And even beyond common themes, there are archetypes in human existence-including the ones described in Jungian psychology. If I were a betting person, I would bet some good $$$$ that this guy doesn’t know what “archetype” means. 😂💰
Yeah I had to describe the entire Joseph Campbell hero’s journey to a major “queer” X account who was accusing her of ripping off Star Wars. Of course, no answer. Tons of stories have the same structure
@@FluffySylveonBoi Well if you wanna go there, the bible is a compilation of many different scriptures and so-called witness statements, so the real source has to be found in one of those ancient documents, right? 😁
It's nor even a critique, it's a blatant attack on her as a creator. He did not offer one piece of anything resembling honest criticism. Nothing on writing style, story structure, pace, characterization, etc. It's sad how all of these people attack her, not for what she said, but because someone else decided what she meant. Very few people actually know what she said.
@@TheMugwump1She was, & then was trivialized to "person who menstruates". Oh, & Star Wars only exists because Lucas couldn't get the rights to Flash Gordon.
Where were these guys before she spoke up? At Harry Potter watch parties, that’s where. Now they are trying to attack her work to give themselves some credibility.
What’s incredible to me is these people say they know how Rowling stole a fiction story and made it famous… yet they’re horrible at telling stories. Clearly JK is doing something else right. I feel sorry for the children who thought Harry Potter wasn’t a children’s book
I don't feel sorry for anybody who read the books and enjoyed them, children or not. Is LOTH a children's book? They were written for Tolkien's children but I have read them many times.
Harry Potter is timless and any one can enjoy it my 72 year neighbour read it few moths ago and loved it, these books are going to be one of the classics in the future just like The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Little Prince, and so on
@@maryamasllafas1813 Right, and the reason it is timeless is because it taps into universal human experiences and interests. What this gay cultist calls theft is simply exploring the universal human experience like humans have done since there have been humans.
If he had done even a little research into the beliefs and values of the other authors he talked about he might have just not made the video... the only one who has shown any level of agreement with his world view is Neil Gaiman.
This argument is about as valid as saying George Lucas stole Star Wars because there had been lot of "hero's Journey" tales before then. None of these people would have a damn thing to say about JKR if it wasn't for her stance on the trans thing. They were all super fans that would have defender her with their lives before that.
Star Wars only exists because Lucas wanted to remake Flash Gordon & couldn't get the rights, ditto Spielberg with Indiana Jones, boomers remaking the Saturday afternoon matinees they grew up on. Rowling such an unoriginal plagiarist she taught generations to read when the originals couldn't.
I went to school in the UK. Our uniform was a white shirt, grey/ black skirt, striped tie and grey jumper (sweater). We were placed into four different houses, coloured red/ green/ blue and yellow. We had a headteacher who would tell us off and we had different lessons done by different teachers. JK Rowling also went to school in the UK system and my school wasn't a boarding school but again, all schools in the UK are like this, private or public. We are always influenced by things, she being of a similar age group to me, knew about Hitler and the Nazi's. Bless this dude, he is so jealous, its kind of sad...
My 8 year old son grabbed Deathly Hallows out of my hand and ran to his room and read it. You can argue ANY way you want to say she is terrible. Young kids read 900 page books breathlessly... THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERED> any arguments good or bad are irrelevant. People ordered the book a year in advance. It stayed on the top of the best sellers list without being read for most of the year. And the only reason I started reading it is because it was on a list of BANNED books my wife brought home. Banned? Why is this banned. Amazon. "Harry Potter" add to cart. Buy...
@@FilthyBitchGunClub yes. I get Mein Kampf, Penthouse, Playboy, Tropic of Capricorn, and maybe even Lady Chatterly's Lover. I can even sort of get my head around Huck Finn... Barely and only if I have drunk enough that day to be in a weird place. Hungry Caterpillar?
I loath the types of videos where people will overly simplify a story and then say the author is just copying other works. It is never done in good faith and is always done by someone who is trying to attack the author because they do not like something the author said or did.
Nah, I doubt the motive is anything as sincere as their own frustration. The video was probably made from the deepest cynicism: hating on JK Rowling gets views within the peer group, therefore subscribers, patreons, and money can be earned from their sophmor(on)ic attack.
To preface this, I am not a HP fan. I have never read the books. I watched only the first movie and it was because I was watching it with friends. I didn't care for the story enough to continue watching the rest of the movies. So that all being said, the person Warren is responding to thinks they're smarter than they are. The fact that they say "It's also f*cking Star Wars!" as if it was an "Aha! Gotcha!" moment in their criticism of HP...shows how little they know. George Lucas unabashedly created Star Wars from a variety of sources of inspiration such as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. Citing Star Wars for being a source of reference for Rowling's HP isn't an a gotcha moment on Rowling. It's a gotcha moment on this ill informed person. He also seems to not realize that George Lucas has said that he used Joseph Campbell's "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" as an integral part of his story process. Meaning, Lucas uses tried and true mythology tropes/cliches that have existed in various cultures for thousands of years, such as "The Hero's Journey". Who criticizes Star Wars for simply being derivative, and because of that, it isn't a good story? There are valid criticisms of Star Wars but being derivative isn't one of them. Otherwise, all stories would be "bad" because they aren't wholly original or unique. The fact that HP is derivative isn't bad. All great stories can be traced to influence/reference sources. Humans find certain patterns of narrative structure and concepts compelling. That's why all "great stories" are from a limited pool of fundamental characteristics. Great stories are far less about being unique or original than they are about being well executed story with coherency, consistency, and satisfying culmination/pay-off. If HP has these qualities then it's a good story, regardless of wearing its influences on its sleeve. This person with a critique of HP being derivative is obviously not a trained or educated writer of any sort. They know nothing of the field of composing literature. At best, they have a poorly formed, and easily dissected, opinion.
@@jonathanmawson6867 You're absolutely correct, The Hidden Fortress was more drawn from for inspiration for Star Wars. Kurosawa's work had a major impact on Lucas.
It’s even more evident he doesn’t know what he is talking about when he said ‘The Sword in the Stone’ from Disney was “probably in reference to something else.” Dude. It’s literally a retelling of the King Arthur legend. He can’t seriously not know the story of King Arthur, can he? Who (in the west at least) doesn’t know that story? The story has been around since the 5th century.
Harry Potter is a wonderful piece of children’s literature. JK does the best at making children engaged in characters, no one can write to children like she can. I will read it over and over to my kids because they love it and it inspires them to be better people.
He really made his mistake there, didn't he? The KKK reference is calling her a bigot or fascist. Clearly this video was motivated by left wing neo-marxist ideology such as gender fluidity and trans rights activism rather than a literature book critique. Clearly, her books are good or they are not, regardless of our gender politics.
@@captbunnykiller1.0 what always gets me when lefties use such remarks! I mean if a right leaning person does it, they (mostly) can stand the same done to them - and their retorts are also hilarious! With the left leaning individuals it's a whole different picture though. They will call others most awful names, call it 'making fun', then get mortally offended when get the same treatment, AND cry about others' lack of compassion, no less! What could potentially be an enjoyable and entertaining display of people exercising their wit, becomes a pathetic view, that one rather avoid. That said, it probably have less to do with one's political affiliation, than their individual character...
It’s as if the person that Warren is reviewing has never heard of Jung or Joseph Campbell or the hero’s journey or the 36 dramatic situations or the 31 functions of a folktale.
