kaioxs said:
Well living in England and growing up when the books were coming out i naturally loved them. i can still read them with happy nostalgia. But i am now a literature student and yeah even for a children's book they're pretty shit.The films were definitely worse. But overall i still cant say i dislike harry potter its just one of dem tings. HOWEVER, there is one glaring hole nobody ever seems to point out. throughout the entire series the muggles are portrayed as weak and defenceless before the power of dark wizards. Fair enough you can do some funky shit with magic but all your death eater problems could be solved with one SAS squad. see how fast you can say avada kedavra with an mp5 in your face.
I wasn't going to reply to this thread, but this amused me, because you seem to think a wizard vs. SAS would result in them standing at opposite ends of a room shooting at each other.
Firstly, the wizard can cast a spell to detect human presences, so he'd know where his enemies were and where they were coming from. With no prior preparation he has access to spells that can incapacitate, stun, blast through solid objects, create smoke and fire, make himself invisible, protect himself from damage, confuse the enemy, take control of the enemy, and kill - and he can do all of these things without speaking. If things got really tight, he could just disapparate and live to fight another day.
You best chance against a wizard would be snipers, since the bullets would strike before they heard the shot, and even then you'd best hope that first shot is a kill shot. That's assuming you can locate the wizard, that he's not hidden in a place undetectable by Muggles.
I studied literature at university myself. While I'd hesitate to call the Harry Potter books well-written, they're certainly not 'shit'. The world is well-imagined, and the narratives are compelling. I don't see why every piece of literature needs to be graded on a curve.