Post #2106507
2026-04-28 10:07 UTC
It sure is tempting to read Witch Hat Atelier as a direct response to Harry Potter, setting out to do right everything it does wrong.
Not sure that is a fair, though, since the problems of Harry Potter are really just problems that pervade a lot of fantasy storytelling. Harry Potter is just a greatest hits collection of the Problematic Wizard Tropes.
I think a fairer reading is that Witch Hat Atelier is just aware of a lot of those greater problems, and tries to navigate them gracefully.
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@WAHa_06x36@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 10:08
That is to say: Watch Witch Hat Atelier. Or read it, I guess, I haven't yet. It was always sitting there on bookshop shelves calling out to me, but I never did take it up on its offer.