I've only watched the movies, and they're pretty timeless; with wonderful concepts and majesty... and the first three movies had a fantastic soundtrack. The older actors put so much into their performances and added such brilliant personal touches to the characters, it's super admirable. It's an extremely marketable series for all ages surrounded in magic, mystery, and drama.
That being said, I'm probably not gonna read the books but I know a lot of differences. I know one of the directors was insistent about Hermione x Harry, and that's honestly the only ship that makes sense in the films- Ron and Ginny were badly written and poorly played in the movies. They, including Harry, Sirius, and Remus if not more- apparently had way more personality and complexity in the books. It's tragic they're so blank in the film.
Thankfully, we still have some gems. The creative high school drop-out twins who end up with the most successful business around... Luna- the neurodivergent airhead who is shockingly down to earth despite her belief in conspiracies... Voldemort, with a fascinating inferiority complex as an orphan halfblood, who has carefully manipulated those of high society to follow him despite his status and upbringing. His obsession with power ironically has led him to his own downfall, as the "chosen one” to defeat him was ironically, chosen by Voldemort himself, and in some ways, is also Voldemort himself. (The Horcrux) That's poetry right there. There are extremely iconic characters.
The films "improved" some stuff though- removing the "elves LIKE slavery" nonsense- removing the convoluted "save my son from jail" nonsense with Barty Crouch Jr, though personally they should have gone a step further and just let Madeye still be loyal to Voldemort. Snape's character was also turned a good guy- Harry naming his son after him in the films makes more sense. In the books he's a slimey asshole. Hedwig died free, choosing to save Harry instead of dying in a dumb cage. Harry breaking the elderwand at the end of the film was symbolic.
Harry Potter's world as a whole has plenty of issues, though. Everyone uses owl feathers but not ballpoint pens. Or better yet, pencils- or even typewriters. If they can get a car to fly or a radio to work, they can absolutely bring phones or video game consoles to school. It's such a missed opportunity to not have The Cursed Child play showcase a modern wizarding society with intermixed technology.
There are only three illegal curses? But the date-rape drugs (love potions) are fucking LEGAL?! Horrible oversight, absolutely stupid. (The Avada Kedavra spell is basically a gun, it leads to terrible fight scenes.)
The School is extremely dangerous and more children should be dead, even with magic at play. (trolls, moving stairwells, a tree that beats you to death, a basilisk, dementors, flying around at high speeds on brooms with little to no protective gear, designing a trials-event that attempts to kill you via drowning, dragons, and killer plant mazes, etc) this school should have been shut down YEARS ago, holy shit.
Cedric Diggory was such a one off character- Ron was originally meant to die, and it shows. The "I am Lord Voldemort" Tom Riddle anagram was stupid.
Tonks having a kid with a man 13 years older than her despite both her and Remus being EXTREMELY queer coded was grossly disappointing to me.
Fleur and her fellow classmates were written in a terribly sexist manner in the Goblet of Fire. I don't know if that's how they were written in the book, but that was awful to watch.
There's plenty of issues with the series, but there are a lot of things that made it enjoyable too.
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As for the JK Rowling controversy, I’ve skimmed this topic before, but I didn’t really get into the meat of it. HP is taboo to even mention in a lot of spaces of the internet because the creator supports transphobic legislation. After seeing a post telling me to kill myself earlier for liking Harry Potter, I’d like to be a bit more in depth about my opinion on engagement below:
“Financially supporting Harry Potter causes some of that money to be directed towards transphobic legislation, do not watch clips on youtube(ad revenue). Pirate or purchase second hand.”
Totally agree.
“Engaging with Harry Potter by piracy, second hand purchases, or via fandom content means you’re transphobic.”
Disagree. Do not assume this, this is dangerous black and white thinking. The amount “If you like HP, kill yourself :)“ I’ve seen on the internet is concerning. It’s ostracizing, mob mentality virtue signaling that gives people an excuse to bully. Telling someone to kill themselves out of a misplaced sense of activism ironically could be harming the very people folks think they are protecting- but regardless, this is inappropriate to do.
I don’t assume anyone who likes Greg Cipes as a voice actor is also an anti-vaxxer. I don’t assume everyone who reads the Bible believes incest, slavery, sexism, or animal abuse is ok. I don’t assume everyone who listens to d4vd songs is a pedo or murderer. Do not assume.
“Jk Rowling declared anyone who engages with her stuff in any way supports her political beliefs too.”
