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Average potterhead level of reading comprehension.
I was responding specifically to a claim that JKR is "one of the greats" partly on the basis of her worldbuilding by pointing to a clear example of abysmal worldbuilding she's done…? If the worldbuilding were really that brilliant, you'd expect some of the newer works set in the wizarding world to receive better than a lukewarm reception. Even before she outed herself as a fascist piece of shit nobody was tripping over themselves to catch Fantastic Beasts, and the general consensus was that her tweets about potter lore were pretty embarrassing.
And yeah, I'll stand by my claim that her works are mediocre on their own merits (or rather, the lack thereof) and that there's no shortage of better written material by others in the genre for which she's famous. Some of these other authors are mentioned in this very thread.
We're discussing her qualities as an author here, this isn't about my hatred for her as a person, you're the one who brought that up. You are letting your nostalgia for an IP's long-past glory days obscure the objectivity behind the comments you are relying to.
It's just obvious from your way of speaking that this is a rewriting of history, yes you have mentioned some poor world building she has done outside of her literature, that is almost entirely irrelevant to the books she has written.
Calling her works 'mediocre' is once again, objectively incorrect and in my opinion (this is an assumption) is fuelled by your own personal feelings towards her.
Cope + Seethe + Potterheads stay losing
see how obvious it was?
bro you've been sealioning this whole time while yourself absolutely failing to bring any facts to the table to help you argue your point, there's absolutely no benefit to engaging you in good faith. Mald harder.
if you say so