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[–] lime@feddit.nu 23 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

it is, based on most people who read it, actually very good. the problems start when you analyse it in context with the author. ironically, same thing is true for the source material.

[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

the context makes it better, for me.

Harry is the protagonist, but he's not a good person. he's a ruthlessly utilitarian sociopath who takes himself far too seriously, but it's entertaining to watch his thought processes. again, much like the author.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

i mean, as long as you don't go into it expecting to sympathise with the main character and get immersed in the story, yeah. it's not badly written, it's just bad.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 hours ago

One of the key things to enjoying it is realizing that Harry is very often wrong about astoundingly obvious things because he's not half as bright as he thinks he is and has massive, glaring blind spots. Rather like watching someone with a PhD who thinks that means they know much about things wildly far away from their specialty.

[–] Impassionata@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

most people have bad taste. hpmor spreads vapid grandiose intellectualism and the people who like it should act more like skulblaka: they were trivially manipulated by a cult leader.

to be fair, though, eliezer yudkowsky is being sardonic in the OP text.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

HPMOR definitely has its share of problems -- a mary sue main character for one. But it was incredibly unique at the time it came out, in particular for taking the world of harry potter down as many pegs as it could with such exacting precision. I think it's one of the all-time greats (of fanfics) personally, but you definitely have to get past how full of himself the author is.

[–] Impassionata@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

the thing is

you don't have to get past how full of himself the author is

the entire cult the author founded is in denial of the fascism

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

If you prefer, there's the "post-rats," which are a spin-off of the same cult and are pretty much identical except every few minutes they make sure to mention how much they don't like yudkowsky anymore.