He doesn't even know what King Arthur is. We're dealing with someone whose literary tastes are entirely composed of TikTok-Approved books that are based on quotas and not literary merit.
It's almost as if the English language + the heroes journey are baked into western culture. If I could give that creator some advice, it would be that you don't need to tell people that water is wet.
Anyone could make the same claims for any piece of work that has been written after the first story was told around the fires of ancient man. This is a classic troll knocking anyone down who dares to cross the literary bridge to success. He screams jealousy. This tiresome behavior is childish and only worthy of completely ignoring.
Yes. Also, he seems completely ignorant of the existence of archetypes in human history and psychology. In addition, he seems to be completely ignorant of basic logic as well. Like Warren said: “You can’t have it both ways, buddy.” 😂 First, it’s a copy; then it’s not accurate enough!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Make it make sense!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣
Yes, exactly because that argument does apply to literally every single work of art. It all tends to follow the same narrative it's all the same old tired story told again and again just differently. Which is exactly why plagiarism is a BS complained because everyone is just plagiarizing the ideas they didn't come up with you putting your own spin on someone else's idea doesn't suddenly make that idea yours.
I have no patience for silly sarcastic " reviews". This kid obviously has an agenda and went into the video wearing it on his sleeve. Plots in all genres have been redone and re imagined for - forever
I agree with your statement. The reviewer has an obvious bias against Jk Rowling throughout the video. All the books referenced in the video probably inspired Harry Potter in one way or another since they use reoccuring plot elements. Warren is adding logic to their arguements.
I'm on Rowlings' side. Think about music: there are only 12 notes. A small combination of those notes harmonize with each other. Musicians copy from each other all the time. There are motifs and tonal cliches. It's incredibly hard to come up with a new melody or chord combination because we have so many decades, even centuries, of recorded music. And I'll bet this particular Rowling critic has never written a truly original thing in his life.
Are we serious? " Disney's The Sword in the Stone which is probably based on something..." Yeah, the novel of the same name by T.H. White, which is a modern retelling of the Arthurian cycle. The Sword in the Stone itself is however particularly original as Arthur's young life was not heavily detailed in the original legends. Also, I mean... the 36 Dramatic Situations, the 7 Basic Plots ... it has long been observed that all stories are essentially remixes of other stories. It's all about *who* you populate your story with and *how* you tell the story. Character, descriptive detail, pacing, etc. It's not clear to me why this guy was worth responding to when he doesn't even know the basics of the subject he's discussing, he's just hating on JKR off the top of his head.
@@ajikpajik9331 Oh, yes, that's a brilliant series, seamlessly incorporates some of the most obscure details of the original legends while fleshing out Merlin's life mostly from Stewart's own imagination. I love those books.
@@paritybit7830 My heart just leapt with joy that someone else enjoyed those books as much as I did. They were an integral part of my childhood. Thank you.
The guy suddenly comprehended how much of his life had been consumed as a "Potter Super Fan", and is resentful of it. His current obsession of attacking his perceived captor will be exponentially shorter in duration (hopefully) before becoming consumed with his next object of desire. Wash, rinse, repeat.
She gave me nothing, the world that made itself known to her did. I could care less about her values, because she isn't the world, and never will be. She can cause harm and fiction cannot and in that Hermione will always be superior to her
This they/them just discovered inspiration and references. It's archetypes, themes, motives, literary concepts known since Gilgamesh at least, or as we know of. Congrats to the postmodern rainbow youth for discovering basic literary ideas.
Heck I could go into my kindle library and find a dozen different series by different authors all telling the "same story". Thing is while the heroes journey is the tale in Deed of Paksenarion, fire crossing, Born to troll, Harry Potter, the dark lord of derkholm, penrics demon and many others the details are very different and that authors idea. One tells the tale of a young woman who becomes a goddesss by accident and has to learn to abandon the mortal realm to protect it, another tells of a young man who is working to protect his world from the interstellar society they rebelled from and protect the people he cares about, a third focuses on a young women trying to secure a place in the world in an era when women had few rights as her husband dominates and terrifies her, yet another is about a guy who learns to be a good crafter building things. There's only a few truly original stories but thousands of variations on that tale reflecting the authors ideas.
There are so many stories throughout history, both fictional and non-fictional, that chronicle the struggle between good and evil. They are set in different periods in time and different environments. Sometimes good prevails and sometimes evil prevails. The point is that audiences like them, especially when there is tension and it is uncertain which side is going to win.
The entire human experience us the fight of good and evil. Internally and externally. Moment to moment. Ever decision people make can hurt others. Some people become villains. Some fight them. Our stories reflect that. It's wild to call portraying human existance in interesting ways is unoriginal. That's all stories are.
Cognitive dissonance the loser is in pain and pulling at straws. They're projecting internalize self hate 😅. The queer graduated "hog warts" with flying colors pun intended.
This person's whole thing is basically starting with a conclusion, i.e., J.K. Rowling being a sex realist, and therefore anti trans, and won't validate this person's delusion, and so they are trying to rip apart Rowling's achievement. It's said that there are essentially 6 or 7 stories or basic plots, and this kind of deconstruction of Harry Potter is what is being done by the subject of this video. .
Is there a more unoriginal stance than attacking the creation of a person you disagree with elsewhere over other things? If HP is derivative, what does it make this person? Nothing he says comes from anywhere but bad faith. He couldn't give a insightful or honest critique of HP if his life depended upon it.
Well yes stories like this have been told. Every story has been told over and over through out the Centuries Christ I also remember the worst witch, she told a story in a new way with different characters. JK has been more than honest that she took inspiration from old myths, legends and literature. I get the feeling this has a little more to do with her opinions on trans issues rather than her story telling ability.
I started off disliking the HP series and rowling because i instantly recognized the same tropes. I adored the Worst Witch and Sword in the Stone (star wars was meh... space wizards and politics...Meh for days) But then i ACTUALLY read the HP books and discovered... similar yes. But different. VERY different. HP's father was not a mass murderer. HP did NOT become king. He threw it away. He was not the worst student that lucked into a magical school. Telling familiar stories without challenging questions?? Did this guy play on his phone when he watched the movies? Did he read the reviews instead of the books? Because there is nothing but challenge in the enture series. It's aimed at children yet it has heavy subjects. This entire series is a therapists playground. If you study psychology you can easily read and diagnose every single character. Take away the magic and you still have a fantastic story about love, loyalty, betrayal, redemption, forgiveness, abuse, exploitation and brainwashing. I don't remember any of that in star wars, sword in the stone or worst witch.
And to reiterate my statement about my dislike.... i love these books. I liken it to Oliver than the others. There is the endless undercurrent of everything and everyone being connected. It also highlights fantastically how different people react to the same circumstances. Potter/Voldemort.. for one example. Orphans, raised without loving parents, bullied by the rich kids etc. Even snapes character was wildly complicated. Playing a double agent for two mind readers? Pretending to loathe the son of your best friend? The friend you accidentally murdered while on a side quest for revenge? It's amazing to me how people completely disregard all of this stuff and only focus on the magic. The magic was fun but totally unimportant. You would have still had a great story without it.
Right? Rowling wrote an incredibly mature story that was digestible for younger audiences. The magic and fantastical elements were the selling point, but the thing that kept a lot of people around, and keeps people coming back, was the characters. I re-read the books once or even twice a year.
