>MFW you realise Harry Potter is an allegory.

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>>9430794
>mfw people read harry potter

An allegory for what?

>>9430812

Left-right dichotomy in politics.

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>>9430794
>mfw Voldemort is literally Trump

>>9430812
Racism and Drumpfism/ fascism.

>>9430812
It's an allegory for a shitty novel series

>>9430794
for what? you mean how JK came out and said that lupin is supposed to represent syphilis or something?

>>9430820
Wtf I love voldemort now

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>>9430820
Wrong.

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>>9430794
It might be an allegory but that doesn't stop it from being one of the dullest franchises in history. Seriously each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody?just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the books were good though
"No!"
The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

>>9431091
ive been waiting for an opportunity to post this on fb but now that the election/inauguration are over i dont think ill ever get the chance

im also annoyed at trump for giving up on virtually all of his campaign promises

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>>9431100
I came here just to read this post again. Good job senpai.