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<blockquote data-quote="Numion" data-source="post: 2466685" data-attributes="member: 124">Childrens popular things come and go in about 1-2 years, or thats how long the fad usually carries on top. Didn't those Cabbage things crash pretty quickly? My memory is hazy because I was young then, and not that interested in those <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> But they're gone, at least here.Potter is a bit different in that regard. It's book six, since how many years, and the frenzy is at it's highest right now, and will probably be larger around book 7. This could be something a bit more lasting compared to some dolls .. But I think she's just a good (not excellent maybe) writer, has interesting plots (not the best plotter either) and has realized an excellent milieu. The magical world is her strongest point. Maybe chalk it up to imagination, or whatever. IMO that was Tolkiens strongest point also - creating a superb world. I didn't care that much for Tolkiens ability to describe things and his style was a bit dry, whereas Rowlings writing is ok in that regard.My point: fads you describe can be achieved accidentally, whereas if Potter was a fluke, it would be gone now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Numion, post: 2466685, member: 124"] Childrens popular things come and go in about 1-2 years, or thats how long the fad usually carries on top. Didn't those Cabbage things crash pretty quickly? My memory is hazy because I was young then, and not that interested in those ;) But they're gone, at least here. Potter is a bit different in that regard. It's book six, since how many years, and the frenzy is at it's highest [i]right now[/i], and will probably be larger around book 7. This could be something a bit more lasting compared to some dolls .. But I think she's just a good (not excellent maybe) writer, has interesting plots (not the best plotter either) and has realized an excellent milieu. The magical world is her strongest point. Maybe chalk it up to imagination, or whatever. IMO that was Tolkiens strongest point also - creating a superb world. I didn't care that much for Tolkiens ability to describe things and his style was a bit dry, whereas Rowlings writing is ok in that regard. My point: fads you describe can be achieved accidentally, whereas if Potter was a fluke, it would be gone now. [/QUOTE]

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