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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is why I only liked the earlier Harry Potter books, the setting is clearly just not built to be taken seriously... so Goblet of Fire and onward demanding as such just fails.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You hit the nail on the head. It's sort of like Doctor Who in the sense that it asks of you, "don't look at any of this stuff too closely, just enjoy the ride." Unfortunately for Harry Potter the structure of the story eventually required a bit more seriousness and the world can't provide it very well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Which is why I think the movies are better than the books.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah. The series loses a lot when whimsy isn't the driving theme.