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CharlestheHammer posted:This session of nitpicking a children’s book has gone on a suprisingly long time its a really bad book, OP
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CharlestheHammer posted:This session of nitpicking a children’s book has gone on a suprisingly long time maybe the author should shut the gently caress up then?
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Jan 8, 2022 19:19
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https://twitter.com/CSMFHT/status/1479750120707031043
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Jan 8, 2022 19:24
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Bottom Liner posted:maybe the author should shut the gently caress up then? I’m sure she’s feeling suitably owned
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Jan 8, 2022 19:41
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CharlestheHammer posted:I’m sure she’s feeling suitably owned shes probably gonna level another historic block over it
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Jan 8, 2022 19:47
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CharlestheHammer posted:I’m sure she’s feeling suitably owned please keep defending the honor of a bigot, its a great look
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Jan 8, 2022 19:51
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Perhaps the real Sea People were the friends we made along the way?
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Jan 8, 2022 19:59
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Seems like a perfect fit for Kamala Harris
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Jan 8, 2022 20:34
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Rowling's obvious literary origin is Enid Blyton, who wrote dozens of boarding school stories which Rowling 100% read because they were ubiquitous for women her age, and they were thoughtless, racist and cruel, just like Rowlings work.
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Jan 8, 2022 21:03
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AlbieQuirky posted:Diane Duane is the superior writer of children’s books about child wizards, fite me irl. Neil Gaiman is the best writer of child wizards as is evidenced by the fact that Tim Hunter is a better Harry Potter than Harry Potter
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RFC2324 posted:its a really bad book, OP I see more and more people doing this so I'm curious. When did the meaning of "OP" change from "user who made the thread" to "user I'm replying to"?
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Jan 8, 2022 21:19
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isnt en passant the older of the two weird moves (castling being the slightly younger other one) and from the 1500s or so? these two anicents seem to be doing well for their ages.
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Jan 8, 2022 21:20
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PhazonLink posted:isnt en passant the older of the two weird moves (castling being the slightly younger other one) and from the 1500s or so? wikipedia says this is correct except castling was probably initially added earlier (possibly in the 14th century) than en passant, the latter being in the mid 15th century and at the same time as the initial 2 space move for pawns. unlimited movement range for queens and bishops came around the same time but not with en passant.
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Jan 8, 2022 21:49
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ultrafilter posted:I think Hermione's parents both worked, so maybe it's just wizards. also note that mrs. weasley goes toe-to-toe with like, the second most powerful evil wizard in the world? and doesn't instantly lose? why the gently caress couldn't she get a drat job as a fuckin wizard murdersquad cop or something
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Jan 8, 2022 21:57
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Mak0rz posted:I see more and more people doing this so I'm curious. When did the meaning of "OP" change from "user who made the thread" to "user I'm replying to"? I think it's a twitter thing
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Jan 8, 2022 22:05
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its actually really rude to talk poo poo about the transphobic idiots book
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Jan 8, 2022 22:08
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Mak0rz posted:I see more and more people doing this so I'm curious. When did the meaning of "OP" change from "user who made the thread" to "user I'm replying to"? It means both, and you have to determine which entirely though context.
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Jan 8, 2022 22:26
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Any Nazis appropriating Norse paganism are Southron Scum that should be shot. Any neo-pagan org that doesn't specifically forbid racialist bullshit and erect nithing poles to curse right-wingers is bullshit.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Any Nazis FTFY
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Mak0rz posted:I see more and more people doing this so I'm curious. When did the meaning of "OP" change from "user who made the thread" to "user I'm replying to"? when I got lazy about figuring out who I am actually replying too, for me. I see it all over tho. I take it in the spirit of 
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Jan 8, 2022 22:44
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Tenebrais posted:I think what made Harry Potter so popular despite ultimately mediocre writing (at its best) was that it presented a fantasy world that was really easy for kids to slot themselves into and imagine themselves magic powers, especially with the whole "which is your house?" thing. the "which is your house" thing is entirely an insufferable-potter-nerd kinda thing though like the actual books focus on harry and his buds in gryffindor 90% of the time, slytherin is literally just "the evil badguys" and the other two houses are barely mentioned nobody would actually care about hufflepuff or ravenclaw if they didn't interact with ""the fandom"" first
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Jan 8, 2022 22:48
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Anyone who self identifies as Hufflepuff is an inherently boring human.
