Stephenie Meyer vrs. J.K. Rowling

[zelda_queen]

ZeldaQueen: *glances at title* Yeah, this is going to be fun.

I found out about this via Yemi-Hikari's post, and had to have a go at it. You can read the original, by shortynme, here. Try not to facepalm too hard, ladies and gentlemen (and please, as always, be mature and do not leave rude comments at the original article).

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Stephenie Meyer Vrs. J.K. Rowling

ZeldaQueen: You know, I'm pretty certain that there is no "r" in the abbreviated form of "versus". A note to the author of this article - it helps people take your arguments seriously if you avoid very basic spelling errors like the ones you make constantly

I don't know how many of you have read Harry Potter, but I love them. They are such a great idea, terrificly written, and funny. The characters are real and they move you.  Wow, I pretty much just described Twilight didn't I? :)

ZeldaQueen: Unless by "move you" you mean "bowel movement", then no, no you didn't

They're both best sellers, they're both being made into movies. They're both blockbuster hits (Twilight most likely).

ZeldaQueen: *sighs* First of all, how does that make sense? First you say that they are both blockbuster hits, but then you say that Twilight is most likely one. Are they both hits or aren't they? And I must say, for all that you're trying to set up like you love Harry Potter, you certainly are ruining that by constantly pushing it down in favor of Twilight

I think what makes the major difference between these amazing stories is the author.

ZeldaQueen: Yes. To quoth the King, Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn and Rowling can

I won't lie and say I know a lot about J. K. Rowling but I've seen one interview, and it was enough to convinse me that, no matter how good her books are, I hate her.

ZeldaQueen: Because one incident is all it takes to form an opinion on a matter,  yep!

J.K. Rowling is richer than the royal family (a proven fact). And yet she's let fame and fortune go to her head.

ZeldaQueen: Yes, the numerous charities and causes she works for and her work to keep herself and her family out of the media clearly prove that fame and fortune go to her head. In fact, if you go to her website, you can see her many pictures of her attending proms with squeeing fangirls and leaving her family...oh, wait

I saw one interview with her, and she was a nasty, bitter, old, wrench.

ZeldaQueen: I love how the world "old" is emphasized as yet another negative quality. Idiot Twihard mentality, bleeding over from the series.

She did nothing but complain about the "bloody Americans" and how the adaptation of the HP movies weren't up to her standards. She was horrible! I dislike her so much that if I saw her on the street I wouldn't stop her for an autograph, even IF I was carrying one of her books with me at the time.

ZeldaQueen: OHES TEH NOES! NO AUTOGRAPHS!!!11?!?

And I find it highly suspect that there's no citation of this interview. I'm not saying that Rowling didn't have an interview were she said that, but how hard would it be to link to it, or say "in an interview with such-and-such magazine"? It makes the argument that much more credible, and not like a whiny fanbrat

Stephenie Meyer on the other hand is so sweet! I haven't read one interview with her where she was being unkind.

ZeldaQueen: Like those many interviews where she compared the human race - her species and mine and that of all her fans - to cattle who deserved to be eaten. Or the ones where she outright told fans that she wasn't going to answer their questions because she was too lazy to come up with answers. Or the times when she pulled the time-honored "don't like, don't read" card

She answers the questions,

ZeldaQueen: *glances above* Yeah, can Leah imprint? Whatever happened with that paternity drama with the wolves? How does she intend to fill in the many plot holes from that Bree Tanner book? That's all I'll say on that

dosn't

ZeldaQueen: "Doesn't", you twit. It's not a hard word

say anything bad about anyone, she even completely supports the cast, and helps them to better adapt their characters.

ZeldaQueen: *snorts* Oh, that's rich. By that, do you mean about how she does absolutely nothing but stick her nose into the production of the movies (and graphic novel, for that matter) and refuse to let them make appropriate changes for the medium because her books are such treasures she can't stand to see them altered? Yeah, that certainly makes her look mature and not, you know, like a little brat pitching a fit when things don't go her way.

