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View Poll Results: Which one is better?
Harry Potter 69 74.19%
Twilight 4 4.30%
Who cares, they both suck 20 21.51%
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Old 09-29-2010, 06:56 AM   #151 (permalink)
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I started reading Harry Potter when the first book came out (1998), and being "Hogwarts-aged" (10-11) I eagerly awaited my acceptance letter into the school.

Of course none came, but instead of lamenting the fact that I was a mere Muggle, I read the series avidly until its conclusion. Along the way, I gained a bit of rationality to balance out my overactive imagination and realized that it was a work of fiction. Nonetheless, I still enjoyed daydreaming about it from time to time. It was certainly an important part of my childhood - teen years (as the last book was released shortly before I turned 20) and I grew up quite a lot on those books.

When Twilight came out, I had just graduated high school and my younger sister, a soon-to-be high school junior, got a copy of the book. She raved about it, saying it was the "next Harry Potter", and I was offended that anyone would compare what I'd heard to be "Young Adult Vampire Romance" as anything close to the fantastical world developed within the Harry Potter series. In the winter break of my freshman year of college, I finally caved and read it as I had nothing else to read.

I didn't hate it then. I wasn't a fan of Stephenie Meyer's writing by any stretch of the imagination, but it seemed a pleasant and quick read. As the rest of the series came out, my sister would get the books without fail on their release date, and I would later read them, becoming more and more disillusioned with the entire concept.

It fell apart around book 3, and hard. It became little more than romantic teenage fluff, and I was kind of upset, to be honest. While I'd never believed Meyer to possess much writing prowess, I thought that she would at least improve as the series went on, adding to the characters and substantially increasing my interest in the plot. Instead, it devolved into madness, appearing to be little more than fanfiction written by fans of the first book (maybe the first two, but that's being generous).

Having read both the Twilight and Harry Potter books, and having viewed the movies for both, I'll have to say that it's Harry Potter for me by a long shot. Not that either series of films is particularly respectable, but as for the books, Harry Potter wins...

...of those two series.

I still have a strong, strong bond with Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Where Harry Potter shaped my youth and teen years, The Dark Tower series has been the defining series for my late teens and early twenties.
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Old 10-02-2010, 04:06 AM   #152 (permalink)
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Harry potter, i don't like twilight at all sorry : /
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Old 10-08-2010, 06:08 PM   #153 (permalink)
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I've really taken a notion to read Harry Potter recently. I want to know what all the hype is. It's a pity I probably won't read them due to having to purchase them .
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Old 10-08-2010, 06:16 PM   #154 (permalink)
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When you look at it.. The impact of Harry Potter on the world was amazing, and for a good cause.

Twilight was really designed for a slim age range, and this is just my opinion, but I think it opened more people to resorting to being depressed.. Thinking it will get them somewhere. Then again I'm just a 16 year old guy that hasn't, or ever will open that book, so I don't really know.
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Old 10-08-2010, 06:25 PM   #155 (permalink)
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According to my Mother who has read all 3 series of books Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials books pisses over both of them from a great height.
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Old 10-12-2010, 10:40 AM   #156 (permalink)
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Harry Potter. The ideas were good and the storyline invigorating. I grew up reading those books and have a lot of good memories about them. When I was younger I really got into it, even reading the on the side books to understand the Harry Potter world better. Those books peeked my interest the whole time. The movies were done well and were entertaining but still keeping true to a lot of the book.

Twilight...not as good. I read the first book before it became insanely popular and liked it some. But as the books went on so did the drama. It turned into nothing but drama and teenage romance. So much so that the book became predictable and way too mushy. I prefer my stories to have a backbone to them. On top of that, the movies just werent that good. I didnt even bother to see the second one...

Oh and who has their own part of Universal theme park in orlando??? Newly done with tons of tourists any day of the week??? Thats right....Harry Potter...

Just shows you the impact of the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter"


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Old 10-12-2010, 04:49 PM   #157 (permalink)
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Thus sparkle shyte genuinely pisses me off so much. Everyone should STFU about it. I could go on all day about how Harry potter looks like a ****ing twat, but I don't.
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Old 10-12-2010, 06:36 PM   #158 (permalink)
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^harry may be a nerd, but at least he doesnt sparkle. and at least hermione isnt some stupid chick who cant make her own decisions and depends on two guys to run her life
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Old 10-12-2010, 06:41 PM   #159 (permalink)
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Thus sparkle shyte genuinely pisses me off so much. Everyone should STFU about it. I could go on all day about how Harry potter looks like a ****ing twat, but I don't.
THANK YOU. When HP fans claim this, I believe it's a weak, invalid argument. Who made these fans? Get them and their asinine complex out of here.
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According to my Mother who has read all 3 series of books Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials books pisses over both of them from a great height.
His Dark Materials are awesome, but not so much as to qualify harry potter as pissworthy. They can cross swords pissing on twilight instead.
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