Isaac Young backs the Malfoid comparison
Isaac YoungScience-fiction and fantasy author; Malfoid fiction writer
Young says Malfoid fan-fiction writers deserve the prize more than Carson, judging them against the circulated excerpts.
Responding to
Some Malfoid fan-fiction writers deserved the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature more than Anne Carson, judged against the poetry excerpts The New Yorker circulated.
“each of them not only deserved this prize more but also contributed more to humanity than both these poems combined.”
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Malfoid for the Nobel? Was the Anne Carson comparison fair?
Isaac Young and David Bone argued that Malfoid fan-fiction writers surpassed the Anne Carson excerpts shared after her Nobel win. Young maintained the relative comparison; Laurence Thompson mocked it. The dispute is whether the comparison fairly challenges her literary reputation and the award recognizing her body of work.
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Young compares Malfoid fan-fiction writers with the Carson excerpts in the New Yorker post he quotes.
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Young replies to criticism of his comparison and distinguishes relative merit from a claim that Malfoid is the peak of literature.
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Young quotes The New Yorker's post linking Carson's poem and identifies about two dozen Malfoid fan-fiction writers as the people he is comparing.
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On October 10, Young says his claim concerns relative merit, rather than Malfoid being the peak of literature.
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The case concerns the Malfoid-versus-Carson comparison. Young endorses that comparison and later maintains his relative judgment.
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Read the full caseLaurence Thompson mocks the Malfoid Nobel comparison
“Also the right-wing: This AI-generated anime slop about a female Draco Malfoy should win the Nobel Prize for Literature.”Read statement
Young questions the conservative label for the comparison's proponents
“Who said we were Conservatives?”Read statement
AdequateEmily criticizes the Malfoid comparison
“it’s just as sad as when tumblr argued it, but definitely funnier.”Read statement
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