Harry Potter was a smash hit about a boy discovering he’s a wizard and going to school in a magical world full of wonder and adventure. Twilight didn’t hit quite that high a note, but the story of a teenage girl who learns her classmate is a vampire and falls in love with him did quite well. The Hunger Games popularized the dystopian genre with a bow wielding teenager stepping up to survive death games, have angsty romances, and fight the power.

As far as I can tell, nothing has quite hit that same kind of high since and it may be awhile until the next truly big wave. But if it were up to you, what would the next big thing be about?

  • wjbc@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Nothing has been as popular as Harry Potter before or since. It’s one of a kind, and unlikely to be repeated any time soon.

    • ToTheLastParade@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      And that’s all despite having one of the worst endings of any series ever in modern literature.

      I’m sorry but that epilogue was unnecessary and left a bad taste in my mouth after finishing the series. It turned it into a joke. I think it could’ve been done in a much more creative way.

      And don’t even get me fucking started on Harry Potter & The Cursed Child…

      • Apprehensive-Pack309@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I would argue that an ending is an ending, an epilogue is an epilogue…it’s just a few pages to show all was well and that’s that. The true ending to the series is magical, in Harry’s sacrifice. I read a lot of next gen fic.

        Cursed child is a whole different story and an insult. I am a huge theatre fan and was very disappointed by the cursed child script for sure - I might still give it live a chance but probably not. But yes. It was awful.

      • SporkFanClub@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Rick Riordan has a whole ass “Mythology Universe” going right now. I’m pretty sure he’s at the point where he’s like Clive Cussler and has people writing books that say “with Rick Riordan” where he just hands them a basic premise and says go have fun.

        • 12BumblingSnowmen@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I mean, there’s the books he actually wrote, and then there’s “Rick Riordan Presents” which is it’s own separate thing.

          • SporkFanClub@alien.topBEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Yeah that’s what I was referring to- although I definitely could have phrased it better lol