#but the sad truth is that most authors don't obsess over books they wrote over 20 years ago

[irregularjohnnywiggins]

By far the most 'I deeply wish I could refute this point but the braincells it would cost to seriously consider it for enough time to construct a coherent rebuttal are not worth the cost' post I've seen on here in the past year is someone complaining that Philip Pullman's worldbuilding in His Dark Materials is inherently Inferior to JK Rowling's, because Pullman didn't know one single fact that didn't have anything to do with the actual plot of the trilogy (how are daemons born).

Eleven months later and I'm still reeling at that one.

#his dark materials #philip pullman #anti jkr #like it's not even that Harry Potter's worldbuilding is shit that infuriates me about that take #although it is #like if it weren't for the myriad of other much more serious issues that I don't want to cheapen by association I could go on a long rant #based purely on JKR's timeline alone #but the guy even called Pullman 'lazy' for not knowing this #and I'm like #dude #the last HDM book came out in fucking 2000 #I'm incredibly sorry Rowling has trained you to expect authors to be obsessed with chasing clout from years ago #but the sad truth is that most authors don't obsess over books they wrote over 20 years ago #granted that Books of Dust thing may give you some leeway #but even then there's no real reason to expect every little thing to be explained to you #especially when it DOESN'T MATTER