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[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one a little bothered by Dumbledore? Not only with the fact he could end up in the Guinness Book Of World Records for "Most Incompetent Headmaster of All Time" (though I'm sure there's worse. :P), but also because...he just bugs me. I know JKR was trying to write him as the "flawed Yoda", so to speak (and to be fair, he's nowhere near Yoda. XD), but it's also how...preachy he gets. Towards Fudge, for example. You know, in Goblet of Fire, with, "You place too much importance on purity of blood, yadda yadda et cetera et cetera" -- which considering how he treated Tom Riddle and the Slytherins is...slightly hypocritical isn't it? Probably bad writing on JKR's part, though. :/

Anyways, sorry 'bout the rambling. Thoughts?

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[oneandthetruth.livejournal.com]

I just mean it's positively nauseating how huge the gap in quality is between HP and Warriors. And the thing is, Warriors isn't great literature. The books are wonderful entertainment IMO, but their style is workmanlike, and the characters and situations are nothing you haven't seen before, if you're an adult. Nonetheless, the stories are tightly-plotted and exciting (each book is only about 315 pages long), the good characters are lovble and respect-worthy, the bad ones are fiendishly brilliant, the world-building is carefully thought out (there are even rule books for how the Warriorverse works), and the morality is consistent and ennobling. Even though these books aren't great art, they're just so much better in every way than the Potter books, that it's disgusting to see how much more acclaim and sales HP gets than Warriors. The illustrations are better, too. Wayne McLoughlin's artwork for the American editions is just gorgeous. The website even has a screen saver of his work you can download. I've included the link for the official site. Be sure to have the sound on your computer turned on when you go there so you can hear the cats yowling. http://warriorcats.com/

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

I'm actually more disgusted that people bring up the "HP got kids to read" argument. I mean...true, they did, but that doesn't mean they're immune from criticism. *No one* is immune from criticism.

Besides, the books are so meanspirited anyways that I really doubt you'd want kids reading them. Forget the "Satan" accusations -- Rowling generally has an bass-ackward view of morality in general (as many of the community have pointed out. ;-).

But yes...I will read WARRIORS when I have the time. And shamelessly promote it as well. :3

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

EDIT: Kind of meant "bringing up the 'HP got kids to read' argument to deflect criticisms of the plot, worldbuilding, etc." My bad.