She sold 450+ million copies and singehandedly inspired an entire generation

Feb 10, 2016
11:27:10am

ldssdl Starter

to love reading. The Harry Potter brand, i.e. her idea, is worth 15 billion dollars. What exactly have you accomplished that qualifies you to disparage her ideas?

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Sorry, Harry Potter purists. Book 8 comes out this July!

byujacob Opinionated Superhero Expert

2/10/16 10:36am

don't get it. she needs money? she's writing crime novels now.

johnnycarson

2/10/16 10:38am

Or, you know, maybe she had an idea for a good story and decided to write it?

byujacob

2/10/16 10:43am

More likely her publishers need money. She is just doing things that interest

TripleCrownCoug

2/10/16 10:48am

Harry Potter and the Cash Grab

darkcoug

2/10/16 10:40am

Net worth over a billion dollars...This is not a cash grab. This is exploring the potential of a vast world she created.

scootsy

2/10/16 11:02am

I think she should do what Tolkien did: expand the fantasy universe

ldssdl

2/10/16 10:46am

It's a play? lol

BYUCougarsFan

2/10/16 10:59am

So is it left wing propaganda?

Polecat

2/10/16 11:01am

There are 7 Harry Potter books? Dang..

Backcountry

2/10/16 11:09am

I don't blame her. If she has cool ideas rolling around in her mind about

hxmCougar2000

2/10/16 11:10am

The thing is that she has never once had a cool idea in her life

Backcountry

2/10/16 11:16am

ummmm, you're probably on the short end of that opinion

fattycoug

2/10/16 11:21am

Same thing. Didn't read any books, watched one movie.

Backcountry

2/10/16 11:29am

Prepubescent witches? Well, since you put it that way...

Breaded Hamster

2/10/16 11:46am

You formed your opinion without reading a single word she wrote. Well done!

byujacob

2/10/16 12:08pm

RE: You formed your opinion without reading a single word she wrote. Well done!

hxmCougar2000

2/10/16 12:52pm

She sold 450+ million copies and singehandedly inspired an entire generation

ldssdl

2/10/16 11:27am

My opinion is irrelevant because I haven't had a $15 Billion idea?

Backcountry

2/10/16 11:31am

You didn't state your opinion. You dismissed all her ideas and success as being

ldssdl

2/10/16 11:54am

Ok buddy. I stand by what I said. I'm sad that so many adults got into Harry

Backcountry

2/10/16 12:05pm

What should adults be reading?

shakarocks

2/10/16 12:32pm

Biographies, histories, business improvement and wealth management.

byujacob

2/10/16 12:38pm

I read all of the above

shakarocks

2/10/16 12:42pm

Fiction is a waste of time. It's not real. It doesn't improve people's lives. It transports them to fantasy so they can

byujacob

2/10/16 12:48pm

Are you saying that reading fiction is unhealthy?

shakarocks

2/10/16 12:51pm

I'm saying that I write fiction and I'm trolling you.

byujacob

2/10/16 12:52pm

Freaking authors

shakarocks

2/10/16 12:58pm

And what's wrong with temporarily doing that?

scootsy

2/10/16 12:53pm

Novels vs. your other suggestions aren't mutually exclusive though.

ldssdl

2/10/16 12:43pm

Fair enough. It's worth noting though that many children who grew up on HP are

ldssdl

2/10/16 12:40pm

According to some posters on CB, I never grew up.

byujacob

2/10/16 12:48pm

Harry Potter: The One Where Harry Battles Climate Change and All Wizards are Gay

CougarinOZ

2/10/16 11:14am

Are people seriously this mad she's come up with a new idea?

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