AdequateEmily criticizes the Malfoid comparison
AdequateEmilyFilmmaker and video essayist publishing as AdequateEmily
Emily mocks the comparison, describing the Harry Potter fan fiction as 'smut'. She calls the view an opinion of conservatives and likens it to an earlier argument on Tumblr.
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.
“it’s just as sad as when tumblr argued it, but definitely funnier.”
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Where this statement fits
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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Emily quotes Young and criticizes his comparative assessment of fan fiction and poetry.
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Emily continues the exchange by asking critics to explain the poem they dismiss and says she may reconsider.
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Emily uses a satirical description of the comparison's proponents in a reply to her original post.
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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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The post contains two image panels from one poem, Stanzas, Sexes, Seductions, and links to its complete text.
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Emily comments on Young's Malfoid comparison in a post that embeds his original statement.
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In a later reply, Emily says she may reconsider if critics can explain what the poem says, rather than dismissing it by its subject matter.
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The case concerns the Malfoid-versus-Carson comparison. Emily criticizes that comparison in a post responding to Young.
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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
David Bone backs the comparison with Carson's excerpts
“Even the poorer quality Malfoid fan fictions were miles better than this.”Read statement
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