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Comment by saulpw | Hacker News Reader

If you like a satire, will you probably like that which is being satirized?

I mean, sure. I like Harry Potter and I also liked HPMOR. Although imo it goes off the rails in the second half or so and kinda fails to live up to its promise.

Satire / parody doesn't necessarily have to be a merciless polemic against the target - and as a matter of fact, it would be pretty hard to read HPMOR and not come away with the feeling that the author was a pretty big Harry Potter fan.

Another thing that comes to mind is the horror movie Cabin in the Woods, which sends up lots of horror tropes but is still fun and enjoyable for fans of the genre.

The parent was saying "Superrational" is a satire of HPMOR, not that HPMOR is a satire of Harry Potter.

Thank you for getting it.

I understood, I was just using one less level of meta parody to make my point. I thought TFA was funny, if not hilarious. I also enjoyed HPMOR. So I'll make my point again, which is that you can like a thing and also like its parody.

Word. "Hot Fuzz" is such a great parody of buddy cop movies because it was written by someone who loves buddy cop movies.

If you don't already know the original, then yeah, chances are that you will like it, it has the same theme and genre as the satire.

I've spent years with a child and wife in love with the Harry Potter books, I read them (in Spanish, to improve my understanding; very rational), I've seen the movies, and I must say: the start is certainly good.

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