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christ i fucking hate harry potter :)
you are neither bad nor wrong if you love harry potter and i still treasure you
i suspect there is a lot of really good stuff to be mined from any well-written and evocative fantasy series no matter how reflexively its premises may put some others off
and if it's any consolation if i actually read any of it it might evolve to something like, say, the deep love-hate i have of doctor who
but christ i fucking hate harry potter <3
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@zebratron2084 So many people I know are suuuuuper into it, whereas I'm pretty lukewarm about it. It's so good to hear someone who *doesn't* like it. <3
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@hummingrain Also, the early volumes were just so twee and silly, relative to my own aesthetics. I think I developed a permanent allergy to certain high-preciousness strains of British humor due to massive Hitchhiker's overexposure in high school. I get the same rash from Discworld, honestly, though I have absolutely top-tier opinions of Terry Pratchett himself.
