Harry Potter vs. Twilight

[jlbolin0830]

I love both sets of books but I will agree Harry Potter.... that being said they are really like comparing apples to oranges. They are both book series but outside of that they are not comparable. Both sets of books stand alone in their own right.

[Kaypea99]

Harry Potter is way better! The messages that Harry Potter conveys are better for the audience that reads them. There isn't a good argument for Twilight.

[kerryl22]

I love both such a hard one but if I had to pick definitely harry Potter

[Ashley 1820]

definitely harry potter.simply awesome! twilight is no match.... n there isn't anything to debate...haha...but I liked the debate thing.we should pick up 2 movies that is comparable... and let's get some fun!

[CrescentMoon]

There really is no competition for me. Twilight just can't compare to Harry Potter. Harry Potter explores so many themes and has so much depth. Loyalty, love, loss, death, friendship, family, and so many other themes are there. Harry Potter is also so well-written, I don't think Twilight is on par with it.

[furybeginner]

Harry Potter, absolutely.

For the sake of discussion, I'll try to say something nice about Twilight, though. I felt like she captured some of the feelings of teenage obsession very well. I remember how it felt to have an unhealthy crush at that age, and I think she nailed it. The problem is that I would never really want to relive that, nor do I think it's a great example to set for younger girls reading it. I'd rather my daughters be like Hermione than Bella.

Your comment about trying to say something nice about Twilight made me laugh. But I do agree. The franchise is sold as 'romance', but it is more like ' unhealthy obsession'.


My opinion, of course, like most of the people here, is Harry Potter. While I admit that Twilight has some fun parts, I'd choose Harry Potter if I were asked which series I would re-read. And, while Harry Potter teaches us values, Twilight doesn't.

[KssioAug]

Not trying to downplay Twilight, but Harry Potter all the way. Actually, Harry Potter is my favorite book! Characters are super charismatic and/or remarkable, history lets me constantly interested, everything is very well described and it's a very educative and smart writing. I simply love it!

[Tiger33]

Harry Potter by far. I just don't vampiresee and romance.

[thegeekyyogi]

Yeah, it's pretty hard to compare Harry Potter to anything. Its massive appeal and influence (heck, they built a theme park for it) to all makes it a bit out of Twilight's league. If you want to compare Twilight to something, Fifty Shades is a much better competitor. They both go after the same theme from completely different sides of the spectrum. Also, they've both struck heavily upon one single group and thus share a sphere of influence. Like watching a DC comic fan go head-to-head with a Marvel fan, a Twilight vs. Fifty Shades fight could get ugly I think.

I agree with this wholeheartedly, especially considering the fact that Fifty Shades was started as a Twilight fanfiction. If you read both series you can 100% see the parallels between the two.

Of course I'm a huge Potterhead, so I would choose Harry Potter over anything every time.

[ramydul11]

Harry Potter for the win! Seriously, I can't even compare them.

[lolashoes]

This is a tough question! I'm a fan of both. But if i have to really choose, i think I'm going to go with Twilight.

[bruin]

I believe that Stephen King said it best: "Harry Potter is all about confronting fears, finding inner strength, and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend."

Applauds!

Haha! Love this!

[KimH]

This isn't even a contest. There's no question that Harry Potter far surpasses Twilight.

[MerryLove]

Harry Potter is much better. The characters grow and change over time, the females are independent and aren't afraid to try and take care of themselves, and the rationale of the plot focuses around what's happening in the world, not around a romance of two characters.

-- 11 Sep 2016, 13:02 --

I believe that Stephen King said it best: "Harry Potter is all about confronting fears, finding inner strength, and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend."

YES. This hits the nail on the head exactly.

[bmysti00]

It's hard to compare the two. They really are like apples and oranges.

Harry Potter is stronger. It has longevity. It's in its own category. Movies, plays, theme parks. It will still have that majestic quality 20 years from now.

Twilight is like one of those cult hits that you think about when your nostalgic.Twilight is always a fascinating but frustrating series for me. It catches a lot of flack for its toxic, mundane, obsessive teen romance but everything else in the series was far more superior but received little focus. If Twilight actually focused more on any number of the fascinating secondary and tertiary characters rather than its lackluster protagonists it really could have been far greater than it was. And it was a hit. A plethora of Indigenous characters, the werewolf/vampire dichotomy and how it related to colonization/gentrification. The untapped potential to explore stigmitization of mental illness. Trauma, race, cultural identity, body autonomy...Focus was on all the wrong things. It could have been so much greater.

Twilight had endless possibilities and so much untapped potential it's painful to think about. Harry Potter actually tapped into and executed its themes and greatness.