/lit/ - Literature

>"reading" harry potter
You're not. You're just looking at words and imagining a bad fantasy movie

>>11187617
You can't use magic on the snitch cause it's representative of the archetypal humans' search for meaning and inclusion and there's no shortcut to that, bucko, so that's that.

>>11187617
>>11187661
Oh you said the golden egg. Just replace "snitch" with "golden egg" in my statement and it'll be ok

it's traditional to find the egg. plus you can't just accio anything, you have to have a good mental image and understanding of it

I'd accio malfoy's undies otherwise

>>11187617
It's charm resistant, and I'm pretty sure this is stated explicitly

>>11187617
Pic related.

>>11187690
>implying harry lacked a good mental image and understanding of malfoy's undies

>>11187617
i have a question. what's wrong with you? it seems like the most popular way to engage with fiction today is this bizarre hunt for imaginary plotholes where you put yourself in a character's position, imagine doing better than them and complain that this is not what happened. people who can't string together a coherent sentence on what a movie or book is actually about can talk for hours about the characters not acting in what they think is the optimal way. where does this come from? is it videogames? have they cooked your brain so much you can't engage with anything without treating it like a youtube playthrough that would be going better if only you were the one playing? explain this to me.

i have a better question, why are you reading this shit

>>11187659
>bad fantasy movie
Like there are any other kind?

>>11187617
Or perhaps you should ask yourself why are you reading the dullest franchise in the history of YA books franchises.

This board really is bitter.

>>11188841
Honestly what did you expect in a thread about Harry Potter

>>11187617
The book specifically says you can't use magic like that on it. You're too dumb to read kids' books.

>>11187900
The dude is just trying to understand the magic. Chill the fuck out.

>>11188858
>The book specifically says you can't use magic like that on it.
Where? Post quote.

If you try to find consistency in Harry Potter's magic system you're fucked. There's no rhyme or reason and Rowlings creates spells to literally deus ex machina Harry out of danger. Really, enjoy it without thinking and you might salvage something from the series.

>>11188890
"Enjoying it without thinking" might be a bit regrettable if you take into consideration things like Snape foreshadowing his true allegiance in the very first Potions class.

>>11188079

well, anon, like it or not it's a good book for its target demographic, and, if OP wants to pursue writing as a career or if he simply likes to enjoy reading, Harry Potter is great (:!

>>11188951
>(:!
I swear this has to be (You) bait and I fell for it.

By the way, what's your opinion on Merula? I think she is cute!

Probably because the egg is enchanted in such a way by the organizers of the tournament that it resists the accio spell. So the triwizard candidate will have to think of a different way to get to it.

Its the same when harry tries to summon the horcrux in the cave at the end of tge sixth book and it doesnt work. Voldemort enchanted the object here as well

>>11188941
>Snape foreshadowing his true allegiance in the very first Potions class.
What do you mean?

>>11188876
Shit, you're right. I apologize. It's so obvious I assumed I had read it (it's been many years). Still, I'm sure there was a charm on the egg (like there was on the Locket and the contents of a Gringotts vault) so that you can't simply summon it. It was never explicitly stated, but if it were that simple, Cedric wouldn't have bothered to transfigure a rock into a dog, he would have just Accio-ed it. Kinda defeats the purpose of the task as a whole.

>>11187617
the broom is phallic, the dragon represents the father, and the golden egg is his mother

>>11188941
wut

>>11189081
"What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" can be read as "I greatly regret Lily's death."

>>11187900
>where does this come from? is it videogames?
Plausible tbph

>>11189234
isn't that cool?

>>11187900
I’m lazy, can someone make a post with that text and this image?

>>11188773
No!

>>11189234
Elaborate please

>>11187617
>Target permanent has hexproof
Literally as simple as a children's game

>>11187617
Getting the egg is only half the challenge, if you were just standing there holding the egg like an asshole you'd get DRAGONED.

>>11188956

what

"NO!"

>>11190483
>target permanent
What the fuck is targeting the egg and giving it hexproof? Learn to play.

>>11190728
Targeting it would be targeting it with a spell, nobody mentioned "giving" it hexproof, he suggested it HAS hexproof, which it does IIRC

>>11189234
I refuse to believe Rowling was this smart 7 books in advance.

>>11187617
Those are the worst harry potter covers ever

>>11189180
WE wish

>>11187659

>>11187900
I agree, I've seen this phenomenon as well, except I think it's actually sincere. I have a friend who always asks about perceived plotholes in the media he consumes, (and always with a slight smirk as if he's quietly getting off to it,) and one day I asked him "Didn't you tell me you enjoyed this [film/book/article/etc]? Some of this sounds like mocking criticism."
He answered that really he sees it as just a way to begin a conversation about things he likes. It's a better alternative than simply saying "wasn't it awesome when X character did Y?" and such discussions.

>>11187900
You've put something I've been thinking about into words quite succinctly, and with some good dubs to boot, good post anon
To answer your question I think vidya has a part in it but it's definitely something more and I'm not sure.

>>11188374
LOTR

>>11187617
Honestly I wish I grew up with Harry Potter as a kid

>>11188773
You haven't read many YA franchises. There's stuff out there that makes Rowling look like Milton.