_"When you spend all day shuffling words around, you can make anything sound bad"_ - Rick Sanches That quoted, this JK hater mostly makes himself sound bad with his ridiculous 'arguments'
@@soulfoodie1 You can't just accuse someone of misogyny because they don't like a women. Good grief get your head on straight. This tool is trying to discredit the work of a person he doesn't like. He already did the same to the entire Arthurian legend with his ignorant statement on the sword in the stone and the general hero's journey.
Harry potter is great , JKR is now slightly in a political enviroment . People who don't like her politics attack her art . But to be honest the critics don't inspire or ring true
And I will bet anyone here 1000 dollars that this guy claims to love The Acolyte if he isn’t already loudly singing it’s praises to the delusional willing to listen.
The child is having a tantrum: Stories are born from conflict and there are only 4. 1. Man vs. Man 2. Man vs. Self 3. Man vs. Society 4. Man vs. Nature Stories share archetypes because they are archetypes. Archetypes are universal, inborn models of distinct aspects of identity and personality that play a role in influencing human behavior. What amuses me about this tantrum is that he identifies all of the stories that are similar to Harry Potter and in being similar to Harry Potter they are in fact similar to each other BUT ONLY Harry Potter is "unoriginal"/"stolen". Then the child quotes an author who destroys his entire argument of theft only to then switch attack lines "ok it is not stolen but it is not good". Sadly the planet disagrees with him. I did miss the part where he stamped his feet and held his breath but you can't get everything.
There are two basic tropes from which all major stories evolve: 1. A man goes on a journey. 2. A stranger comes to town. The genius of the author is in interpreting these tropes in a different way.
@@ghfudrs93uuu What? Terry Pratchett's Disc World books are not written for children. For starters, you have to have some years under your belt to understand all that he referenced. Not saying children don't read them, but that wasn't his audience. JKR is a superb story teller, please could you instruct us when we are compelled to dislike stories? What age exactly? Is it OK to like her detective Strike series? Are they too story-like?
Actually, I would have been more impressed if they had said - I may be biased, but I hate J.K. Rowling. I used to LOVE Harry Potter, but now I think it's trash (keeping it clean there!). At least that would have been more honest than this pseudo "critique"!
Warren, just keep on doing what you're doing and we'll support you as much as we can because we want to see more critical thinkers. The world is getting too polarized and the logical middle ground is disregarded or discouraged by both extremes. I love what you are doing. Thank you for being our voice of reason.
I'm sick of these people. The QTBGL are the most uncreative people on the planet. No, seriously, their whole stick about being fun and creative is just gas lighting. Look at the new Starwars. What have they done besides putting rainbows on sidewalks and making a flag so gawdy and awful it could give an epileptic a seizure while billowing in the wind.
Not all gay people are like this. The ones who just exist, marry someone of the same sex, and never make it their personality trait are absolutely fine and are tired of this nonsense too. You can tell when you're dealing with the nonsensical type when they put all their identity labels before their profession such as "queer PoC disabled fat artist". Someone with a sound mind would just call themselves an artist. The fact that they're LGBT, etc. is irrelevant.
Well Warren, I want you to know that I left Mr. Knowles when your notification popped up. I love Michael and will return to finish listening to his show…but I have my priorities😂😂😂!
im not a fan of the harry potter franchise. But clowns like this, make me want to buy all of the harry potter shit i can for my wife who is a fan. Just to see them freak out on a superficial level because these "intellectuals" cannot understand what themes are, the heroes story, or why cliches are cliches.
The entirety of Rowling hate is defined by one thing, the feeling of betrayal. They hate that they love her books, they feel guilty for actually liking her books because she betrayed them. They are immature children who can't live in a world where people don't agree with their every whim and thought. I don't agree with Rowling on everything, and even if she said and believed some things I really did not like it wouldn't change the fact that her books saved my life as a child. Her books gave me something to hold on to and return to even when I was at my lowest as a child, and that's something I can't forget.
“It’s also f###ing Star Wars!” Which itself is a reworking of Akira Kurosawa’s THE HIDDEN FORTRESS from the 1950s, combined with tropes from the old Flash Gordon series and Frank Herbert’s DUNE (The Voice becomes The Force)...
Someone's terfing mad and coping hard. How many nights have kids and adults alike stayed up late to finish up a chapter or read the next because the HP books were that hard to put down? I'd wager more than the number of people who think his opinion has merit or value.
This is a great video, and while the guy does bring up the point of The Worst Witch book series, that's like bringing up Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Star Trek, and Duck Dodgers when talking about Star Wars. They're all completely different but have similarities to each of them. It doesn't make Star Wars a knockoff of the four other pieces of entertainment I mentioned.
Great. Now that this guy listed everything that's wrong with Harry Potter, I'm sure he knows everything that he needs to write a wildly better book series. Right? Right??? Can't wait to read it/them Btw saying as someone who didn't particularly like Harry Potter books or movies. Much more LoR fan. But I cannot deny Rowling's success, and her recent actions are earning my respect
This guy couldn't even tell a coherent story for 10 minutes straight, I'm sure it would be garbage like the rest of the books that become popular on TikTok.
the patterns are the archetypes, and Rowling nailed the archetypes and that's why so many people fell in love with the stories. You have to be creative and intelligent to properly utilize archetypal stories and patterns
Day one of media school, they taught me that there are only seven stories: Overcoming The Monster, Rags To Riches, The Quest, Voyage & Return, Comedy, Tragedy, and Rebirth. Everything is a variation on a theme - the question is, does it resonate?
I ran across “their” commentary few days ago too. When I read HP as an adult, I immediately clocked “Worst Witch” and “Books of Magic” as obvious inspiration. However, NEVER viewed it as plagiarism. Hero with a Thousand Faces? We all stand on the shoulders of giants. The Prejudice is strong in this one.
What a horrible person. Any way to attack JKR because she pushes back on the transformer guy mob. I used to be indifferent to them but these days I'd like them all to go away forever
Radical activists are not all trans people, and pretty much everyone, including trans people without brain rot, want them to shut up too. Don't let them turn you into exactly what they accuse you of being
After he compared her work to Disney's adaptation of "The Sword in the Stone" and casually remarked, "which is probably based on something," I couldn't take him seriously. Failing to properly acknowledge one of the most influential myths of all time reveals he either has a limited knowledge of mythical and fantasy fiction, or he was being cheeky in order to diminish her work by suggesting she merely recycled tropes from an old Disney movie. If you are arguing she's a derivative storyteller within the realm of mythical and fantasy fiction under the guise of intellectual analysis, you should at least present all the facts and inform your audience of the source material for Disney's The Sword in the Stone, which is rooted in the legends of King Arthur. Given that she wove in characters like Merlin and Morgan Le Fay into the historical fabric of the Wizarding World, it's evident she has studied these legends past a Disney adaptation. And even if he genuinely didn't know the origins, his remark comes off as poorly researched.
Also, to call Harry Potter and outcast of Hogwarts is ridiculous because literally everybody wanted to know him or be his friend, even Malfoy wanted to be associated with Potter. I think this person is just saying words in not necessarily trying to make sense. At least sense that is consistent across a paragraph as opposed to limited to one sentence and then you forget that sentence and move on to next sentence.
Tell me you don't understand basic narrative structures and archetypes without telling me you don't understand basic narrative structures and archetypes.
Like that young man who wrote the Eragon Books. People were shocked that the 18 year old was inspired by Tolkien. He got SO much crap. People inspired by other people, how is that weird? People inspired by cats, also not weird.
