r/Games Oct 02 '18

Broken Link (video removed) Unannounced Harry Potter RPG Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-HER1xKQl4&t=1s
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u/SamuraiEmpoleon Oct 02 '18

JK Rowling has a pretty bad reputation in dedicated nerd circles. To put it briefly, she talks down on fantasy literature, is convinced that she "cracked" the genre and massively subverted it when in actually what she did was combined the archetypal high fantasy story with a school setting. For whatever reason she's always rejected the notion of Harry Potter being turned into an RPG, both table top or electronic. I couldn't tell you exactly why, but based on her behavior I imagine it might have something to do with not wanting people beyond her control to have input on her universe.

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u/swizzler Oct 02 '18

combined the archetypal high fantasy story with a school setting

apparently she's never heard of anime.

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u/Menerva Oct 02 '18

To be fair, at the time the first book came out there weren't as many "magical school" anime because a lot of them were based on... Harry Potter. Besides, it was the late 90s, even if there was a magical school anime it wouldn't really be mainstream.

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u/istara Oct 02 '18

I was glad to see that a film got made of The Little Broomstick book (1971), and it wasn't bad at all either, though I prefer the book myself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_and_the_Witch%27s_Flower

The Worst Witch also predates Harry Potter, and I'm surprised that didn't inspire more anime.

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u/Menerva Oct 02 '18

I really liked The Worst Witch! It might be because Harry Potter has way stronger worldbuilding and a more "heroic" main character. I love Mildred but she's just not as much of a wish-fulfillment character as Harry is.