No, which supposedly was part of the point being tested. Normies consoomed the recognised name and not the quality of content. When JK's name wasn't on the book nobody gave a shit.
I've always wondered if Harry Potter was ever legitimately popular and became a hit naturally in its early years, or if the publishers deliberately engineered it to be one from the start, giving it more hype and advertisement than usual to draw people into buying it.
It's a Cinderella type story aimed at schoolchildren about being taken away from what life/school they have to go learn at magic school, it was always going to be popular with the target demograph. The additional popularity came from the movies and adults already outside the demograph going fucking bananas for it which is also where most of the insanity surrounding JK comes from and the "Read another book!" meme.
Sure, it might be popular with schoolchildren...for a time. But typically, they would outgrow whatever series they were reading and move onto other things. And where the hell did this crazy adult fanbase come from? It seems like Harry Potter was attracting a cult from the beginning and it just kept persisting.
Sure, it might be popular with schoolchildren...for a time. But typically, they would outgrow whatever series they were reading and move onto other things. And where the hell did this crazy adult fanbase come from?
Have you missed like the last century or something?
Comic-con, star trek conventions, anime conventions, etc. Star Wars weddings. Star Trek weddings. Marvel weddings. These are dominated by adults who are spending shit loads of money on their fictional worlds and associated products®. Harry Potter is just one of many, many fandoms.
One old parallel -- Civil War reenactors. No "consoom product" but people who are obsessed with a story, events, etc.
No, which supposedly was part of the point being tested. Normies consoomed the recognised name and not the quality of content. When JK's name wasn't on the book nobody gave a shit.
I've always wondered if Harry Potter was ever legitimately popular and became a hit naturally in its early years, or if the publishers deliberately engineered it to be one from the start, giving it more hype and advertisement than usual to draw people into buying it.
It's a Cinderella type story aimed at schoolchildren about being taken away from what life/school they have to go learn at magic school, it was always going to be popular with the target demograph. The additional popularity came from the movies and adults already outside the demograph going fucking bananas for it which is also where most of the insanity surrounding JK comes from and the "Read another book!" meme.
Sure, it might be popular with schoolchildren...for a time. But typically, they would outgrow whatever series they were reading and move onto other things. And where the hell did this crazy adult fanbase come from? It seems like Harry Potter was attracting a cult from the beginning and it just kept persisting.
Have you missed like the last century or something?
Comic-con, star trek conventions, anime conventions, etc. Star Wars weddings. Star Trek weddings. Marvel weddings. These are dominated by adults who are spending shit loads of money on their fictional worlds and associated products®. Harry Potter is just one of many, many fandoms.
One old parallel -- Civil War reenactors. No "consoom product" but people who are obsessed with a story, events, etc.