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[–] Impassionata@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day 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.