Well, it wasn't really "inspired" by Tolkien, it was more that Paolini had very similar motifs and elements from Tolkien, Star Wars, the Dragonriders of Pern, David Eddings (I am less familiar with this bit) that bordered, and sometimes crossed, over into copying.
Lord of the Rings has a “ring of power” that enslaves its users while giving them unearthly abilities, stolen by a devious slave-creature who curses human kind. And where did that come from? The Ring of the Nibelung opera cycle, by Richard Wagner...
@@jonathanmelia Let's clear up a few things: The ring of the Nibelung is heavily based on Norse mythis and the Eddas, as are some parts of Tolkien's works. This is the common source, not Wagner's musical. The Ring of Wagner does not "enslave" its users: the Nibelungen are enslaved by Alberich, but how is never shown: nor are any other powers of the Ring (despite it having "unlimited power"), save immense desire to possess it, (the Tarnhelm has invisibility). Alberich is also not a "slave-creature": he is a Dwarf: hideous, yes, but not a slave. As many have said elsewhere: they pull from the same sources, but arrive at different results.
Thank you again Warren for guiding us through this exhausting persons verbal diarrhoea. I've loved JK for years...in part, because she inspired millions of people to pick up a book again. To become engaged in a wonderful story. Where imagination rules supreme. To all those who she gave 'a life to', who now choose to attack her? SHAME on you.
Being BOTH a Harry Potter AND a The Worst Witch fan, I would say that Neville Longbottom is more like Mildred Hubble, if you are looking to compare characters. The person criticizing Rowling here wishes that they had 1/100th the followers, impact, and bank account that Rowling has. Here is MY question: If this person how so much to say, why don't they create their OWN series of wildly successful books?
He didn't mention the power of sacrificial love, which he could have claimed she stole from the Bible. There are no ideas that aren't similar to previous ideas, but JK put these together brilliantly!
Dude is just bitter. Say what you want, but even if it’s a blend of traditional narrative themes, Rowling managed to monetise it. Also, I respect a woman who manages to become a billionaire without exploiting anyone.
Imagine being a grown adult and not realizing that there are common themes in stories...
Ikr, by that logic, every drama movie about a loving couple is stolen straight from Romeo and Juliet
@@Stephan-qt8mh But then people can say Romeo and Juliet was stolen from the Bible.
And even beyond common themes, there are archetypes in human existence-including the ones described in Jungian psychology. If I were a betting person, I would bet some good $$$$ that this guy doesn’t know what “archetype” means. 😂💰
Yeah I had to describe the entire Joseph Campbell hero’s journey to a major “queer” X account who was accusing her of ripping off Star Wars. Of course, no answer. Tons of stories have the same structure
@@FluffySylveonBoi Well if you wanna go there, the bible is a compilation of many different scriptures and so-called witness statements, so the real source has to be found in one of those ancient documents, right? 😁
I love JK Rowling
💯❤️
I stand with J.K. ROWLING 💜🤍💚
JK Rowling did nothing wrong.
Me too. ❤
J K Rowling is brave and noble for protecting biological women from perverts @@Zac_Frost
He sounds like a jealous ex who can't stand that his former love moved on without him.
You nailed it 😆
Yes!
He??? That’s a blatant girl dude
I was just going to comment how petty, obnoxious and envious he sounds, but I don't want to be accused of stealing your comment 😂😂
@@alsmith9853 Wow, yes, you hit the nail on the head there - that's exactly how it came across.
He calls her JKKK Rowling. He can't keep his personal feelings out of his critique, which discredits him
I'm sure he giggled insanely when he first thought up; the idea of adding the third K.
It's nor even a critique, it's a blatant attack on her as a creator. He did not offer one piece of anything resembling honest criticism. Nothing on writing style, story structure, pace, characterization, etc.
It's sad how all of these people attack her, not for what she said, but because someone else decided what she meant. Very few people actually know what she said.
@@glennwatson3313 Sort of along the lines of farting in the bathtub, and laughing his ass off.
When he did that and thought he was being clever. Yeah. Okay. Sure.
The awful thing is people believe him
Why am I not surprised that this rainbow warrior tries to further the attack on JKR.
The trans-philosophy-deep-dive-long-exposition is so hot right now. Do it in drag, do it with flair, and they will come.
"Keep it gay! Keep it gay! Keep it gay!!!" Mel Brooks, Movie: "The Producers", 1967.
I feel so sorry for people who need to identify as A, B, or C.
Just live and be cool.
@@TheMugwump1She was, & then was trivialized to "person who menstruates". Oh, & Star Wars only exists because Lucas couldn't get the rights to Flash Gordon.
Without J.K. Rowling this page wouldn't exist.
you can truly feel the envy, the disdain for JKRowling and the greed oozing from every pore of this pathetic guy!
He screams jealousy.
@@MissBeeeBeee exactly! He wants what she has! 😅
*She*
@@grinningtiki220 whomst is the "she" in this dilemma, If I may ask?
@@StynoxTheScaracheid maybe it's a reference to the voice over for the JKR Quote... 🤣
Where were these guys before she spoke up? At Harry Potter watch parties, that’s where. Now they are trying to attack her work to give themselves some credibility.
He hates her because he can’t be her 😂
My feelings.
Right??? They ALL worshiped her!
And then she disagrees with ONE liberal thing and they want to bury her for it
What’s incredible to me is these people say they know how Rowling stole a fiction story and made it famous… yet they’re horrible at telling stories. Clearly JK is doing something else right.
I feel sorry for the children who thought Harry Potter wasn’t a children’s book
hahaha exactly... too funny
I don't feel sorry for anybody who read the books and enjoyed them, children or not. Is LOTH a children's book? They were written for Tolkien's children but I have read them many times.
Harry Potter is timless and any one can enjoy it my 72 year neighbour read it few moths ago and loved it, these books are going to be one of the classics in the future just like The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Little Prince, and so on
@@maryamasllafas1813 Right, and the reason it is timeless is because it taps into universal human experiences and interests. What this gay cultist calls theft is simply exploring the universal human experience like humans have done since there have been humans.
@@tomjackson4374 tottaly agree 👍
that clown is only angry because after all their effort to cancel JK she is still successful
"The Disney film Sword in the Stone, which is also probably based on somethiiiiing". I think we can stop there. It doesn't even deserve a response.
That was hilarious! Came here to say this.
Let's be generous and hope he was just being sarcastic.
Glad someone noticed. I was flabbergasted.
@@JimC Let's not and say they're an idiot
@@shenotski Even saying that is waaay too generous.
I read all the Harry Potter books before my children did. She is a marvelous talent. And she knows what a woman is.
Can’t wait for their hot take on Tolkien, Gaiman, and Martin.
Or George Lucas
It would depend on their views of transgender. That’s the hot topic. Her views negate any positives she once had.
@@michaellemos6053 I sincerely hope you're trolling
If he had done even a little research into the beliefs and values of the other authors he talked about he might have just not made the video... the only one who has shown any level of agreement with his world view is Neil Gaiman.
@@El_Ophelia not sure what you mean
Kudos to you for being able to watch/listen to this guy with a straight face.
this
This! I had trouble watching and was wondering when it was going to end. 😂
So you're not intellectual and have no attenion span. Gotcha.
Yes!!!
I stopped after 3 seconds and left
This argument is about as valid as saying George Lucas stole Star Wars because there had been lot of "hero's Journey" tales before then. None of these people would have a damn thing to say about JKR if it wasn't for her stance on the trans thing. They were all super fans that would have defender her with their lives before that.
