▲ 590 ▼ There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series (www.theverge.com) submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ratsnake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 months ago (4 children) The world building is weak because Rowling is a bad fantasy writer, not because it was written for grade schoolers. There are tons of series aimed at grade schoolers with incredible world building - Redwall, Warrior Cats, Earthsea, just to name a few, all have way better world building than Harry Potter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] ratsnake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children) Earthsea has some of the best world building of all time, but I'm not sure I'd say it was written for grade schoolers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I feel like Earthsea is appropriate for middle-school-aged kids (so like 11-14ish), right? Maybe our definitions of "grade schoolers" is different, but I was trying to give examples for a wide range of ages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Actually that's totally fair. There's just some heady concepts in there, it certainly makes HP look much more childish and goofy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 months ago (4 children) The world building is weak because Rowling is a bad fantasy writer, not because it was written for grade schoolers. There are tons of series aimed at grade schoolers with incredible world building - Redwall, Warrior Cats, Earthsea, just to name a few, all have way better world building than Harry Potter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] ratsnake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children) Earthsea has some of the best world building of all time, but I'm not sure I'd say it was written for grade schoolers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I feel like Earthsea is appropriate for middle-school-aged kids (so like 11-14ish), right? Maybe our definitions of "grade schoolers" is different, but I was trying to give examples for a wide range of ages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Actually that's totally fair. There's just some heady concepts in there, it certainly makes HP look much more childish and goofy. permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (2 children) Earthsea has some of the best world building of all time, but I'm not sure I'd say it was written for grade schoolers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I feel like Earthsea is appropriate for middle-school-aged kids (so like 11-14ish), right? Maybe our definitions of "grade schoolers" is different, but I was trying to give examples for a wide range of ages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Actually that's totally fair. There's just some heady concepts in there, it certainly makes HP look much more childish and goofy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) I feel like Earthsea is appropriate for middle-school-aged kids (so like 11-14ish), right? Maybe our definitions of "grade schoolers" is different, but I was trying to give examples for a wide range of ages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Actually that's totally fair. There's just some heady concepts in there, it certainly makes HP look much more childish and goofy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago Actually that's totally fair. There's just some heady concepts in there, it certainly makes HP look much more childish and goofy. permalink fedilink source parent