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Question: Why would anyone choose Twilight over Harry Potter!?
I've noticed that on the internet, they've been comparing Twilight to Harry Potter a lot!. And then some people are like, "Harry Potter sucks, Twilight rocks!" And I'm just wondering, how could you say that!? Sure, Twilight is a good series, but Harry Potter is so!.!.!. original!.!.!.

Could some intense Twilight fans/Harry Potter fans in agreement shed some light on this!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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People don't understand that it is, in fact, possible for the world to have more than one good book at a time!. They all say, "oh, I love the harry potter series, it's so good!.!.!." then they read twilight, and say "twilight is even better than harry potter! and because it is better, harry potter must suck now!" Just because Twilight was good doesn't mean Harry Potter now isn't good!. They can both be good!. Just because Harry Potter isn't as good as Twilight doesn't mean that it isn't good at all!. Seriously people, use your brain!. You have it for a reason!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I love Harry Potter, although, it's not as original as you believe!. If you've read Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen, you'd know what I mean:

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Wizard%27s_!.!.!.

"Yolen has criticized the Harry Potter series!. This is based on the suspicious similarities of the series with Wizard's Hall, published years before the first Harry Potter book!."

Yolen stated: "I read the first three!. The fourth one stopped me in my tracks, partially because even though the story moves along, I just don't feel like they're well written!. Besides, I wrote a book called "Wizard's Hall" [in 1991, eight years before the first "Harry Potter" book]!. And there's an awful lot of "Wizard's Hall" in it [the Harry Potter books]!. I always tell people that if Ms!. Rowling would like to cut me a very large check, I would cash it!. ["Wizard's Hall"] has got a boy named Henry [who] goes to wizard school, doesn't think he has talent!. He has a good friend with red hair!. There's a wicked wizard who's trying to destroy the school, and the pictures on the wall move and speak and change!. I have kids who write to me all the time and say, "I thought you had stolen Harry Potter, but my teacher pointed out that you published it eight years before Harry Potter!."[1]"Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was first reading Harry Potter since August'08 and I have been reading Harry Potter all 1-5 and then in the middle of the 5th book I heard about these Twilight books and now I think i like it a little better because it uses "I" in first person and I kind of like it in first person!.

Harry Potter is still awesome!
I'm still reading it but rarely, I did not even finished the 5th one!.
I'm in the middle of it since the beginning of November!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Because they are dumb idiots!. Harry Potter is original well thought out and well written!. Twilight is a good stary with a good plot and the perfect man but it is poorly written and it holds no deeper meaning or message like Harry Potter does!. The quality of writing in Twilight resembles what you find in fanfiction not what you would normally read from a published author!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

i couldn't really chose between the two!. they are both really good!. i loved the harry potter books before the movies started coming out and thought the movies are alright!. but at the same time i loved the four books from the twilight series when they first came out as well!. i haven't seen the twilight movie though!. i like them both for different reasons!. i think i would actually almost pick the twilight books though, don't know why, there's just something about them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I can't believe these people!. Harry Potter is a great book series and the movies are great, too!. Twilight just came out of the blue, and suddenly everyone loves it!. I think Harry Potter wins over Twilight!. It was the first of its kind!. So original, J!.K!. Rowling created a memorable character!. Twilight seems to be only a phase for pre-teens and teens throughout the US!. After-wards it shall be forgotten!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Twilight is original also, and it really emotional!. Harry Potter was interesting to read, but did not connect with your emotions at all!. Thats what makes Twilight so good, is because the girls that read it actually believe they are Bella, and everything she goes through, they go through!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't understand why people compare the books - they aren't even the same genre, or written in the same style!.

I think they only get compared because they've triggered the same hysterical phenomenon!. Well, to some extent!. Twilight isn't even close to being on the same scale as Harry Potter - all the Twilight books added together have still sold far fewer than any one of the HP books!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i love them both for different reasons!. yes, Harry Potter is very original, and J!.K!. Rowling is an amazing writer!. But, i love the romance in Twilight!. So for me its pretty much a tie!. if you asked me to choose one i don't think i could!.
I think some people just like whats "popular" more at the time!. When HP comes out in June!? i think, people will be all over that again!. But for now, its all about Twilight!
for me it will always be a tie!Www@QuestionHome@Com

People like to compare which one is more popular, which is natural since both are so well-known now, but some are stupid enough to actually compare the books' content (like the plotline, writing style, etc!.) which is weird because HP and Tw couldn't be anymore different!. And HP is superior anyway!. It's a classic!. I've read Tw too but it becomes clumsy and annoying, and bizarre by the third book!. The fourth (and last) is totally creepy, with an 18-year old girl who's hardly an adult marrying and giving birth to a monster unfortunately named 'Renesme!.'Www@QuestionHome@Com

oh my god,everyone at my school loves twilight but that shitt sucks, harry potter is the shitif!!!!!!!;)im so happy someone finally understands and iv noticed that theres some kind of cycle thingy last year it was harry now its twi!. and like my teacher and my sisters firend thay were like that but they dot even no each otherWww@QuestionHome@Com

Harry Potter is unlike any other book!. Twilight just elaborated on other stories like Buffy the Vampire Slayer!. They are I have to admit a good series but Harry Potter is just so unique!. I find it hard to compare because they have very different story plots but i still believe that Harry Potter is better!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

How could ANYONE possibly WANT to choose Twilight over Harry Potter!?

Twilight is good and all, I've read it!. But Harry Potter remains to be THE greatest children's literature work of the 21st century!.

And that, my friends, you can take to the bank :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

well u are pretty much just asking what a twilight fan would ask, "why do ppl like harry potter better!?" I mean it is just if you maybe have a taste in magic you go to harry potter!. Or more of sci-fi and romance you go to twilight!. They're both great series!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well, im not much of a fan!.but, it's just their opinion!.but, i find harry potter more interesting(:i liked the chamber of secrets!.twilight wasnt very appealing to me, but yeah!.it looks okay;Www@QuestionHome@Com

Why compare twilight and harry potter!? They're both good books/good reads!.!.!. who cares if twilight sucks or harry potter sucks!. It's all about opinion!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I HATE Harry Potter! So annoying!. But I saw the movie twilight and liked it!. I am now interested in reading the books!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like harry potter better!. My opinion, I hate twilight!. No offense to anyone that likes it, but I hate it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

People just shouldn't compare the two FULL STOP!.!.!.!.!.!!!
they are both completely different books written by two amazing different authors!.!.!.!.!.!.!.just don't compare them!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think that it's mainly because twilight is so new!.
In my opinion, Harry Potter is better, but not by much!.
I love them both!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know why people keep comparing the two, they're like two totally different genres!. Can't we all just get along!?! Haha :) seriously tho!. This needs to stop, I'm getting tired of it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i havnt seen twilight!.!.but there's just something about harry!. ;)Www@QuestionHome@Com

i dn't know how u compare it with twilight - happy potter is a gud movie and book and omg - why would they compare it!?!?!?!?!?!?
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they would choose Twilight cause it only THE BEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! twilight for life!!!!! <3Www@QuestionHome@Com

^^^^TWILIGHT'S UP HERE!!!!^^^^


harry potter's down here Www@QuestionHome@Com

i love both!
:)

but i do have to say i love my man harry more!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

urgh!.!.!.yuck!.!.!.!.harry potter
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twilight is better
it is waaaayyyy more realistic than harry potter and has much more depth
and im talking books, NOT movies
harry potter movies are great but twilight the movie was awwwfulWww@QuestionHome@Com