Why no Harry Potter, eh?

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

So I looked at ONTD's "Ten of the most Epidemically Overrated Books," and was incensed to find that books like On the Road and The Great Gatsby made the list but the Harry Potter series didn't (though at least the Twilight series did). I mean really, Harry Potter is the epitome of an overrated book series, given that there are people seriously making the point that it's so deep and meaningful and needs to be read in AP English classes. Never mind that it's a children's book series!

Well, these were the people who said that a bunch of authors besides Rowling disliked the idea of fanfiction without bothering to consider WHY they might feel that way (specifically, that Rowling is the only one who's all that fandom savvy because she's modern in a way that the others aren't). Maybe they just think Rowling is their darling author too, and you can't say anything bad about her.

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[madderbrad.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've received that impression from Tumblr, nice to see it confirmed. Seeing a hundred schoolgirls tick "I liked this" doesn't quite measure up to post-and-discussion-threads like good ol' LJ. They're good with the occasional image though.

One day - when I'm next unemployed - I really do want to write a few final thoughts on HP and the HP fandom. I wasn't going to do an 'attack post' on the foaming rabids such as Laurel, but now that you mention my mentioning it ... hmmm ... the idea has merit ... maybe I'll do it and blame credit you for the inspiration ...

You noticed that I went to Death School?! :D

Sure, I've found your posts quite interesting. I've even commented on a couple, I do believe.