Harry Potter is Fantasy

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Eri — 7/22/2007 4:56:20 PM (archived)

The world only has to hang together enough to allow suspension of disbelief; it does not require flawless economics or politics. It just needs a damn good story.

I find it interesting that the author of the article you linked criticized the books because if the characters would communicate, it could have all be resolved in 10 pages. But people DON'T communicate. I've seen it time and time again in marriages and with children. Youngsters don't trust adults completely; adults don't believe children. Husbands and wives talk around things, argue and rarely get anything resolved because you've got one way of thinking and emoting butting heads with another way thinking and emoting.

The author of that article needs to get a little imagination. It's a wonderful thing.

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How Harry Potter ends (not a spoiler) - Eri - 7/22/2007 12:29:35 AM
- Harry Potter's economics - TB - 7/22/2007 2:40:14 AM
  - Did you link us to the correct article? - ER - 7/23/2007 3:37:57 PM
    - On gold - TB - 7/23/2007 7:42:22 PM
      - The Gold standard is a farce. - TAFKASE - 7/24/2007 4:13:15 PM
        
        Not a farce at all. - alcaray - 7/25/2007 10:14:41 PM
        
        0.001466 oz Au per dollar - podrock - 7/25/2007 4:39:01 AM
        
        re: 0.001466 oz Au per dollar - TAFKASE - 7/25/2007 8:18:12 PM
        
        Constitutional Compliance. (n/t) - podrock - 7/26/2007 2:53:01 AM
        
        I agree that a gold standard is too primitive. - TB - 7/24/2007 4:31:56 PM
        
        re: I agree that a gold standard is too primitive. - TAFKASE - 7/25/2007 8:17:14 PM
    - Interestingly enough, Rowling addresses this in passing in the new book (no spoilers) - TB - 7/23/2007 7:30:41 PM
  - Harry Potter is Fantasy - Eri - 7/22/2007 4:56:20 PM
    - True enough. - TB - 7/22/2007 10:05:35 PM
    - What about the child abuse in HP - ds - 7/22/2007 6:57:31 PM
      - Maybe at the end of the book we find the whole magic thing is a make believe coping mechanism... - TAFKASE - 7/24/2007 4:16:30 PM
      - That's the part that is not fiction - alcaray - 7/22/2007 7:05:20 PM
        
        re: That's the part that is not fiction - Eri - 7/22/2007 10:32:03 PM
        
        This is about child abuse, not spaceships making sound in space - ds - 7/23/2007 12:44:48 AM
        
        Harry Potter is not about child abuse - Eri - 7/23/2007 1:36:44 AM
        
        If Harry Potter HAD been written about child abuse... - nick hoffman - 7/24/2007 2:03:47 PM
        
        good post! (n/t) - Fox - 7/23/2007 12:40:58 AM

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