The plot demanded a reason for him to stay behind.
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Im pretty sure its because they were trying to keep him on campus to keep him safe and used that as a bs excuse and he didn't realize it until later cause he's a kid. Idgaf about Harry Potter, haven't picked up a book in 20 years, but I remember this.
Yes, as there was a killer on the loose, suspected to be super crazy and in the area. In which case, would it be safe for the other kids?
It's not logical whichever way you look at it.
It's because they thought Black was going for retribution on Harry so they probably figured that he was largely laser focused on him. Though he did blow up a bunch of folks in their eyes so that logic doesnt really hold water.
TLDR: Rowling dumb and doesn't even think things through within the same book.
Yes, but they also thought he was a crazy psychopath, on top of blowing people up. So, still not the kid friendly environment that would be suitable, if logic is used.
But they are kids books, so it's not a big deal. However, she's not a genius author. She struck it lucky. Like many, she thinks it's merit based, now that she's a billionaire. And she uses that big brain to trample on the rights of others. If she wasn't a billionaire, she'd be the crazy psychopath she wrote about (who in this case turned out to be a good guy in the books; she wouldn't ).
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His legal guardians do not consent to him even attending the school in the first place, to the extent where he needs to be broken out to attend every year. But no field trip.
In all seriousness, this is what happens when you write novels without doing any world-building and just put down whatever seems "fun". The are sooooo many things in that series that make no sense once they are superceded by later plot devices. Rowling didn't think any of it through ahead of time and gave almost no thought to internal consistency with previous content when she wrote new things.
It's honestly a terrible series in most regards and it's kind of disappointing how popular it became.
Also she a trans-hating bigot. Fuck J.K. Rowling. Can't forget that part whenever discussing her or her work.
Way back, years ago, and if memory serves...
There was short story about Harry Potter in a Disney Adventures magazine one month and I think that was supposed to be all there was as far as the story. The popularity of it may have had JKR rushing to build a more in depth story and throwing anything in it that seemed whimsical and fun to a kid, regardless if it made sense.
All true, though i still found it fun to read when the books came out. At that age my critical thinking skills were not as developed yet, and since that age group is the intended target audience the popularity is not that surprising.
I mean, I totally get it. There is just better stuff out there and it sucks that she got lucky when otherr, better authors don't
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Rule of cool supersedes making sense. Yeah there’s a ton of nonsense, but you called it yourself, it’s fun. That’s all that matters.
The issue I have with this line of reasoning is that there are equally whimsical, better written series that just didn't have good fortune to pop off the way HP did.
It's marketing. And cover art. And simple timing of fads. It sucks. And it funded a horrible person through pure happenstance
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More than fun. It's whimsical.
She's a terrible person. I read the books to my kids but they are puarated so she doesn't get a penny. Same for the movies.
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looks like the magic world's lawyers were just as bad as their muggle counterparts, tbh.
way worse, in fact, when one reads about all the wizengamot proceedings.
He liked a pro trans meme once.
You'd think a woman who can literally transform into an animal would be pro-trans
She would have been if she wasn't written by a massive piece of shit.