Love them or hate them, tropes are here to stay. They’re an easy way to show a viewer what a story is about, giving them the familiarity they crave, while being given the creative freedom to subvert audience expectations. Tropes are timeless, and most don’t need to vanish entirely—the problem Read more…
Harry Potter is famous for it’s whimsical world and it’s colourful characters, but Rowling was by no means the first author to employ such a writing style. Before we had Hogwarts or Privet Drive, there was Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, a giant peach, and a hotel which hosted a nasty Read more…
Harry Potter has become a household name. The series (and the films) have sold countless copies. They have become beloved, even by those who don’t favour fantasy, and were the stories which introduced children the world over to reading. With that in mind, it’s easy to believe there are only Read more…
With Harry Potter venturing into the realm of spin offs and prequels, there is some hope of other stories being explored in the Wizarding World. Whether these are sequels, or stories which have only been hinted at in the books, there is potential for new characters, environments, and tales that Read more…
The seventh book of the Harry Potter series showed that Rowling could be as ruthless as George R. R. Martin when it came to killing characters, though the string of tragedies began in Goblet of Fire, when Cedric was killed by Voldemort as no more than a “spare.” Afterwards, each Read more…
Despite it’s odd flaws and the controversies surrounding it, few debate that the world of Harry Potter is rich and generally well written. Despite that, more lore usually introduces more questions. Fantasy universes are endlessly complex, and Harry Potter introduces it’s own slew of fun questions. These don’t hamper the Read more…
Video version available: https://youtu.be/ulvA9qgppSg However people may feel about J. K. Rowling, there’s no denying that the series she penned has influenced, and even defined, a whole generation. The Harry Potter books were a literary phenomenon, spawning countless copies, sequels, textbooks, and a film series. The various themes presented in Read more…