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MoR? Bleh. It's basically a half-inch away from a self-insert story, with every Doylist weakness in the narrative brutally exploited in a Watsonian manner and e
by zyxley 12y ago
MoR? Bleh. It's basically a half-inch away from a self-insert story, with every Doylist weakness in the narrative brutally exploited in a Watsonian manner and every other character made into a drooling moron so that Harry can be a genius by comparison.
I much prefer stories like Applied Cultural Anthropology, which takes the informed attributes of characters and runs with them to better flesh out the background and to give every character, including the villains, more Doylist competence.
Edit: link is https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9238861/1/Applied-Cultural-Anthropology-or https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9238861/1/Applied-Cultural-Anth... (thanks, Groxx)
- Groxx 12y agoI'll have to check that one out, thanks! Link for others (and for verification, but I think it's right): https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9238861/1/Applied-Cultural-Anthropology-or https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9238861/1/Applied-Cultural-Anth...
- Albuca 12y agoDo you have a link you could share?
- zephjc 12y agoI don't think that's a fair analysis of the characters as the story progresses (except maybe for Ron, but who likes Ron anyway?) How far into HPMOR did you get?
- nikbackm 12y agoI haven't read much of this, but I recall a scene where Dumbledore was portrayed in a very unflattering light at least. (Something about trying to avoid dying I think)
- crpatino 12y agoYeah, I did not like that one either. Though claiming that Dumbledore is portrayed as a "drooling moron" there (or anywhere else for the matter) is not precisely correct.
- swombat 12y agoRead on. Dumbledore is clearly one of the smartest characters in the book, not a drooling moron at all. He puts on a pretence of being completely bonkers to confuse his enemies, but he's very smart and thinks fifteen steps ahead (just one short of Harry...) and is one of the few characters in the book who's an Agent rather than an NPC. As for the other characters, their level of agency varies, but at the very least Quirrel, Hermione and Draco are also agents (i.e. smart enough to be capable of driving the story in a meaningful way), and the other characters are portrayed fairly accurately given their stupidity in the original books. In the original book, ALL the characters are stupid. In HP:MoR, 5 characters are not stupid. I think that's an improvement.
- crpatino 12y agoYou are right of course. I just did not want to give out too many details.
- gcv 12y agoYou could argue that the original JKR work also portrays Dumbledore in a somewhat unflattering light. (He sent children after known dark wizards on multiple occasions, lied to Harry on several occasions, arguably stood by while Sirius was sentenced, etc.) As readers, we like Dumbledore, but he is hardly a paragon of virtue. I rather enjoy how MOR spins that.
- danielweber 12y agoI have my issues with the rest of the series, but I really liked the part where Ron says "if you are a friend of Malfoy, you can't be my friend" and Harry tells him to go pound sand. It's just a horrible thing for the supposed heroes of the original book to roll along with.
- gcv 12y ago> every other character made into a drooling moron Professor Quirrel?
- crpatino 12y agoWell... he seems to be the only one who actually drools so far (not counting the troll or any non human being).