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I saw somewhere that Diana Wynne Jones had been less than approving of Harry Potter, considering that Rowling had nicked her stuff. What was it though? What I think of as DWJ's motif—related parallel/alternate worlds—is absent from Harry Potter, and Harry's magic feels different, more codified.

Perhaps DWJ was reading the Draco Trilogy by mistake? She's really got a case there.

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[ankaret.livejournal.com]

She does occasionally seem to go in for scenes of Dursley-like home trauma, I suppose, particularly in Eight Days Of Luke, and several of the Chrestomanci books have 'rather awkward kids finding their magic' as a theme. Oh, and the main character in Dogsbody is called Sirius, and there's a youngest sister of boys called Gwinny in The Ogre Downstairs. ;) I can't for the life of me think of anything more concrete, though.

I never managed to get more than about three chapters into the Draco Trilogy before wandering off to do something else, so I can't comment about that.

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I suppose it could well be the Sirius thing.

In the Draco Trilogy Harry and Draco are both Super Speshul Wizards (TM) known as Magids. I was reminded of this when I was reading The Merlin Conspiracy.

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I find myself suddenly very, very glad that the Upper Room didn't go and put the Empire in the hands of Harry and Draco, because I bet it really would have fallen with massive collateral damage over about eight realities.

Ooh, thinking about Deep Secret and The Merlin Conspiracy - both JKR and DWJ have centaurs in their books. But it's hardly as if either of them have a monopoly.

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Harry and Draco trying to save the world and fighting the bit out could actually be quite funny if written right. Of course someone else would then have to step in and save the world from Harry and Draco.

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Hermione and Luna to the rescue?

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The best rescue mission ever!

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[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Judging by the number of AUs I've seen in which Harry is everything from a dotcom millionaire to a homeless prostitute in the Home Counties, I think we can safely say that he is not a nine-lived enchanter. :p

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Hah, yes.