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Question: Aside from being published around the same time, why do so many people insist on comparing Twilight and HP!?
I'm getting so seriously sick of hearing Twilight and Harry Potter in the same sentence!. They're nothing alike, so why does everyone feel the need to compare them!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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YES!

I FEEL THE SAME WAY!!!

even tho i feel harry potter is far superior (lol) even i dont get the connection between a bunch of british wizard kids at some boarding school and a bunch of average teenagers in some small town inhabitated by vampires!.

even tho i havnt totally gotten into twilight, i can already see theres NOTHING the same with harry potter!.
i mean, were there even vampires IN harry potter!?

and harry potter was bought by girls AND boys!. twilight is mainly bought by girls obsessed/in love with edward cullen!. (honestly!. theres even a facebook group for future wives of edward cullen!. o!.O)

the themes are different, the charecters are different, the FREAKING CONTINENT IS DIFFERENT!.

so if u get an answer as to WHY people compare them, tell me!. so i can be informed as well!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have wondered as you do! Having not read the "Twilight" series but having read "Harry Potter", I still have a reasonably good idea as to the plots of the former, so see no connection between the two beyond that they are both written for (foremostly) teenage or adolescent readers -- I am an adult, however, and love the H!.P!. series!. (I have read "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer which I liked a lot!)!. However, I fail to see the comparison or connection between H!.P!. and the "Twilight" series as they seem to have nothing in common, and J!.K!. Rowling has become a billionnaire with her series which has a worldwide readership and is far advanced in sales of the "Twilight" books!. The enraptured readers of the vampire series are nearly entirely teenage girls, while the Harry Potter novels appeal to a vast readership of all ages and genders!. I love the H!. P!. books (so clever!) but really would not waste my time on the "Twilight" series; I am a voracious reader but also discriminating in my choices!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Holy L, Future Wives of Edward Cullen!? Aside from that being absolutely impossible, what in the world would make fangirls think that Edward would be a polygamist!?

People probably compare the two because since they are both recent fantasy series that are widely popular, they MUST be similar! Mostly, I think that's why - people don't think that two fantasy series could have so many people obsessed with them if there wasn't SOMETHING similar!. Unfortunately, they are wrong!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Maybe because ever since the end of Harry Potter, the fans of that series and also the media have been desperate to find the next craze to stoke the excitement levels again, so they latched on to Twilight just because it happened to become a wildly popular teen fantasy series (even though in my mind Twilight is aimed at teens, where HP was more kid-appropriate)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Very true!.
I love both of them, they're amazingly written!.!.!.
but they are NOT the same although they are both kind of in fantasy genre!.
anyways, i am getting sick of Twilight and Harry potter together too!!!
but maybe because both really stand out from other teen books, so people will wonder: which is better!?
although harry potter has a better plot and twilight better romance!Www@QuestionHome@Com

The best reason I can think of is that Harry Potter was this massive, crazy hit!. So if you want your books to be big now - you're the 'new JK Rowling'!. It's as if just being next to the name of a successful series will somehow make the success 'rub-off'!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Maybe it's because they are both fantasy series that are not exclusively aimed at adults!. Mainly aimed at children/teenagers!.

I don't really see many similarities!. But they are dark supernatural books!.Www@QuestionHome@Com