[ SECRET POST #2867 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2867 ⌋

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Comments

[intrigueing]

Well, I do think it's a textual issue....sort of -- the Harry Potter universe and the laws of human nature and emotional logic in it bear far more similarity to Roald Dahl stories than to real life (although, on the other hand, real life bears a lot more similarity to Roald Dahl than to any philosopher's or psychologist's treatise on how humans ought to act). But it's consistent, and consistency and in-story believability (which is highly subjective to say the least) is, IMO, what matters most in soft fantasy.

Not that the relationships you mention wouldn't be improved by more realism and less gloss (or just...more breathing room/pagetime to explore them), just that I don't think they break from their lack of realism ;)

[dreemyweird]

>the Harry Potter universe and the laws of human nature and emotional logic in it bear far more similarity to Roald Dahl stories than to real life

This makes a lot of sense, actually, and I can definitely get behind this. The first chapter of the first book especially always struck me as purposely non-realistic and grotesque, but the same applies to the universe as a whole.

Thanks :) Yep, I think this is not the best kind of Dahl-esque writing, but it does make the story continuous.