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Cursed Child- What Is and What Should Never Be

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SPOILERS AHEAD. On the 31st of July, 2016, the long wait of the Harry Potter fandom finally came to an end when Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was finally released worldwide and fans all over found themselves once again a part of the life of the Boy Who Lived after 9 years. It has been long anticipated, and expectations of this 8th story, continuing 19 years later, were high. However, I have a few select things to say about this story that seems to have broken every Wizarding Law we are familiar with. What is most annoying about the play, it seems to be in complete disregard of the characters J. K. Rowling so carefully conceived, and instead replaced by the version of a fan who did not seem to approve the Ronald Weasley Jo created. Ron seems to have lost all the traits Potterheads loved him for, and has instead become a flirtatious, uncaring, poor excuse for comedy relief. What is more, Hermione Granger, who once looked the Minister of Magic in the eye and told him she was only...

How Different Fandoms Respond to Hate

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Awhile ago, when my wandering mind began to deeply focus on the depths of the books that literally form half our life today, I realized that, no matter how good a book was, there will always be someone who can find fault with it. I also came to the conclusion (especially inspired by the HP-Twilight battle) that each individual Fandom was unique in its response to hate from pansycakes, and was, to some degree, representative of the Fandom's influence on its various members. So I took upon myself a new identity (guess who?) and posted hate comments in various Fandoms. The response was, let's say, interesting. Twilight Disclaimer: I am not a Twihard. In this list, I've included Fandoms I belong to, or am familiar with, to make it easier for me to relate to them; Twilight however, is an exception. I'll admit, I have watched the first movie, and one of my friends is a Twihard, so I do know some stuff, but really it's not my kind of a book. Moving on, I made...