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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 3098347" data-attributes="member: 177">I'll fall into the "she's certainly a good writer, but I'd not call her one of the greats" category.  She's written some of the better YA fiction out there, anbd I applaud her for it. but that doesn't make her a literary giant, even within the sci-fi/fantasy genre.  She doesn't wordsmith like Ellison or Bradbury.  She doesn't build worlds like Niven.  She doesn't weild logic like Asimov. ..Just as teh stories are not about the magic, per se, it is important to remember that there's more to being a wizard than magical skill.  Hermione might be superior in a technical sense, Harry has her beat on some crucial points of character, in terms of active, adventuring wizardry.  Hermione would not make a better auror than Harry. You cannot tell two people to sit down and deal with their problems unless they desire to do so.  There is very little evidence that either Snape or Potter desire a good working relationship.  It is far more satisfying to each of them to vilify the other.  Until that changes, there will be no accord.The risk inherent at Hogwarts seems to be readily matched by the healing and recovery magics available.  There is a comic bookishness about the universe - while the characters fear physical harm, evidence suggests that it is difficult to die from simple physical trauma, and magic is rarely directly deadly.  It seems there's only one spell designed to kill people outright...I think the Potter universe magic system is so dissimilar from D&D magic that there's no clear level analogs.</blockquote>

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