On that topic, you want to talk about Rowling and the HP movies, sweetie? Here's a fun fact - Rowling had total veto power of all of the movie scripts. If something was written that she felt deviated or screwed with the plot too much, she could have them rewrite it. And she did give suggestions and have things taken out (in particular, she removed a line about Dumbledore saying about a girl he loved, citing that he was gay). But she never did pitch a tantrum or sulk when things had to be changed or omitted or moved around. Why? Because she's not a child who whines when she doesn't get her way, that's why. She knows that movies can't exactly be like the books!

I would travel to see Stephenie.

ZeldaQueen: And I would travel to keep outside of a fifty-mile radius of her

Hands down, Stephenie Meyer is going to go farther than J.K. Rowling.

ZeldaQueen: Oh yes. Because clearly J.K. Rowling, who wrote seven books which successfully utilize character development, over-arcing plots, Chekov's guns, foreshadowing, and symbolism, has achieved much less than Meyer, who has written five books that center around the same idiot characters running around in circles until they accomplish nothing

Stephenie has just finished the first in another book series (The Host) which so far has gotten wonderful reviews (from the blessed souls who were permitted to read it before it's release date, jerks lol). She doesn't place all her fame and popularity on one book series.

What else has J.K. Rowling wrote besides: How to be a Stuffy British Bitch with a Bad Attitude? (Oh she hasn't wrote that either? Too bad, she'd be great at it!) Nothing! She's wrote nothing else. Yeah Harry Potter may carry her until the end of time, but Stephenie is a true author, and she won't stop.

ZeldaQueen: *rubs nose* Okay, you want to go there? Fine. Let's look at that piece by piece.

First of all dearie, The Host ain't the start of a new series until Meyer stops farting around and actually writes another book for it. And guess what? Meyer has given no guesses for release dates, shown no signs of moving ahead on those sequels, and given nothing except for two potential sequel titles and a vague "Yeah, I'd like to make it a series". I might also add that as shaolina pointed out in her sporkings, The Host is little more than a rehashing of Twilight with the characters all tanned - same characters, same perfect/asshole species we're supposed to love for being horrible, same idiot protagonist, same jerkhole love interest who is completely boring. So really, it feels cheating to consider The Host something different.

Second of all, Meyer doesn't place all her fame and popularity on one series? I'm calling bullshit on that one given how, as I said, she has given very little attention to The Host in comparison to her sparklepires.

Third of all, Rowling has written other things. Yes, most of her writing has been Harry Potter related, but according to sources, she's written articles on topics like ending child poverty and "The Single Mother's Manifesto". I suppose trivial topics like those don't matter to you though, do they?

Fourth of all, as I pointed out, Meyer has apparently stopped. Mervin has pointed this out, but Meyer has delivered none of the books she has promised - no story from Renesmee's point of view, no story from Leah's point of view, no mermaid story, no ghost/time travel story, and no fantasy story. Honestly, I get the feeling that she just sits around and vaguely contemplates stories and then, when it looks like her fanbase is starting to lose interest, she goes "WAIT! I'm totally writing a new book about...time-traveling harpies! And one is a teenage girl who falls in love with  a mysterious guy who wants to kill her!" and then gives it no thought until she's forced to.

Also, on the subject of Meyer being a "true author" and Rowling not, I must point out the attitudes both have shown as professional authors, particularly in the face of leaks. Rowling has had to deal with several leaks, including good chunks of Deathly Hallows, even after keeping the manuscript under lock and key. She still released the book on time, but simply asked that anyone who saw the leaked bits to not spoil the surprise for anyone unaware of it.

Meyer has suffered several leaks herself. Let us look at the second one - the Midnight Sun leak. First of all, the damned thing leaked because Meyer was passing copies of it around. In other words, she was engaging in very unprofessional and irresponsible behavior for an author and tempting fate by making her work available to the public. Second of all, Meyer reacted in the most unprofessional way possible, basically flouncing and refusing to deliver on a book she promised her fans, on the grounds that it was leaked because she was an idiot. It was hardly her first leak, and I'm pretty sure a "true author" would have reacted in a manner that was much more professional, or at least adult-like

Finally, have you ever heard of the phrase "quality over quantity"? A monkey on a typewriter can produce many works of literature, but I'm sure they'd be shit quality

What I'd like to see, more than anything else, is the day the Twilight Series bumped Harry Potter 7 down to 2nd best seller. I want to be there watching J.K. Rowling pulling out her nasty bleach blonde hair and screaming about how Meyer is just a bloody American who is less than she because she's British.

