Well, yeah -- but what MAKES it cool shit? WHY do we want to live in those universes? What is it about Hermione, Han Solo, Ron, Leia, Harry, and Luke that makes us want to be them?
Because, let's face it -- when I actually sit and THINK about it, the Weasley's standard of living is slightly below mine -- they have magic, but Mrs Weasley doesn't do anything with it that I can't do with a vacuum cleaner or microwave. I don't want to live on a desert planet doing moisture fucking farming. I don't even want to live on a giant city-wide planet.
My life is better than the lives of a lot of the characters in those works. Or, at least, it suits me better.
And yet, Star Wars and Harry Potter work for me.
Is what attracts us to these the same thing that made people join Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, or fight against Franco?
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Because, let's face it -- when I actually sit and THINK about it, the Weasley's standard of living is slightly below mine -- they have magic, but Mrs Weasley doesn't do anything with it that I can't do with a vacuum cleaner or microwave. I don't want to live on a desert planet doing moisture fucking farming. I don't even want to live on a giant city-wide planet.
My life is better than the lives of a lot of the characters in those works. Or, at least, it suits me better.
And yet, Star Wars and Harry Potter work for me.
Is what attracts us to these the same thing that made people join Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, or fight against Franco?