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[-] Ameripol@lemmy.world 104 points 6 days ago

Is this the same guy who wrote the Harry Potter Rationalism fan-fic and started the ai worshipping cult?

[-] juliebean@lemmy.zip 20 points 6 days ago

from my understanding, the ai cult initially sprang up on the forum he hosted (hosts? idk), but he didn't exactly start it, any more than Queen Elizabeth II invented punk rock.

but he did write the fanfic, and it's honestly pretty good. low bar i know, but dude's a better author than jowling ever was, and i definitely recommend it to anyone into HP fanfics.

[-] fristislurper@feddit.nl 5 points 6 days ago
[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago

It's interesting. I only read a bit so far and it is definitely right sometimes, but I think it often misses the point. For example complaining that the magic system doesn't make sense is silly, since the magic is obviously trying to appear the same as in the original books (where it makes much less sense) while creating an impression that there might be some rules behind it and it being unintuitive and opaque is the whole point, since the rules are hard to find, else they would be found long ago.

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