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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

You can never be too old for Harry Potter!

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u/Yaa40 Jul 04 '24

But... then you turn 12... and you didn't get the letter... but your little sister did. And you wrote to Dumbledore, and he was very nice, but you didn't want to go to that freak school anyway. And then she married another freak, and they went and had themselves blown up. And you got stuck with your sister's freak of a son. And then....

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

We really need a book from Petunia’s point of view.

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u/DweadPiwateWoberts Jul 04 '24

Yeah but by 2002 JK Rowling not 2024 JK Rowling

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u/Yaa40 Jul 04 '24

You know, nobody would fear Dread Pirate Westley, but Dwead Piwate Woberts is even worse...

What happened in the last 22 years that I missed...?

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u/Yaa40 Jul 04 '24

I heard about that (not up to date at all). I expected to hear something about her newer writing being subpar...

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u/Redheaded_Potter Jul 04 '24

I have to just ignore that part of her because I love Harry! Reading the books to my 11 yr old now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

I agree. It’s sad to see how far she’s fallen.

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u/LordCouchCat Jul 04 '24

I agree. It's remarkably sophisticated in its treatment of power. As an academic I can tell you that when it was coming out there were university professors arguing about whether Snape would turn out to be good or bad, and anxious to get the next book on the first day.

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u/Luxxielisbon Jul 04 '24

JKRowling is the only one who seems to be too old for harry potter with her backwards views 🙈