ZeldaQueen: Christ, you're petty.

And I must ask, has Rowling ever compared herself to Meyer?

Oh, bloody Hell Rowling, doesn't it suck to be second to an America? :) *Evil cackle*

ZeldaQueen: You know, just because you are a petty child doesn't mean Rowling is

(No offense to any of you British people, I love you guys! You're our Mother Land :).

ZeldaQueen: *cough*AsianandAfricanandAustralianandRestofEuropeDescent*cough* Wow, that was one nasty cough!

This person appears to be doing their best to emulate Meyer. Same petty attitude, same hatred of blondes, same refusal to notice that there are non-white people in America, etc

That and, honestly, most of us are desendants from England.

ZeldaQueen: EMIGRATION, YOU TWAT! HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT? PEOPLE HAVE ENTERED THIS COUNTRY SINCE ENGLAND COLONIZED IT!!!

Love your country, love your accents, love you guys. Hate J.K. Rowling. Long live the Queen! lol)

ZeldaQueen: So, there we have it. Aren't we all convinced that Rowling is a fad and a flash-in-the-pan author and Meyer will Transcend All Time? I sure as heck ain't!

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Comments

[greenerygripes.livejournal.com]

They're both blockbuster hits (Twilight most likely).
Wow, that author Did Not Do Research: the Harry Potter films have always grossed higher than the Twilight movies.

I saw one interview with her, and she was a nasty, bitter, old, wrench.
One interview...wow. Also, I notice this person mentions the one interview where she acts so horrible, but never links it or tells us where to FIND it. I'm inclined to believe they made it all up.
(Also, even if she DID act like this in one interview, how does this person know she wasn't just having an off day? Like maybe she was tired, or her period was bothering her, or something.)

ZeldaQueen: Like those many interviews where she compared the human race - her species and mine and that of all her fans - to cattle who deserved to be eaten. Or the ones where she outright told fans that she wasn't going to answer their questions because she was too lazy to come up with answers. Or the times when she pulled the time-honored "don't like, don't read" card
or the unspoken but definitely implied resentment of her family (mostly her sons) because how DARE they bother her or want to be with her when she needs to write! Or the comment that her brother filters her emails so as little negative comments as possible can get to her...

I want to be there watching J.K. Rowling pulling out her nasty bleach blonde hair...
Wow, I see the fangull is channeling Meyer herself there--remember all the blonde-hate?
For that matter, when has Rowling ever talked smack about an author? I can't find anything.

This does nothing to make me see Meyer as being nicer than Rowling. There are no citations, the article is heavily-biased, and that bit at the end? Pathetic.
This whole thing is pathetic.

[carmyn]

Don't for get the part where it was announced that HPDH was being split into two movies, then not long after it was announced that BD was doing the same thing! EVen though it could be easily made into one. Wonder who's idea THAT was? *whistles*

[zelda-queen.livejournal.com]

"Also, I notice this person mentions the one interview where she acts so horrible, but never links it or tells us where to FIND it. I'm inclined to believe they made it all up."

I know. It reminds me of a person who quoted Rowling saying all of these horrible statements about conservatives in America...and then they conveniently couldn't remember where that quote was from. I Googled it and the only place the quote was from was that article the person wrote. Fail.

"or the unspoken but definitely implied resentment of her family (mostly her sons) because how DARE they bother her or want to be with her when she needs to write!"

That too! Which is very insulting to compare Meyer and Rowling when you consider that most of Harry's backstory (his parents dying to protect him) and his constant wishes throughout the series for a real family stemmed from her insecurities as a single mother (Rowling continues to donate to charities for single mothers) and her own grief at the loss of her mother to multiple sclerosis. Meyer, meanwhile, goes on about how motherhood is the greatest thing ever, how all women should want to be mothers...and then has her avatar have a sparkly baby that needs no mothering at all and implies resentment towards her own children and husband.

"Pathetic.
This whole thing is pathetic."

Summed it up perfectly! :)

[yemi-hikari.livejournal.com]

I am not sure why Twihards think that Twilight is actually doing better then the HP series. It never was in the first spot, even for Domestic Gross (American), the first movie always had more. In World Gross, so far not one Twilight movie has out down any of the HP movies.

