Harry Potter and the Missed Opportunities
It’s no big news when I say that I despise Harry Potter. There are many reasons for that, and one day I’ll probably write something about it. In the meantime, I leave you with this excellent article by Suzette Chan, over at Sequential tart. A little bit:
“Harry’s acceptance of the invitation to Hogwarts is a no-brainer. His Muggle existence is so dreary, his relations so odious, that it’s no real choice whatsoever to enter into the world of magic. A dramatic opportunity for choice between the prosaic-but-secure and fantastic-yet-dangerous is lost”
A thing that many people seem to agree with me once I explain it to them: The fact that the “normal” humans get called “muggle” says a great deal of the many reasons why I believe J.K. Rowling to be a dreadful, horrible human being.
Cheers, folks.