Star Wars only exists because Lucas wanted to remake Flash Gordon & couldn't get the rights, ditto Spielberg with Indiana Jones, boomers remaking the Saturday afternoon matinees they grew up on. Rowling such an unoriginal plagiarist she taught generations to read when the originals couldn't.
7 samurai already existed we don't need starwars...
Did that guy just say that The Sword and the Stone was "probably based on something. Is this for real?
I know, right?
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I thought the same thing... haha image doing a critique because you're not original but not knowing what the king arthur story is...
@@Nockwolves Its like those guys who correct other people's spelling with a post filled with misspelled words.
You can tell he only reads things published in 2010 and later, and he only reads the books that TikTok tells him are safe.
I went to school in the UK. Our uniform was a white shirt, grey/ black skirt, striped tie and grey jumper (sweater). We were placed into four different houses, coloured red/ green/ blue and yellow. We had a headteacher who would tell us off and we had different lessons done by different teachers. JK Rowling also went to school in the UK system and my school wasn't a boarding school but again, all schools in the UK are like this, private or public. We are always influenced by things, she being of a similar age group to me, knew about Hitler and the Nazi's. Bless this dude, he is so jealous, its kind of sad...
My 8 year old son grabbed Deathly Hallows out of my hand and ran to his room and read it.
You can argue ANY way you want to say she is terrible. Young kids read 900 page books breathlessly... THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERED>
any arguments good or bad are irrelevant. People ordered the book a year in advance. It stayed on the top of the best sellers list without being read for most of the year.
And the only reason I started reading it is because it was on a list of BANNED books my wife brought home. Banned? Why is this banned. Amazon. "Harry Potter" add to cart. Buy...
This cultist would have read the books and enjoyed them too if JK hadn't stepped on one of his precious, cultist tropes.
@@tomjackson4374 truth is, they probably did
@tomjackson4374 Getting an advanced copy of it even became a plot point in a major motion picture, I'm guessing you know the one.
Also, The Very Hungry Caterpillar was banned in several states. Weird, right?
@@FilthyBitchGunClub yes. I get Mein Kampf, Penthouse, Playboy, Tropic of Capricorn, and maybe even Lady Chatterly's Lover. I can even sort of get my head around Huck Finn... Barely and only if I have drunk enough that day to be in a weird place. Hungry Caterpillar?
I loath the types of videos where people will overly simplify a story and then say the author is just copying other works. It is never done in good faith and is always done by someone who is trying to attack the author because they do not like something the author said or did.
Ideas are 1% percent; execution is 99%.
Yeah I can't think of a good example to counter this.
@@familycorvette sadly, I've seen some of the coolest concepts ruined by the weakest execution.
Nah, I doubt the motive is anything as sincere as their own frustration. The video was probably made from the deepest cynicism: hating on JK Rowling gets views within the peer group, therefore subscribers, patreons, and money can be earned from their sophmor(on)ic attack.
@@hughtube5154 "If you can't say something nice about someone...you'll have a more attentive audience" Joe Martin
I love JK Rowling, and I admire her intelligence and her courage more and more every day. She refuses to bow to the mob and proclaim lies as truths.
To preface this, I am not a HP fan. I have never read the books. I watched only the first movie and it was because I was watching it with friends. I didn't care for the story enough to continue watching the rest of the movies.
So that all being said, the person Warren is responding to thinks they're smarter than they are. The fact that they say "It's also f*cking Star Wars!" as if it was an "Aha! Gotcha!" moment in their criticism of HP...shows how little they know. George Lucas unabashedly created Star Wars from a variety of sources of inspiration such as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. Citing Star Wars for being a source of reference for Rowling's HP isn't an a gotcha moment on Rowling. It's a gotcha moment on this ill informed person.
He also seems to not realize that George Lucas has said that he used Joseph Campbell's "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" as an integral part of his story process. Meaning, Lucas uses tried and true mythology tropes/cliches that have existed in various cultures for thousands of years, such as "The Hero's Journey".
Who criticizes Star Wars for simply being derivative, and because of that, it isn't a good story? There are valid criticisms of Star Wars but being derivative isn't one of them. Otherwise, all stories would be "bad" because they aren't wholly original or unique.
The fact that HP is derivative isn't bad. All great stories can be traced to influence/reference sources. Humans find certain patterns of narrative structure and concepts compelling. That's why all "great stories" are from a limited pool of fundamental characteristics. Great stories are far less about being unique or original than they are about being well executed story with coherency, consistency, and satisfying culmination/pay-off. If HP has these qualities then it's a good story, regardless of wearing its influences on its sleeve.
This person with a critique of HP being derivative is obviously not a trained or educated writer of any sort. They know nothing of the field of composing literature. At best, they have a poorly formed, and easily dissected, opinion.
I thought the major inspiration was Hidden Fortress? Agree with your well made point otherwise.
@@jonathanmawson6867 i read that the droids were based on the 2 soldiers. So the story is seen through their eyes, which is our eyes.
@@jonathanmawson6867 You're absolutely correct, The Hidden Fortress was more drawn from for inspiration for Star Wars. Kurosawa's work had a major impact on Lucas.
It’s even more evident he doesn’t know what he is talking about when he said ‘The Sword in the Stone’ from Disney was “probably in reference to something else.”
Dude. It’s literally a retelling of the King Arthur legend. He can’t seriously not know the story of King Arthur, can he? Who (in the west at least) doesn’t know that story? The story has been around since the 5th century.
Well put!
Warren's patience to entertain these fools is admirable.
Harry Potter is a wonderful piece of children’s literature. JK does the best at making children engaged in characters, no one can write to children like she can. I will read it over and over to my kids because they love it and it inspires them to be better people.
Clearly, this a continuation of the "Bash JK Rowling" movement on the Twitter machine.
"J KKK Rowling" - I had to stop there. The profound level of immaturity is REAL with that one.
Yet insisting on being called "she" because rEspEcT.
@@captbunnykiller1.0 A "she" with a beard. Welcome to the circus lol.
He really made his mistake there, didn't he? The KKK reference is calling her a bigot or fascist. Clearly this video was motivated by left wing neo-marxist ideology such as gender fluidity and trans rights activism rather than a literature book critique. Clearly, her books are good or they are not, regardless of our gender politics.
@@galinor7 I only really got that when you pointed it out (KKK). Wow! smh
@@captbunnykiller1.0 what always gets me when lefties use such remarks! I mean if a right leaning person does it, they (mostly) can stand the same done to them - and their retorts are also hilarious! With the left leaning individuals it's a whole different picture though. They will call others most awful names, call it 'making fun', then get mortally offended when get the same treatment, AND cry about others' lack of compassion, no less! What could potentially be an enjoyable and entertaining display of people exercising their wit, becomes a pathetic view, that one rather avoid.
That said, it probably have less to do with one's political affiliation, than their individual character...
JK Rowling talent is lightyears beyond whoever that is in the video with Mr. Smith.
Her name is Idiot Wannabe.
Or whatever it was.
They hate that we love JK Rowling because they need a villain for their sad depressed lives.
They hate that they love Harry Potter
It’s as if the person that Warren is reviewing has never heard of Jung or Joseph Campbell or the hero’s journey or the 36 dramatic situations or the 31 functions of a folktale.
Of course he hasn't. He also wouldn't care, because they're just dead white men.
Most definitely not
He doesn't even know what King Arthur is. We're dealing with someone whose literary tastes are entirely composed of TikTok-Approved books that are based on quotas and not literary merit.
