Harry Potter was a smash hit about a boy discovering he’s a wizard and going to school in a magical world full of wonder and adventure. Twilight didn’t hit quite that high a note, but the story of a teenage girl who learns her classmate is a vampire and falls in love with him did quite well. The Hunger Games popularized the dystopian genre with a bow wielding teenager stepping up to survive death games, have angsty romances, and fight the power.
As far as I can tell, nothing has quite hit that same kind of high since and it may be awhile until the next truly big wave. But if it were up to you, what would the next big thing be about?
Isn’t Harry the shitty wizard? Mind you I haven’t read the books or watched the movies but I’ve heard that
No not really. He is pretty talented, its just you don’t feel his talent much, in the same way as other characters. Because you see things through his mind.
Compared to Hermione he’s not that good of a student. He’s not a Dumbledore level talent or anything
But he’s pretty great at defense agaisnt dark arts, gains lots of dueling/fighting magic experience, able to pull off difficult spells like that Patronus that wards of Dementor monsters, and he’s an extremely talented broom flyer, making him the star of Quiditch(the wizard’s sports team)
So it isn’t that he isn’t talented, its that whenever he’s in a combat situation, he doesn’t feel powerful, he feels like he’s doing what he must to survive and escape being killed.
Ah okay cool thank you for the explanation. I suppose I should read the books or watch the films at some point