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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Harry and Ron were always bored in class because Rowling's magic system is boring as hell (sopuli.xyz)
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A lot of people point out that it doesn't make any sense that Harry and Ron didn't like their schoolwork. Well I figured out why:

It's because the magic system is just as boring in-universe as out of universe. It doesn't make any sense in universe either. Harry and Ron realised Rowling's magic system kinda stinks way before we did, because they spent all day learning it.

If Sanderson had been writing Harry Potter, then Harry and Ron would have liked learning magic as much as Hermione did (Also, Sanderson actually DID write a book about a super-school, it's called Skyward, it's good)

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[–] captainWhatsHisName@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Maybe you would like that fan fiction Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. A large part of it is poking fun at how magic works and how wizards behave and how dumb Quidditch is.

For example there are all kinds of rules about Transfiguration that don’t make sense and that is explored quite a bit.

https://hpmor.com/

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

Thank you for posting this! I spent a whole day off reading it and even forgot to go to bed on time 😅

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I do love how it feels very much like a parody but turns into an honestly straight up good story on its own

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

how dumb Quidditch is

Pretty sure she just didn't get sports.

Why even have the kids trying to kill each other for 30 minutes, just wait for the snitch and whoever gets it wins.

could you imagine in any major sport if the entirety of the people in the stands could directly affect the individual players? And with the anonymity of the magic, even going out in public would be a dangerous proposition. Imagine a teen sitting on a balcony over a busy street, just jinxing drivers for shits and giggles.