Just because a creator says something, doesn't mean it’s true. She’s had plenty of fans of HP as well as the movie actors publicly disagree with her vile views. Regardless, whether or not her content is engaged with, will still not change her beliefs, so her point is empty. This has given a free pass to folks to target HP fans instead of flaming her directly. "Hey you liked this person's stuff who said or did something bad so that means you're bad too and I can attack you for it." No you cannot. Do not automatically throw people in by association.
“Engaging with Harry Potter in anyway is keeping it alive, we need to kill it.”
Harry Potter is a pop culture staple on an international scale. It’s literally embedded into a multi million dollar section of Universal Studios, a popular but bad broadway play that doubles as a magic show, as well as the apparel & paraphernalia merchandise at every Target, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, Kohls, BoxLunch, Hot Topic, and more. Games, merch, and new tv series via paid advertisements from Warner Bros will pop up on every TV, streaming service, or bus stop poster. Harry Potter is a timeless cash-cow franchise that will continue for decades long after JK dies. (Alice in Wonderland ended in the 1800s. It’s still being adapted or remade to this day.)
*All this being said, if the issue all comes back down to JK Rowling, then feasibly speaking, when she dies, financially supporting or liking HP should be socially okay again. Somehow, some folks have twisted this to not be the case.
“The themes are morally wrong, HP promotes slavery and antisemitism.”
Liking a series does not mean you agree with everything the author writes, and thinking a series shouldn’t be engaged with because its themes are bad or mishandled is censorship. (*The movie adaptions promote the end of elf slavery, and the antisemitism is likely an ignorant byproduct embedded in English goblin folklore itself, which existed prior to JK Rowling's book series)
“Harry Potter sucks anyway.”
Incomplete or poorly written works tend to have a more active fanbase because there’s a plethora of material to work upon through personal creative freedoms. Arcane season 2 sucks. BLEACH past arc 2 sucks. KH3 story sucks. Aspects of the Owl House and Amphibia suck. Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss suck. They still have big fanbases that care about the series and would defend them profusely, even if they’re bad. Some people also acknowledge the shows they like are bad. I criticize everything I like, I recognize where there are faults yet I still enjoy them.
“Harry Potter is for children, move on.”
The Harry Potter franchise, especially mid-to-late series, exhibits extremely mature concepts like rape, murder, torture, possible grooming, political corruption, classism, suicide ideation, sacrifice, racism, and war. These themes are not for children. Plenty of series meant for children (Amphibia, The Owl House, My Little Pony, Gravity Falls, SpongeBob, The Powerpuff Girls, Pokemon, most of Disney material-) all have adult fanbases. Shaming someone for liking child-catered media is a low hanging fruit, and frankly inappropriate. (Especially when ironically, adult shows often promote unnecessary sex, profanity, and violence.)
“Trans people are told to kill themselves all the time too-“ That’s awful, it should not be happening- that does not give someone an excuse to do that to other people, especially those that aren’t financially supporting HP anymore. Someone writing and posting a fanfiction about kids going to wizard school is not active bigotry against people who want personal gender attonomy, equality, and respect.
If you see someone financially supporting direct HP work, discourage it.
If seeing Harry Potter on your dashboard upsets you due to association, I encourage unfollowing, blacklisting, and blocking.
I'd also encourage unfollowing, blacklisting, and blocking the people who believe "HP fans should kill themselves" because if they use any of the excuses above for HP to harass or wish death upon people, they can and will do the same to other people in different fandoms. When the creator of a series you like does something shitty, they'll come for you too. You are not immune to the mob.
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My current thing with ai is similar to harry potter.
I love Harry potter so much, a few other franchises have almost got the whimsy goth right. But like a hot man in a maga hat all that is covered up by disgust. Like i know if i got transported to an alternate universe were rowling wasnt a neo nazi terf freak that id go all in . But like...i can Feel excitement flip into disgust. Like i suggested i could be OBSESSED with a man, everything about him is perfect. Find out hes a maggot and its like all that feeling is turned negative.
So yes i am so sad when i dont make the time to try art myself or have money for commissions and how i Could "create "demo art and see my characters and ideas in physical form and not just in my head.
But when im reminded of the actual environment destruction, to evils of those who justify it, the art theft, the freaks grifter business people and mlm schemers pushing it i am just Disgusted at the idea of anything i create being manifested through that demonic system
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