Post #1311132
2026-03-30 07:28 UTC
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@obscurestar@mastodon.social 2026-03-30 20:27
@dzwiedziu @macmanx I'm for real. I mean stop me if you've heard this story: Mildred thinks she's an ordinary girl until she's told she's a witch and invited to a big castle-like school in the English countryside accessible by magic locomotive. At school, she makes two friends, get a familiar, and a blond nemesis from a wealthy witch family, who despises non-witches, the dotty old headmistress takes a shine to her. The castle halls move about... Worst Witch began publication in 1974.
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@obscurestar@mastodon.social 2026-03-30 20:33
@dzwiedziu @macmanx You know, now that I'm thinking about it, HBO was really stupid to pick up Harry Potter. They could likely have got Worst Witch license much cheaper, and enough people would have seen the trailer and thought 'it's a HP knockoff' to get viewership and buzz with increasing buzz when people learn WW is the original and not attached to a bigot. They'd have raked in the cash, had more creative license and kneecapped a fascist without a downside for them.