The Harry Potter books/movies are better than Twilight (Stephanie Meyer)

My opponent has chosen to ignore the blatantly obvious fact that Twilight is not about "you". I will repeat my previous arguments since I have nothing new to counter: Twilight is first-person, not second-person. It is all about Bella, not you. She tells you the story, but you are not there. In Harry Potter, you are there. You are watching it all. I refute my opponent's idea that Harry Potter is not addictive. It blends plot events with emotion, whereas Twilight has muchmore emotion. If it has more emotion than a balanced book like Harry Potter, then my opponent basically just admitted that Twilight has more emotion because it is plotless. "He's ice-cold. .. He sparkles like diamonds. .. " All of these are just added to fill in for the fat the books are quite plotless. My opponent has also conceded that Kristen Stewart cannot act, making the Harry Potter movies better than Twilight. Also, even if Bella is allegedly emotional, it is a horrible example for a protagonist to drop everything for Edward. This basically teaches kids to forget about college, ditch their family, and go live with some 100-year-old glittery vampire who wants to bang you. Apparently, the goal of the books is "to make Bella feel lucky and loved". This is another bad example. It doesn't teach that you need to do things for yourself to become successful, which is what you need to do in real life, rather than have a boyfriend do everything for you. I also find it very self-defeating for my opponent to point out that they had to look up the character traits on Wikipedia, meaning it was difficult to find any personality by reading the books or watching the movies. I protest the notion that the characters in the Harry Potter series are all bad or all good. Take Severus Snape, for example. He used to be on the bad side, but now he is on the good side. Although he may not be evil, he certainly is cruel towards his students, especially Harry Potter. He hates Harry for his father, Snape's enemy, yet also loves him because he loved Harry's mother. Another example is Ron Wealsey. He may be funny, loyal, and brave, but he also easily gets jealous of many characters, especially Harry. He is also sometimes rather rude, as pointed out by Luna Lovegood. Hermione Granger may be a bookworm and have a high emotional IQ, but she also comes across as a stuck-up know-it-all. Harry Potter, brave and protective as he may be, has a very short temper at times, too. Draco Malfoy, who is mostly bad because he bullies many characters, did not have the heart to kill Dumbledore, which he was instructed to do, proving him not 100% evil. Voldemort, the ultimate antagoist, is all-evil, but so many characters in Twilight, like James. "The dominant message is that lonely girls can get great guys. " This goes back to the bad message, in which you should not be successful, but instead be close to someone who is. What an awful message! Harry Potter has a much better message: "Do what is right. Stick up for your friends and help omit bad in this world. " Therefore, I contradict my opponent and say Harry Potter is way above the league of Twilight. "Twilight was copied because it was more captivating. " No, it was copied because the idea is so broad and unoriginal, it is quite easy to steal. The idea of a paranormal romance was not invented by Stehanie Meyer, it was invented long before. The idea of "Human girl meets supernatural boy" has been used in literary works long before Stephanie Meyer. An example is the book "Sweet Starfire", published in 1986. It is quite easy to say you didn't base your story on Twilight because there are so many books similar to Twilight. This is an easy way to make money off of someone else's work without getting sued for it. Meanwhile, Harry Potter has a mcuh more original plot. How many book series besides Harry Potter are there having a plot similar to a boy who goes to a wizarding school and defeats the worst wizard of all time? Here's a hint: It's less than one! Hence being impossible to rip off without being sued. As for awards, it is true that Harry Potter has had more time to get more, but the thing is, the year after the first Harry Potter movie came out (2002), it won 22 awards. Meanwhile, in 2009, after Twilight the Movie came out in 2008, it only won 9 awards. So even in the same timespan, Harry Potter has earned more. The same goes for the books. The first Harry Potter book won 4 awards in 1997 alone, while Twilight only won 2 in one year (2005). Even though there are more Harry Potter books than Twilight, each book alone has more awards than each Twilight book. Next time, I also with my opponent to do their research: There are seven Harry Potter books in the series (and a few out of it), and four Twilight books. For someone who claims to know Twilight, I am not sure whether or not they possess an adequate amount of knowledge to be in this debate in the first place. I again would like to thank my opponent for being in this debate. Sources: All 7 Harry Potter Books Harry Potter Movies 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 (Part 1), and 7 (Part 2) Twilight (Novel) New Moon (Movie) . http://imdb.com... . http://imdb.com... . http://harrypotter.bloomsbury.com... . http://en.wikipedia.org...(novel)