Talk:Harry Potter analogues

Just a string of coincidences, nothing more
In particular, whoever wrote the Discworld entry clearly knows little or nothing about the Discworld.


 * There's no such thing as "the" protagonist; there are several different story arcs, each with its own protagonist(s). (And it's better to say "main character" anyway, as some people are unclear as to what "protagonist" means.) There's the Rincewind arc, the Lancre Witches arc, the Death arc, the Commander Vines arc... and so on.


 * Only a very few of the stories concern (or even mention) Unseen University, and only a very few of those have Ponder Stibbons (as opposed to Mustrum Ridcully, or the University Wizards generally) as the protagonist.


 * There's about as much resemblance between Hogwarts and Unseen University as there is between a real kids' school and a real university college; that is, almost none.


 * Likewise, although Ponder Stibbons has often been claimed to be an analogue of Harry Potter, he is actually about ten years older (we first see him as a student taking his Final); about the only thing the two have in common is that they are both competent wizards who wear glasses.

evilquoll (talk) 18:54, March 16, 2019 (UTC)