@@totallyturtles480that was a joke that went over your head
It's almost as if the English language + the heroes journey are baked into western culture. If I could give that creator some advice, it would be that you don't need to tell people that water is wet.
Joseph Campbell wrote about this years ago.
I mean technically the hero's journey is baked into almost all cultures
Anyone could make the same claims for any piece of work that has been written after the first story was told around the fires of ancient man.
This is a classic troll knocking anyone down who dares to cross the literary bridge to success.
He screams jealousy. This tiresome behavior is childish and only worthy of completely ignoring.
Yes. Also, he seems completely ignorant of the existence of archetypes in human history and psychology. In addition, he seems to be completely ignorant of basic logic as well. Like Warren said: “You can’t have it both ways, buddy.” 😂 First, it’s a copy; then it’s not accurate enough!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Make it make sense!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣
@@MissBeeeBeee 👏👏👏
Yes, exactly because that argument does apply to literally every single work of art.
It all tends to follow the same narrative it's all the same old tired story told again and again just differently.
Which is exactly why plagiarism is a BS complained because everyone is just plagiarizing the ideas they didn't come up with you putting your own spin on someone else's idea doesn't suddenly make that idea yours.
I have no patience for silly sarcastic " reviews". This kid obviously has an agenda and went into the video wearing it on his sleeve.
Plots in all genres have been redone and re imagined for - forever
I agree with your statement. The reviewer has an obvious bias against Jk Rowling throughout the video. All the books referenced in the video probably inspired Harry Potter in one way or another since they use reoccuring plot elements. Warren is adding logic to their arguements.
I'm on Rowlings' side. Think about music: there are only 12 notes. A small combination of those notes harmonize with each other. Musicians copy from each other all the time. There are motifs and tonal cliches. It's incredibly hard to come up with a new melody or chord combination because we have so many decades, even centuries, of recorded music. And I'll bet this particular Rowling critic has never written a truly original thing in his life.
Are we serious? " Disney's The Sword in the Stone which is probably based on something..." Yeah, the novel of the same name by T.H. White, which is a modern retelling of the Arthurian cycle. The Sword in the Stone itself is however particularly original as Arthur's young life was not heavily detailed in the original legends. Also, I mean... the 36 Dramatic Situations, the 7 Basic Plots ... it has long been observed that all stories are essentially remixes of other stories. It's all about *who* you populate your story with and *how* you tell the story. Character, descriptive detail, pacing, etc. It's not clear to me why this guy was worth responding to when he doesn't even know the basics of the subject he's discussing, he's just hating on JKR off the top of his head.
You should read Mary Stewart's Athurian Saga books. Told from the perspective of Merlin it starts when he is a small child.
@@ajikpajik9331 Oh, yes, that's a brilliant series, seamlessly incorporates some of the most obscure details of the original legends while fleshing out Merlin's life mostly from Stewart's own imagination. I love those books.
@@paritybit7830 My heart just leapt with joy that someone else enjoyed those books as much as I did. They were an integral part of my childhood. Thank you.
The Mabinogion also.
@@julesm9498Oh yes. I was just thinking of Evangeline Walton's enthralling retelling of the Mabinogion.
It's sour grapes. "I never liked that apostate anyway. "
The guy suddenly comprehended how much of his life had been consumed as a "Potter Super Fan", and is resentful of it. His current obsession of attacking his perceived captor will be exponentially shorter in duration (hopefully) before becoming consumed with his next object of desire. Wash, rinse, repeat.
He's probably some creepy stalker.
It sounds like that guy was really excited about just discovering The Hero's Journey.
😂😂👏👏
These petulant cultists will never forgive JKR for the joy she gave them.
She gave me nothing, the world that made itself known to her did.
I could care less about her values, because she isn't the world, and never will be.
She can cause harm and fiction cannot and in that Hermione will always be superior to her
This they/them just discovered inspiration and references. It's archetypes, themes, motives, literary concepts known since Gilgamesh at least, or as we know of. Congrats to the postmodern rainbow youth for discovering basic literary ideas.
Ideas are a dime a dozen, but it will always be _execution_ of those ideas that reigns supreme.
Heck I could go into my kindle library and find a dozen different series by different authors all telling the "same story". Thing is while the heroes journey is the tale in Deed of Paksenarion, fire crossing, Born to troll, Harry Potter, the dark lord of derkholm, penrics demon and many others the details are very different and that authors idea. One tells the tale of a young woman who becomes a goddesss by accident and has to learn to abandon the mortal realm to protect it, another tells of a young man who is working to protect his world from the interstellar society they rebelled from and protect the people he cares about, a third focuses on a young women trying to secure a place in the world in an era when women had few rights as her husband dominates and terrifies her, yet another is about a guy who learns to be a good crafter building things. There's only a few truly original stories but thousands of variations on that tale reflecting the authors ideas.
There are so many stories throughout history, both fictional and non-fictional, that chronicle the struggle between good and evil. They are set in different periods in time and different environments. Sometimes good prevails and sometimes evil prevails. The point is that audiences like them, especially when there is tension and it is uncertain which side is going to win.
The entire human experience us the fight of good and evil. Internally and externally. Moment to moment. Ever decision people make can hurt others. Some people become villains. Some fight them. Our stories reflect that. It's wild to call portraying human existance in interesting ways is unoriginal. That's all stories are.
Pathetic attack on JK Rowling.
J "KKK" Rowling? Really? How can this guy sleep at night?
Unfortunately, people who stoop that low generally sleep very well at night.
Cognitive dissonance the loser is in pain and pulling at straws.
They're projecting internalize self hate 😅.
The queer graduated "hog warts" with flying colors pun intended.
@@phoenix-rising-86 That's a nice explanation.
@@glennwatson3313 np perception is projection Jung psychology is a must 😅
Its easy to sleep when your head is empty and you get told what to be mad about.
This person's whole thing is basically starting with a conclusion, i.e., J.K. Rowling being a sex realist, and therefore anti trans, and won't validate this person's delusion, and so they are trying to rip apart Rowling's achievement. It's said that there are essentially 6 or 7 stories or basic plots, and this kind of deconstruction of Harry Potter is what is being done by the subject of this video. .
Is there a more unoriginal stance than attacking the creation of a person you disagree with elsewhere over other things?
If HP is derivative, what does it make this person?
Nothing he says comes from anywhere but bad faith. He couldn't give a insightful or honest critique of HP if his life depended upon it.
Well yes stories like this have been told.
Every story has been told over and over through out the Centuries
Christ I also remember the worst witch, she told a story in a new way with different characters.
JK has been more than honest that she took inspiration from old myths, legends and literature.
I get the feeling this has a little more to do with her opinions on trans issues rather than her story telling ability.
Funny that you should mention Christ, because His life story follows the same lines.
@@baswenmakers6846very true.
Also, archetypes are an integral part of human history and psychology. I bet this guy does not know what “archetype” means. 😂
@@MissBeeeBeee 🤣🤣🤣🤣
keep it up Warren!✌️
I started off disliking the HP series and rowling because i instantly recognized the same tropes.
I adored the Worst Witch and Sword in the Stone (star wars was meh... space wizards and politics...Meh for days)
But then i ACTUALLY read the HP books and discovered... similar yes. But different. VERY different.
HP's father was not a mass murderer. HP did NOT become king. He threw it away. He was not the worst student that lucked into a magical school.
