[ SECRET POST #3358 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3358 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think it was reasonable to expect it to be good. Because I think one of Rowling's main strengths in HP was her ability to assimilate a bunch of different sources and genres into an interesting, more or less coherent whole. It just turns out that skill isn't transferable and only really works when it's stuff she's been familiar with since childhood - but I don't think it was crazy to hope she'd be able to do the same thing with America. It was wrong in retrospect but not crazy.

[philstar22]

This. I actually like her worldbuilding. Not as detailed as I'd like, but what is there is pretty good. But yes, it works best with stuff she knows. It clearly doesn't really translate well with things she hasn't grown up with.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, I think the world Rowling made was interesting, and it helped a lot that the sources she drew inspiration from were very good ones. But to me it always felt like it wouldn't stand up to rigorous inspection. It was like a neat looking sculpture, but you couldn't touch it or look too closely or you'd start to notice the holes, the weak joints, the wobbly foundation, etc. I think she could've done a better job with the North American part, but I never expected her to blow me away with the worldbuilding.

[(Anonymous)]

Well we all know how much children love to rigorously inspect fiction.

[(Anonymous)]

It's true, most young readers don't, but many adult readers don't necessarily subject their reading material to any in depth analysis, either. That's why I think the series was able to have such a widespread appeal to so many. It's entertaining writing, but not really great worldbuilding. So the people who are looking for entertaining writing are happy, but if you go looking for solid worldbuilding... well.

[(Anonymous)]

I think the structure she built is perfectly well suited to the job it's meant to do. It fits fine for the aesthetic and emotional parts if the narrative and that's all it needs to do. I agree it's ultimately ramshackle but built to purpose. If she'd done the same thing with North America I'd be fine.

[(Anonymous)]

But she made an absolute hash of EUROPE.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, you know, she's British. They do that. Arguably it's a genre convention in the things she's drawing on.

[(Anonymous)]

"They do that". Bollocks. At least we know where other countries ARE.