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Harry Potter and the Status Quo rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago

Ever read Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality?

[-] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

It's cool, but skip out when the angel investor talk starts.

[-] HenryWong327@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I read the first 15 or so chapters, then stopped because Harry was just a completely insufferable Mary Sue. I see a lot of people praising for the ideas behind it but the actual writing itself is pretty bad.

[-] complacent_jerboa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I mean, he does get shown to be an idiot many times throughout the story.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure Mary Sue is the right trope. Although half the point is highlighting all the pointless stupidity of the original, so it's hard not to come across as condescending.

[-] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I have read the whole thing. And it is /r/iamverysmart level of cringe.

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

It's dunking on basically the entire wizarding world being paste-eating levels of stupid in the original, as well as lampooning cringey fan-fiction. I think you might have missed an element of self-awareness.