Darin Tries to Understand Harry Potter

Wherein I decide I don't like any of the characters and then drone on and on about Erich Fromm's Escape from Freedom, and how that maybe relates to Harry's predicament.

Wherein Harry and, conveniently, everyone else we give a shit about all go to Gryffindor. And we have to pretend to be impressed by a singing hat.

Wherein we meet a bossy girl and some evil kid and some other kid. And the ideological implications of educational institutions are tediously discussed. Oh and I make fun of the prose.

Wherein Harry goes shopping, there's some bizarre sexual innuendo, and the narrator seems to exhibit some strange anti-semitism.

Wherein I struggle to figure out the allegorical significance of the muggle/wizard dichotomy.

Chapter 3 by Darin Webb

Darin Tries to Understand Harry Potter Chapter 1 by Darin Webb

Darin Tries to Understand Harry Potter Chapter 2 by Darin Webb

Wherein Harry goes through extreme psychological torture, the Dursleys still completely baffle me, and the wizard school bureaucracy is totally inept.

Wherein I stumble upon some serious body shaming, toxic masculinity, and snakes on a plane. I didn't like this chapter very much :(