[szaleniec1000.livejournal.com]

Wow, that author Did Not Do Research: the Harry Potter films have always grossed higher than the Twilight movies.

Lowest grossing Harry Potter film: $796,688,549 worldwide (PoA)
Highest grossing Twilight film: $709,827,462 worldwide (New Moon)

Enough said.

[carmyn]

Twilight is a better movie series than HP? * glances at wikipedia* ( don't judge me)

I'm looking at Wikipedia's page of the top grossing movies of all time and you know where Twilight is in comparison to HP? (Sorry, have to use abbreviations because I'm on an iPhone right now)

HPPS - 11
HPCS - 23
HPPoA - 32 (lowest grossing of all HP movies)
HPGoF - 20
HPOotP - 14
HPHBP - 15
HPDHP1 - 13
HPDHP2 - 3 (yes, three)

Twilight on the other hand?
TW - Not top 50
NM - 44
EC - 46

All if the Transformer movies beat out Twilight. The lowest grossing HP movie still made about $90 million more than the highest grossing TW movie. So, HP isn't a blockbuster...why?

[zelda-queen.livejournal.com]

"So, HP isn't a blockbuster...why?"

Because whoever posted that was in deep denial. Or can't do basic research. Both seem equally likely.

[yemi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Its Domestic Gross the Twihards are looking at and only the current stats. Because there was a point that the second and third movie beat out all but the first movie in domestic gross for America. But you know what that says? Twilights an sad, sad American trend. The rest of the world knows better. :D

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

I've NEVER heard of Rowling acting as the author of this article says. Nor have I heard of her putting down Americans. I have read some answers of hers in interviews where she explains that X would not happen because Wizarding Britain is different from America, or that British schooling traditions are not the same as America's. The Yule Ball, for example, sparked a lot of questions about whether or not it was held every year, like a prom in an American high school. Quite a lot of fans got upset when Rowling said that no, the Yule Ball was a special occasion because of the Triwizard Tournament and that Hogwarts, like most British schools, didn't HAVE proms. But there was nothing derogatory in that statement.

I don't believe I've ever heard Rowling mock another author.

As for charity--let's take a look, shall we?

One dollar from each first edition copy of Bree Tanner sold in the U.S. went to the Red Cross. Oh, and in 2009 Meyer allegedly teamed up with a skateboard company to design a skateboard for a charity auction for cancer.

Rowling, on the other hand, has donated TEN MILLION POUNDS to a research clinic to help them find the causes of multiple sclerosis.

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages were written and published for Comic Relief, which is a British offshoot of Live Aid. To quote Rowling:

The books are going to be sold all around the world. The money that's raised in the UK will be used partly to fund projects in the UK and partly to fund projects in the poorest parts of Africa. The rest of the money raised internationally will go into an international fund to help children in the poorest countries of the world.

Also, unlike Meyer, she didn't get any profit from these books:

Everyone who would usually take a cut from the book is giving their services for free and they're donating what would've been their proceeds to Comic Relief which means booksellers, paper suppliers, publishers and my royalties, everything will be going to Comic Relief, over 80% of the cover price will be going to Comic Relief.

According to Comic Relief, sales from this book and its companion Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them have raised £15.7 million. That's about $25,561,079.35 in U.S. dollars.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is another book written for charity. It was initially auctioned off with all proceeds going to The Children's Voice (later known as The Children's High Level Group, and currently known as Lumos). When it was released to the general public, it earned 4.2 million pounds in the first week it went on sale...all proceeds going to Lumos, which helps institutionalized (and often disabled) children across Europe.

Oh, and Rowling has founded two charities: the aforementioned Lumos and the Volant Charitable Trust, which is dedicated to "[r]esearch into the causes, treatment and possible cures of Multiple Sclerosis" and "[c]harities and projects, whether national or community-based, at home or abroad, that alleviate social deprivation, with a particular emphasis on women’s and children’s issues."

