• o7___o7@awful.systems
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    10 months ago

    To be fair, some character development does take place: by the end, Harry has learned how to not be so frightening, and how to use his powers of effortless domination more strategically. There is a general failure of self-awareness here I have not seen outside Sonichu. It makes for genuinely harrowing reading.

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      10 months ago

      And just a couple paragraphs before that:

      Reading HPMOR gave me a sense of crushing second-hand despair that I’ve only previously experienced when finding out things about Chris-Chan. It really is that bad.

      (the real cognitohazard was the friends we made along the way)