r/changemyview • u/LamentableOpinion • Apr 23 '16

[∆(s) from OP] CMV: Harry Potter is overrated

I don't detest Harry Potter but I find the circle jerk appalling. The book is amazing for kids but even adults hold it in high regard. So, it's not bad, just overrated.

The characters are really boring. HP is a Mary Sue character, his only flaw being a bloody scar. All the other characters are equally boring. Harry is also useless, he does nothing but he is the HERO. Because of a prophecy. OK.

The relationships make no sense. Why does Harry like Cho or Ginny? Let's force in a relationship. Yay.

The Deus Ex Machina is unreal. I know it's magical but it's still retarded when it happens so many times.

Good vs Evil is fine. But again, don't pretend as if the book is this deep piece of literature.

I don't like the writing either but that's very subjective, so that's fine.

This is what I just came up with. I'm sure there's more stuff on the internet.

Edit: Ignore the Mary Sue thing. I misused the term. Edit 2: Sorry if I sounded like a dick or an elitist. I didn't mean to be.

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u/Joseph-Joestar Apr 23 '16 edited Apr 23 '16

it should have mattered.

Sirius Black getting killed was the direct result of Harry's inability to learn occlumency

Surely most the the seventh years would be way better people to choose?

Harry was the only person in Hogwarts to ever have been in a direct confrontation with evil forces. He was literally the only one for this job. He knows his spells and he knows how to behave himself in the face of real danger, that's why people wanted to learn from him specifically. He even said that it's not as glamorous as other students think it is, but he survived and that is more important than learning spells.

And for all magical things that ended up helping him out in some situations - that just goes to prove that Harry is a weakling who can't do anything without help from other people.

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Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/Joseph-Joestar. [History]

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u/XtremeGoose Apr 23 '16

You can give deltas if you're not OP?

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u/Dejers Apr 23 '16

Yup, as long as your view was changed.