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What do we think of her work?

>> No.11910334

"we"? you mean the HIVE MIND?

dude let me tell you this hive mind here is like an ALIEN SUB CONSCIOUSNESS TURNING US ALL INTO MACDONALDS CREAM CHAFE

>> No.11910353

>>11910334
Fuck off amygdala

>> No.11910358
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>>11910353
The amygdala (/əˈmJɡdələ/; plural: amygdalae; also corpus amygdaloideum; Latin from Greek, ἀμυγδαλή, amygdalē, 'Almond', 'tonsil'[1]) is one of two almond-shaped groups[which?] of nuclei located deep and medially within the temporal lobes of the brain in complex vertebrates, including humans.[2] Shown in research to perform a primary role in the processing of memory, decision-making and emotional responses (including fear, anxiety, and aggression), the amygdalae are considered part of the limbic system.[3]

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>>11910358

>> No.11910399

>>11910358
please explain the word in less words I don't want to read all that

>> No.11910425

>>11910399
If you need further explanation, you don't belong on this site. You have a low IQ and no desire for knowledge.

>> No.11910430

>>11910425
gotta work on that reading comprehension, bud

>> No.11910432

>>11910334
>muh hive mind
Yikes

>> No.11910470
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>>11910432
>muh MUH
>MUH MUH
>muh muh MUH
>MUHHHHHH

>> No.11910476

>>11910383
where can I find this BEast in the Elder Scrolls

>> No.11910490

She is pretty damn good. But when I look at her twitters and interviews it almost seems like she did not write the books at all and that it was someone else.

>> No.11910520

>>11910490
>someone who thinks that Trump is bad can't be a good writer for sure

incelism is strong in you, lad

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>>11910520
Amerimutt please, not everything is about you. Pic very related

>> No.11910545

>>11910313
based and bluepilled

>> No.11910565

>>11910470
lol

>> No.11910582
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I like how she continuously triggers people. She makes people for whom her books were an integral part of their childhood very unhappy

>> No.11910654

>>11910582
cringe

>> No.11910740

>>11910476
you need 40 insight first

>> No.11910741

>>11910313
shit

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>>11910313

>> No.11910798

She's a pretty good writer, I'll probably read Harry Potter again before I die

>> No.11910804

Do you think she sucks dick real good?

>> No.11910892

>>11910313
I want to inseminate her anglo cunt

>> No.11910977

>>11910334
unprecedented levels of autism

>> No.11911957
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>>11910313
Great writer.
I disagree on some personal views she has, but does that matter? Not at all. I still appreciate her for influencing my childhood with her works.

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better than most book today

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>>11910313
She writes good books for children. Her work doesn't aspire to accomplish anything other than making profits with simple good versus evil plots.

>> No.11912415

>>11910432
>>11910470
>>11910565
Enlightening debate.
>muh, yikes
>muh muh muh
>lol.

>> No.11912754

>>11910313

We hate her but I love her.

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>> No.11913468
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>>11910749
>Her Christianity is an accessory.
I wonder about this statement, because Christian symbolism seemed to overwhelm the first book. FFS, Hagrid is called "the keeper of the keys."

>> No.11913572

No pasta? You disappoint me.

>> No.11913585

>>11913572
here >>11910749

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>>11912833

>> No.11915361

>>11913468
The use of Christian symbolism in HP falls perfectly in line with her views.
Consider the Narnia series, a symbolic story about modern English teenagers suddenly finding themselves in a fantasy world.
For Lewis, Christianity was the goal, the intended message behind everything he wrote. He was a bad writer too, but he was consistent. His story is built around that symbolism. The story is the means; the symbolism is the end.
That’s not the case for Rowling. The story is the end, she’ll push it forward by any means she can think of. Christian symbolism is just one of those. Harry’s parents had to die so that he can live with a family he hates, so that he can abandon them and find a new home at Hogwarts. The phoenix feather, the scar, the sorting hat all exist only to establish the main character as someone special, heroic, destined to defeat The Evil, a theme that continues until the conclusion of the series. The symbolism is chaotic, opportunistic and bland, just like Rowling’s beliefs.

>> No.11915387

>>11914850
>joined June 2016
Of fucking coz

>> No.11915427

>>11910476
put all your points into sneak to become the long tallboy sneakman!

>> No.11915429

>>11910383
Which Pokémon is this??

>> No.11915430

>>11910582
> white tears
> the colours in the bottle are not white

what did he mean by this

>> No.11915438

>>11910313
I have a nostalgic connection to Harry Potter and despite my cynicism I can't really hate it.

I don't entirely agree with how JK Rowling tackles politics through Twitter but I get why she does it. Someone with her wealth and power can use that as a platform to express their opinions and if people appreciate it, agree with her and whatever, then that's fine. People who don't agree with her can just ignore her too and that's fine as well.

The whole "black Hermione" thing doesn't bother me either to be honest. I don't care much about it to get frustrated or annoyed by it. It does feel pandering because as times are changing and people call for more diverse representations, it feels more like her ticking a box for her fans rather than genuinely implementing diverse representation, but hey ho, there wasn't as much a call for diversity when the first Harry Potter book was written so she probably didn't think of it back then.

She's all right in my eyes. I think she's a bit patronising and pandering and I get you wouldn't like her if you're not left-leaning, but I can't completely hate her like /lit/ wants me to do.

>> No.11915444

I think every kid should read Harry Potter, but not watch the movies or anything, just relying on his own imagination. She knows how to simulate a kid's imagination. Otherwise it's pretty mediocre for grownups, it's not like Winnie the Pooh, which is a timeless classic. It's more like Narnia, but better. If your kid is 15+ and still obsessing about HP, maybe you should encourage him to get out more and do some more adult stuff maybe and read some better entertaining books from Dostojevski, Steinbeck, Gogol, TKAMB maybe (but you'd hope they read that at school) or at least Iggulden, Murakami or Paasilina are all pretty good for an easy entertaining read if you don't think (s)he has the patience.

>> No.11915533

>>11910749
Are men obsessed with incest?

>> No.11915554

>>11915438
>she probably didn't think of it back then.
Sh was careful to sprinkle a few ethnic names into the Hogwarts student body, though. "

Blaise Zabini," an almost non-character, has a name that required thought about or awareness of French colonial heritage in West Africa. His mother is also a pun on the phrase "black widow."

JKR is an amazing cultural sponge and pun-generator. The first book is like a mixture of Matilda, Tom Brown's School Days (Draco is Flashman, Dumbledore is Arnold), Top Gun, and strangely, The Thief of Bagdad (1925) (mostly the castle interior and the obstacle courses; this is also why Quirrel has a turban, just from pure decontexturalised suggestion.) She's not particularly original, but she's an absolutely word-class maker of pop-cultural stews. It's a shame she wants to do commentary on suburbia instead.

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>>11910353
>>11910383
That's it! I'm doing another playtrough of Bloodborne again. What is some essential Bloodborne-esque literature? I've read Lovecraft already. What are some more books/authors with the same vibe or themes?

>> No.11915576

>>11910313
I thought this was Marine LePen.

>> No.11915578

>>11915444
>like Narnia, but better
"No!"

>> No.11916090

>>11915571
>Bloodborne
>Lovecraft
Bloodborne is too agressive to be Lovecraftian. It's more like Brian Lumley's Titus Crow stories.