Telling familiar stories without challenging questions??
Did this guy play on his phone when he watched the movies? Did he read the reviews instead of the books?
Because there is nothing but challenge in the enture series.
It's aimed at children yet it has heavy subjects. This entire series is a therapists playground.
If you study psychology you can easily read and diagnose every single character.
Take away the magic and you still have a fantastic story about love, loyalty, betrayal, redemption, forgiveness, abuse, exploitation and brainwashing.
I don't remember any of that in star wars, sword in the stone or worst witch.
And to reiterate my statement about my dislike.... i love these books.
I liken it to Oliver than the others. There is the endless undercurrent of everything and everyone being connected.
It also highlights fantastically how different people react to the same circumstances. Potter/Voldemort.. for one example. Orphans, raised without loving parents, bullied by the rich kids etc.
Even snapes character was wildly complicated. Playing a double agent for two mind readers? Pretending to loathe the son of your best friend? The friend you accidentally murdered while on a side quest for revenge?
It's amazing to me how people completely disregard all of this stuff and only focus on the magic. The magic was fun but totally unimportant.
You would have still had a great story without it.
Right? Rowling wrote an incredibly mature story that was digestible for younger audiences.
The magic and fantastical elements were the selling point, but the thing that kept a lot of people around, and keeps people coming back, was the characters.
I re-read the books once or even twice a year.
_"When you spend all day shuffling words around, you can make anything sound bad"_
- Rick Sanches
That quoted, this JK hater mostly makes himself sound bad with his ridiculous 'arguments'
Thanks for this. Another man who can't take that a woman is a genius and created something that has had such a profound impact on our culture
I don't this it has anythig to do with her being a woman, but with JK rowling not holding the "right" opinions.
@@Darthi9 There is a strong element of Misogyny I'm denying a woman her work- there is a long ignoble tradition
@@soulfoodie1 You can't just accuse someone of misogyny because they don't like a women. Good grief get your head on straight. This tool is trying to discredit the work of a person he doesn't like. He already did the same to the entire Arthurian legend with his ignorant statement on the sword in the stone and the general hero's journey.
@@soulfoodie1That doesn't mean this is in that tradition.
I would bet money that before JK had an opinion on the T issue this dude loved Harry Potter.
This guy did so much research to take down JK Rowling and never once stopped to research what a Trope is, lol!
I agree the teachers are architypal of teachers everyone has had.
With this logic i guess she copied Grange Hill.
Harry potter is great , JKR is now slightly in a political enviroment . People who don't like her politics attack her art . But to be honest the critics don't inspire or ring true
And I will bet anyone here 1000 dollars that this guy claims to love The Acolyte if he isn’t already loudly singing it’s praises to the delusional willing to listen.
I wonder if they would dare to speak against Disney furthering the stereotype of children of colour growing up without fathers.
The child is having a tantrum:
Stories are born from conflict and there are only 4.
1. Man vs. Man
2. Man vs. Self
3. Man vs. Society
4. Man vs. Nature
Stories share archetypes because they are archetypes.
Archetypes are universal, inborn models of distinct aspects of identity and personality that play a role in influencing human behavior.
What amuses me about this tantrum is that he identifies all of the stories that are similar to Harry Potter and in being similar to Harry Potter they are in fact similar to each other BUT ONLY Harry Potter is "unoriginal"/"stolen". Then the child quotes an author who destroys his entire argument of theft only to then switch attack lines "ok it is not stolen but it is not good". Sadly the planet disagrees with him. I did miss the part where he stamped his feet and held his breath but you can't get everything.
I bet he does not know what “archetype” means. 😂🤣🤣🤣💰💰💰
There are two basic tropes from which all major stories evolve:
1. A man goes on a journey.
2. A stranger comes to town.
The genius of the author is in interpreting these tropes in a different way.
Keep up the work Warren!
Also for the bot situation, bots fight bots, that's your hint at any form of solution. CZcams won't help you, you can only help yourself.
this " guy" is clearly mad at J.K rowling because she stands up for women against his CULT
Love your channel sir. Keep it up, and don't lose your balanced perspective. God bless!
ah yes a bearded woman, no doubt this opinion on JK Rowling will be unbiased.
It is completely appropriate to like Harry Potter and Terry Pratchett.
You're almost 40, and no it's not
@@ghfudrs93uuu
What?
Terry Pratchett's Disc World books are not written for children.
For starters, you have to have some years under your belt to understand all that he referenced. Not saying children don't read them, but that wasn't his audience.
JKR is a superb story teller, please could you instruct us when we are compelled to dislike stories? What age exactly?
Is it OK to like her detective Strike series? Are they too story-like?
@@excession3076 cope *harder*
@@ghfudrs93uuu Ah, you're just trolling. Good job making that last word bold. Must've been hard for you.
marxists intentionally have it both ways. its a core strategy designed to agitate.
lol.
Exactly. They claim that all narratives are false...while living by a narrative.
@@anthonybrett lol
@@Gee-xb7rt That's it? No argument? Lol You really are a marxist.
@@Gee-xb7rt You appear to have lol tourettes.
Nasty and crazy, those people attacking Rowling on this point.
Actually, I would have been more impressed if they had said - I may be biased, but I hate J.K. Rowling. I used to LOVE Harry Potter, but now I think it's trash (keeping it clean there!). At least that would have been more honest than this pseudo "critique"!
Ecclesiastes 1:9 "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun"
Warren, just keep on doing what you're doing and we'll support you as much as we can because we want to see more critical thinkers. The world is getting too polarized and the logical middle ground is disregarded or discouraged by both extremes. I love what you are doing. Thank you for being our voice of reason.
Doesn’t realize ‘The Sword in the Stone’ is a King Arthur legend 😅
"I'm sure that was based on something..."
I'm sick of these people. The QTBGL are the most uncreative people on the planet. No, seriously, their whole stick about being fun and creative is just gas lighting. Look at the new Starwars. What have they done besides putting rainbows on sidewalks and making a flag so gawdy and awful it could give an epileptic a seizure while billowing in the wind.
Not all gay people are like this. The ones who just exist, marry someone of the same sex, and never make it their personality trait are absolutely fine and are tired of this nonsense too. You can tell when you're dealing with the nonsensical type when they put all their identity labels before their profession such as "queer PoC disabled fat artist". Someone with a sound mind would just call themselves an artist. The fact that they're LGBT, etc. is irrelevant.
Respect you got through that video Warren. You are a stronger man than I am.
Envy is always unappealing.
It's usually disgusting.
Well Warren, I want you to know that I left Mr. Knowles when your notification popped up. I love Michael and will return to finish listening to his show…but I have my priorities😂😂😂!
im not a fan of the harry potter franchise.
But clowns like this, make me want to buy all of the harry potter shit i can for my wife who is a fan. Just to see them freak out on a superficial level because these "intellectuals" cannot understand what themes are, the heroes story, or why cliches are cliches.
The entirety of Rowling hate is defined by one thing, the feeling of betrayal. They hate that they love her books, they feel guilty for actually liking her books because she betrayed them. They are immature children who can't live in a world where people don't agree with their every whim and thought. I don't agree with Rowling on everything, and even if she said and believed some things I really did not like it wouldn't change the fact that her books saved my life as a child. Her books gave me something to hold on to and return to even when I was at my lowest as a child, and that's something I can't forget.
I wonder how many actually know what she said or wrote?
