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[deleted] t1_ixuv4hw wrote

Your mind is going to be blown when you find out that “magical academy with hidden secrets” has been a fantasy sub-genre for decades before Harry Potter came out.

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Rauschpfeife t1_ixuvzng wrote

That's wild, man.

(I do find it a bit ironic that the OP is implying that the Wednesday show is derivative, but references something that I always thought was cribbing off other works a lot, as the original.

I mean, depending on who you ask, Harry Potter is the plot of Star Wars, with a bit of Books of Magic for looks, or ripping off any other combination of some of someone's favorite works.

At this point all art is derivative, it seems like, the question is how obvious it is. In Harry Potter's case, I'd say it's fairly obvious.)

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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_ixvizrq wrote

Thank you for bringing up Books of Magic. Because a simple google search will show you how similar the overall aesthetic of the main characters are.

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Roook36 t1_ixvkzqq wrote

lol. I read the Harry Potter series when they came out. But I was so over the "chosen one orphan being brought up by assholes who finds they're talented in magic and are trained by an old wizard". From Star Wars, Wheel of Time, David Eddings, Sword of Truth, blah blah blah

By the time Harry Potter came out I was so over it. Hero of a Thousand Faces and all that.

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StoneGoldX t1_iy0tbkg wrote

Congratulations, you're over one of the basic elements of human storytelling since storytelling existed?

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robbed_blind OP t1_ixuxigb wrote

I guess I could’ve done a better job of titling the post. It’s more that I find it weird that the marketing surround the show was “Addams Family returns with a show centered around Wednesday”, but from what I’ve seen they’ve just plugged Wednesday Addams into a generic school for magical gifted children. You could swap her out with a moody version of Hermione or any other female fantasy protagonist, and show would be virtually identical.

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meatball77 t1_ixxonor wrote

Agreed, how different is this show from say Winx. . . . except for the styling.

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