Harry Potter and The Stolen Plot...

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by alatar

Is there a word that, today in RL, you do not speak as you feel that, by naming it, you bring about misfortune?

The terror that is GaGa.

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

The terror that is GaGa.

Now you've gone and done it!

*awaits the apocalypse*

[Galadriel55]

Aside from the similarities already mentioned, there is one that really jumped out at me when I read HP1. That random centaur, Firenze, who saves Harry in the Forbidden Forest plays exactly Gildor's role. Even the dialogue is similar. Then, you can't destory Sauron without destroying the Ring, in which he put a good chunk of his power; you can't destroy Voldemort without destroying the Horcruxes, which contain his soul. Btw, I heard that some JRRT fan sued Rowling for this one . And Aragog is an exact copy of Shelob.

[Aiwendil]

And Aragog is an exact copy of Shelob.

Only not so evil . . .

[alatar]

Originally Posted by Aiwendil

Only not so evil . . .

HP - LotR for kids?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by alatar

HP - LotR for kids?

Sort of. I like LOTR WAAAY better. In LOTR feelings=emotions, in HP, feelings=facts. simple enough for kids, but very boring for people like e. What surprises me about HP, though, is that I know many "almost-adults" completely nuts about it.

[Galadriel55]

Also, HP is action action action. Most of the "interesting parts" are the ones with action, and when there isn't that much of it, the book just sounds soooo boring and tedious. On the other hand, when you read LOTR, even though action is involved, its by far not the most important thing. The book isn't based on action, but JRRT used some action to illustrate some ideas. And the parts without any action are just as good, and carry just as many (if not more) messages.

[alatar]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Sort of. I like LOTR WAAAY better. In LOTR feelings=emotions, in HP, feelings=facts. simple enough for kids, but very boring for people like e. What surprises me about HP, though, is that I know many "almost-adults" completely nuts about it.

Almost adults!?!

I'm not nearly nuts about HP; however, I do find them an entertaining and enjoyable read.

The movies are far better than the LotR ones, though now that I've read the HP books, I can see where the directors made changes that might have angered the fans.

But LotR will still be my favorite.

And similarities can always be found between any two items - that's the beauty of cloud watching and Rorschach ink blots.

But anyway, I can understand Tolkien building on the older custom of not naming 'evil,' but Rowling's world is somewhat contemporaneous with ours, so...