Captain Placeholder said:
SpaceMedarotterX said:
ah Harry Potter, the Naruto of the literature world, and I mean that with as much disrespect as I can muster. Or is it the 'Gundam Seed Destiny' cause at the beginning it kinda looked good and then OH MY ME did it turn to shit
No, you are absolutely wrong. Twilight is the Naruto of the Literature world - both are equally crap, worthless story and consistantly badgers you with the point of the story (Twilight - Fuck dogs/Dead People = Naruto - get your ass kicked and be constantly annoying).
Harry Potter was well written children's tale that grew up as the readers grew up. When I originally read Harry Potter I was around 8-12 (My memory of those years is incredibly bad) and I grew up with Mr. Potter and all his adventures. This is excellent to see what is going to happen
Oh my no Twilight is the GARZEYS WING of the Literature World. Harry Potter was at least good before JK Rowling realized she couldn't write action, couldn't write dialogue, couldn't pace, and pulled out as many cheap 'shock' twists she could in that last pile of quivering putrid slop that is Deathly Hallows. I have read these books, I read them as a kid growing up, and I did not slowly turn on them because it was the 'mature' thing to do. Someone who claims his favourite SF Book series to be a tie between Artemis Fowl and Ciaphas Cain, and has a shelf full of mecha doesn't hate something for being mature.
Oh their was the potential for great books in there, and I would be lying if I said it was the fault of the mythos. It's the fault of the writer. Now saying that she's still leagues above Meyer and Kishimoto, but she's certainly no Colfer or Oda.
I have never in my life encountered a story about a wizards war that was so boring however. I have never once before hand come to the end of a story expecting a climax and getting a horrible pay off.
I saw Ciaphas Cain nuke the Necrons, I marveled when Artemis Fowl shot a neutrino blast through time to save someones life in the past, I cheered when Lief took his crown as the King of Deltora and cast out the Shadowlord, and I felt sick as I watched The Eclipse in Berserk.
I felt disappointment when I put down Dealthly Hallows. Not from the epilogue, not from the cartoonish villain, not from the characters who betrayed their own morals, but because it had all just been so boring.
When Portgas D. Ace died in One Piece, the first real death of the series long 500 chapters into it's run Everyone who read it went into shock, denied it being real, until it became incredibly apparent that this wasn't going to have a miraculous recovery and he had died, smiling, despite Luffys near 50 chapter battle to save his life he failed his brother and went into shock.
This wasn't some death that was done to shock the reader however, it was done to further the entire main cast, despite only Luffy being their to witness it. What did 90% of the deaths in Harry Potter achieve except to shock and wow you?
And as my ultimate dig, the one I know will outrage you, and the one with the most hyperbole. When I can look at something from Pokemon and say "This character had more character development than anyone from Harry Potter" in this case Red and Ruby from the Adventures Manga, then you know you've done a terrible job of making a character grow up.
Imma save my money for Green Lantern thank you very much.