[Restorer]

Not a bad take.

I believe another reason is that LOTR has a far more defined contrast between good and evil. In HP, to a large extent good and evil are both severely watered down concepts. A lot more "relativism" in HP, IMHO.

Not that I'm really an expert on HP.

[Smedley]

I believe another reason is that LOTR has a far more defined contrast between good and evil. In HP, to a large extent good and evil are both severely watered down concepts. A lot more "relativism" in HP, IMHO.

Really -- my take is that certain people (who post here)think HP teaches magic