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Jan 8, 2022 22:53
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DACK FAYDEN posted:They're dentists. EDIT: Like I'll give that managing a large household on a small budget is a full-time job and a respectable one, moreso if she was supposed to be homeschooling all her kids before they turned 11, but it feels like Rowling settled into 'well this is how it is' every time Harry got to see the Weasley household (and thus people were home) and didn't consider what the gently caress Molly was doing the rest of the time.
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Jan 8, 2022 22:58
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:the "which is your house" thing is entirely an insufferable-potter-nerd kinda thing though gryffindor - brave ravenclaw - smart slytherin - bad hufflepuff - miscellaneous
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Jan 8, 2022 22:59
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PetraCore posted:I feel like the logic is literally that she had too many kids and someone has to watch the kids. Except her kids go to boarding school. It's sort of implied wizards are homeschooled before they hit Hogwarts age and I can't remember if Ginny is a year or two younger than Ron, but once Ginny is in school there's no reason Mrs. Weasley couldn't pick up a job. Except I guess with her biggest skills revolving around being a housewife and wizarding society having literal slave elves maybe it's harder to get a job as a cook or housekeeper because of the literal slave class filling that role, but she's a pretty ferocious witch in her own regard so I'm not sure what she's supposed to be doing once everyone is in school...? Thats a lot more thought than Rowling put into it
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Whats worse -people who identify with a HP house -people who identify with a Myers-Briggs type
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Roblo posted:Thats a lot more thought than Rowling put into it Just like with everything in HP, it started as such because it was a recognizable and relatable trope that would play well in a book for children, especially with the focus on siblings aging into each other's clothes and inheriting battered hand-me-ons etc, and it simply didn't survive the transformation of the series from an adventure story for kids towards a terrible socio-political wannabe thriller for manchildren that happened at some point. It doesn't make sense in a story that has decided to take itself more "seriously", but also can¨t be thrown away because nerds would throw a shitfit.
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steinrokkan posted:Whats worse They both are.
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Are they mutually exclusive?
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its the same people
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steinrokkan posted:Just like with everything in HP, it started as such because it was a recognizable and relatable trope that would play well in a book for children, especially with the focus on siblings aging into each other's clothes and inheriting battered hand-me-ons etc, and it simply didn't survive the transformation of the series from an adventure story for kids towards a terrible socio-political wannabe thriller for manchildren that happened at some point. It doesn't make sense in a story that has decided to take itself more "seriously", but also can¨t be thrown away because nerds would throw a shitfit. I generally assume the transition of the books over time is more to do with rowling not being edited properly because she had so much inertia, so the first book would have been like that too if she hadn't had a much more talented editor cutting all the dumb poo poo out.
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RoboRodent posted:The best Narnia is Voyage of the Dawn Treader because it's SAILING SHIP ADVENTURES Were you haunted by the bit where the kid wakes up as a dragon or something and then has to peel off his skin over and over and over and over until he's himself again? I was. I liked the swordfighting rat though. en punchant
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OwlFancier posted:I generally assume the transition of the books over time is more to do with rowling not being edited properly because she had so much inertia, so the first book would have been like that too if she hadn't had a much more talented editor cutting all the dumb poo poo out. As someone who has worked in publishing, this is correct. See also Anne Rice.
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I thought Ann Rice was morebecause she fell in love with her character. So she needed wacky situations to make him look cool
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Ahem Reepicheep is a mouse. Jeez.
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PetraCore posted:didn't consider what the gently caress Molly was doing the rest of the time. OnlyWands OwlFancier posted:I generally assume the transition of the books over time is more to do with rowling not being edited properly because she had so much inertia, so the first book would have been like that too if she hadn't had a much more talented editor cutting all the dumb poo poo out. Editors are for sure unsung heroes in books. It's one of the things I remember about Stephen King, despite not having read him in years, he always took the time to be like "massive thanks to my editor for her hard work in making this book as good as it is"
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CharlestheHammer posted:I thought Ann Rice was morebecause she fell in love with her character. So she needed wacky situations to make him look cool She famously refused editing.
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AlbieQuirky posted:She famously refused editing. Man that was really pretentious for what her books ultimately are
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Hihohe posted:I dont want my childrens books written by terfs  There's a solution here I've found to work exceptionally well 
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Memento posted:
Jokes on you if you think I'm giving those to children They're perfectly good for children it's just that I'd have one in hand, and hey might as well take a peek before giving it to Little Geoffrey here, and whoop guess I'm rereading the series again... It's a serious condition I actually just finished the whole thing, with The Shepherd's Crown and the fact that so much other stuff is popular among people and Discworld is still niche is further proof we're in a bad timeline. Guess that's what happens when you're good but not necessarily marketable 
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