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“It’s also f###ing Star Wars!” Which itself is a reworking of Akira Kurosawa’s THE HIDDEN FORTRESS from the 1950s, combined with tropes from the old Flash Gordon series and Frank Herbert’s DUNE (The Voice becomes The Force)...
Okay Marxist
In what way is what I said Marxist? Is Star Wars about the class struggle? Is Han Solo Friedrich Engels in disguise? Are the Jawas the Working Class?
I suppose his next "Takedown" will be C. S. Lewis.
Did you know its just the bible.......
Someone's terfing mad and coping hard. How many nights have kids and adults alike stayed up late to finish up a chapter or read the next because the HP books were that hard to put down? I'd wager more than the number of people who think his opinion has merit or value.
This is a great video, and while the guy does bring up the point of The Worst Witch book series, that's like bringing up Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Star Trek, and Duck Dodgers when talking about Star Wars. They're all completely different but have similarities to each of them. It doesn't make Star Wars a knockoff of the four other pieces of entertainment I mentioned.
Wait until she/they/it finds out about a genre called isekai. Someone get her into the dollar shave club.
Awww, kitty appeared
If this person has "seen a British boarding school in real life" then I'm seriously concerned about what he was doing there.
boy they really love those men in dresses... god forbid you disagree...
Great. Now that this guy listed everything that's wrong with Harry Potter, I'm sure he knows everything that he needs to write a wildly better book series. Right? Right??? Can't wait to read it/them
Btw saying as someone who didn't particularly like Harry Potter books or movies. Much more LoR fan. But I cannot deny Rowling's success, and her recent actions are earning my respect
This guy couldn't even tell a coherent story for 10 minutes straight, I'm sure it would be garbage like the rest of the books that become popular on TikTok.
the patterns are the archetypes, and Rowling nailed the archetypes and that's why so many people fell in love with the stories. You have to be creative and intelligent to properly utilize archetypal stories and patterns
Day one of media school, they taught me that there are only seven stories: Overcoming The Monster, Rags To Riches, The Quest, Voyage & Return, Comedy, Tragedy, and Rebirth.
Everything is a variation on a theme - the question is, does it resonate?
I ran across “their” commentary few days ago too. When I read HP as an adult, I immediately clocked “Worst Witch” and “Books of Magic” as obvious inspiration. However, NEVER viewed it as plagiarism. Hero with a Thousand Faces? We all stand on the shoulders of giants. The Prejudice is strong in this one.
It's just upset about Rowling's personal stuff. Nothing about the professional stuff.
What a horrible person. Any way to attack JKR because she pushes back on the transformer guy mob. I used to be indifferent to them but these days I'd like them all to go away forever
Radical activists are not all trans people, and pretty much everyone, including trans people without brain rot, want them to shut up too. Don't let them turn you into exactly what they accuse you of being
After he compared her work to Disney's adaptation of "The Sword in the Stone" and casually remarked, "which is probably based on something," I couldn't take him seriously. Failing to properly acknowledge one of the most influential myths of all time reveals he either has a limited knowledge of mythical and fantasy fiction, or he was being cheeky in order to diminish her work by suggesting she merely recycled tropes from an old Disney movie.
If you are arguing she's a derivative storyteller within the realm of mythical and fantasy fiction under the guise of intellectual analysis, you should at least present all the facts and inform your audience of the source material for Disney's The Sword in the Stone, which is rooted in the legends of King Arthur. Given that she wove in characters like Merlin and Morgan Le Fay into the historical fabric of the Wizarding World, it's evident she has studied these legends past a Disney adaptation.
And even if he genuinely didn't know the origins, his remark comes off as poorly researched.
Thank you for sharing your observations - I enjoy the balance and perspective. Keep going, you will grow - you will reach more people. 🎉🎉🎉
11:24 "she's a _fun_ author not, like, a _good_ author" I guess he doesn't realize he sounds like a catty junior HS girl.
😂
lol that's what he thinks he is
Lol. Summary: ignorant adolescent discovers what tropes are for the first time.
Also, to call Harry Potter and outcast of Hogwarts is ridiculous because literally everybody wanted to know him or be his friend, even Malfoy wanted to be associated with Potter. I think this person is just saying words in not necessarily trying to make sense. At least sense that is consistent across a paragraph as opposed to limited to one sentence and then you forget that sentence and move on to next sentence.
Tell me you don't understand basic narrative structures and archetypes without telling me you don't understand basic narrative structures and archetypes.
Hero's Journey. We used to have mentors to pass on their craft to us in a more formal set up.
We need conflict to drive story, we need the Orcs in LOTR, we need the forces of evil. We need….to See More of your cat!😻
I love the cat
I noticed all my favourite stories have main characters that we focus on. J. K. stole that idea too.
bro still reading main characters? So pedestrian...
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Homer's Iliad and Odyssey contained elements derived ultimately from Mesopotamian mythology. What an unoriginal hack, right?
Like that young man who wrote the Eragon Books. People were shocked that the 18 year old was inspired by Tolkien. He got SO much crap. People inspired by other people, how is that weird? People inspired by cats, also not weird.
Well, it wasn't really "inspired" by Tolkien, it was more that Paolini had very similar motifs and elements from Tolkien, Star Wars, the Dragonriders of Pern, David Eddings (I am less familiar with this bit) that bordered, and sometimes crossed, over into copying.
Lord of the Rings has a “ring of power” that enslaves its users while giving them unearthly abilities, stolen by a devious slave-creature who curses human kind. And where did that come from? The Ring of the Nibelung opera cycle, by Richard Wagner...
@@jonathanmelia Let's clear up a few things:
The ring of the Nibelung is heavily based on Norse mythis and the Eddas, as are some parts of Tolkien's works. This is the common source, not Wagner's musical.
The Ring of Wagner does not "enslave" its users: the Nibelungen are enslaved by Alberich, but how is never shown: nor are any other powers of the Ring (despite it having "unlimited power"), save immense desire to possess it, (the Tarnhelm has invisibility).
Alberich is also not a "slave-creature": he is a Dwarf: hideous, yes, but not a slave.
As many have said elsewhere: they pull from the same sources, but arrive at different results.
"Inspired" isn't really what I'd say, so much as he wholesale nicked a lot of it.
@@adde27 I was just giving an example. Clearly my point still stands.
Thank you again Warren for guiding us through this exhausting persons verbal diarrhoea.
I've loved JK for years...in part, because she inspired millions of people to pick up a book again. To become engaged in a wonderful story. Where imagination rules supreme.
To all those who she gave 'a life to', who now choose to attack her? SHAME on you.
Being BOTH a Harry Potter AND a The Worst Witch fan, I would say that Neville Longbottom is more like Mildred Hubble, if you are looking to compare characters.
The person criticizing Rowling here wishes that they had 1/100th the followers, impact, and bank account that Rowling has. Here is MY question: If this person how so much to say, why don't they create their OWN series of wildly successful books?
That cat is everything ❤️
He didn't mention the power of sacrificial love, which he could have claimed she stole from the Bible. There are no ideas that aren't similar to previous ideas, but JK put these together brilliantly!
Dude is just bitter.
Say what you want, but even if it’s a blend of traditional narrative themes, Rowling managed to monetise it.
Also, I respect a woman who manages to become a billionaire without exploiting anyone.
A JK Rowling video criticism by a flamboyant trans woman is FAR FAR FAR from an original concept
Why do we call it common sense when we rarely ever encounter it? The world needs you to keep making videos sir!
All because his pals want to invade women's private spaces