been outspoken on the fact that her positions are basically due to personal trauma and nothing else
Numhold@feddit.de 11 months ago
Remember when the kids misgendered Hagrid‘s dragon?
master5o1@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
Divination with maths is statistics.