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Topic	A way more fun criticism to make of JK Rowling is her bizarre worldbuilding
bfslick50 08/27/24 5:12:02 PM #45:	MrToothHasYou posted... To be fair to the author (not that she deserves it) I do genuinely believe that Quidditch was made intentionally stupid/silly to fit in with the overall silliness associated with wizarding society in the early books. And the rules would still sort of make sense in a Premier League style league where things like goal differential come into play and the title goes to whoever sits atop the points table at the end of the season. It especially makes sense as part of the House Cup at Hogwarts, where the points scored get added to the academic points total for each house. It doesnt, of course, make any sense in a tournament-style World Cup, so the 4th book plotline is completely absurd. Another classic example of Rowling making something that makes sense at first but doesnt really work in the larger world due to her lack of planning. Even counting point differentials its too disconnected, like 2 sports in one. It could make sense if the game was timed and itd be possible to end the game without a snitch catch. It could be more interactive if you had to catch it while your team had possession. If hitting the bludgers at the seeker was treated as a normal strategy and not Slytherin shenanigans. --- "Something's wrong! Murder isn't working and that's all we're good at." ~Futurama <cite>bfslick50 posted [p:981886860] in A way more... [t:80835530]...</cite> <quote>MrToothHasYou posted... </cite><quote>To be fair to the author (not that she deserves it) I do genuinely believe that Quidditch was made intentionally stupid/silly to fit in with the overall silliness associated with wizarding society in the early books. And the rules would still sort of make sense in a Premier League style league where things like goal differential come into play and the title goes to whoever sits atop the points table at the end of the season. It especially makes sense as part of the House Cup at Hogwarts, where the points scored get added to the academic points total for each house.It doesnt, of course, make any sense in a tournament-style World Cup, so the 4th book plotline is completely absurd. Another classic example of Rowling making something that makes sense at first but doesnt really work in the larger world due to her lack of planning.</quote>Even counting point differentials its too disconnected, like 2 sports in one. It could make sense if the game was timed and itd be possible to end the game without a snitch catch. It could be more interactive if you had to catch it while your team had possession. If hitting the bludgers at the seeker was treated as a normal strategy and not Slytherin shenanigans. --- "Something's wrong! Murder isn't working and that's all we're good at." ~Futurama</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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