Yeah. Rowling is clearly a greedy and selfish woman with no interest in making the world better. You can tell. [/sarcasm mode]

[yemi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Someone had the audacity to complain about the fact that she wrote that book simply to be auctioned off for charity... but I don't know if they were being sarcastic or not. It was posted before it was announced that the book would be mass released for all the other fans.

[overlordmikey.livejournal.com]

WELL clearly she's into misandry too - I mean women and children issues! Clearly she hates men also! Meyer loves men; she has made it clear that she thinks men a simply better than women in every way which is clearly what us men want a women to believe. [obvious sarcasm ceases]
See I can act stupid too, not that difficult...

This person is a idiot...
Meyer is an idiot...
I propose (using questionable logic - okay downright logical fallacy) that this person IS Meyer!

[sith-droideka.livejournal.com]

Oh, something you forgot to mention- in defense of Meyer (much as I am loathe to do), she does probably donate 10% of her income to the church, which is involved in a great amount of charity work and other such programs across the world. So that's something, even if she didn't found one charity for herself. (And before you ask, the only other things we use money for is building construction, activity funds for church, and missionary work; we have no paid clergy.)

[lollapalooza108.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Look, I'm not a big fan of the Harry Potter series (I haven't read past the first book) but I really REALLY have to call time here and say that this article is complete and utter BOLLOCKS.

First of all, when will people stop comparing Twilight to Harry Potter? It's like comparing apples and oranges.

Second, Smeyer acts like a complete dipshit in her interviews: her mannerisms, the things she says, she sounds just like those "dumb blonde barbies" she HATES so much (You are what you hate, Smeyer...)

I suspect that the author of this amazing Pulitzer Prize winning article favors Meyer because of said dumb girl mannerisms and lame jokes she makes (my editor is a ninja, anyone?)

Lastly, nothing irks me more that NOT QUOTING YOUR SOURCES IN A ARTICLE, YOU DUMBASS. And stop using "lol" it makes you look like a wanker. :/

[szaleniec1000.livejournal.com]

Her editor could be a ninja. They've certainly left no trace of their presence.

[overlordmikey.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one who thinks Meyer is in reality and evil manipulative monster who knows exactly what she's doing and purposely does it.

She knows she can't write and uses her actions and her fantasy fulfillment creatures to bait her unsuspecting fanbase...

IT'S ALL AN EVIL PLOT!!!

[erikalyndis.livejournal.com]

I... have no words. Your commentary, however, was wonderful.



I think that sums up the entire thing pretty well!

APPROPRIATE IMAGE IS APPROPRIATE

[lollapalooza108.livejournal.com]

I think we definitely need Kanaya's assistance. More specifically, the assistance of her chainsaw.

[aikaterini.livejournal.com]

When are people going to stop comparing Harry Potter with Twilight? Like lollapalooza108 said, it's like comparing apples to oranges.

/ZeldaQueen: Like those many interviews where she compared the human race - her species and mine and that of all her fans - to cattle who deserved to be eaten. Or the ones where she outright told fans that she wasn't going to answer their questions because she was too lazy to come up with answers. Or the times when she pulled the time-honored "don't like, don't read" card/

Or when she said that classic couples such as Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Gilbert and Anne weren't as good as *her* couple, Edward and Bella? Or when she says that fans who complain about Edward's abusive ways just don't get it and are being "hurtful?"

And you're right, JKR has been a hundred times more professional about leaks than Meyer ever has been.

/I want to be there watching J.K. Rowling pulling out her nasty bleach blonde hair and screaming about how Meyer is just a bloody American who is less than she because she's British./

Dear Lord, this is petty and childish. Is this person trying to parody Meyer, especially the parts where she gratuitously trashes blonde characters? If this is real, why do JKR's age and hair color matter so much to you and why do you think that she hates Americans? The HP movies and books have been received *extremely* well in the U.S. For crying out loud, an *American* directed the film versions of the first two books!

/No offense to any of you British people, I love you guys!/

AHEM.

"What else has J.K. Rowling wrote besides: How to be a Stuffy British Bitch with a Bad Attitude?"

"I want to be there watching J.K. Rowling pulling out her nasty bleach blonde hair and screaming about how Meyer is just a bloody American who is less than she because she's British."

"Oh, bloody Hell Rowling, doesn't it suck to be second to an America? :) *Evil cackle*"

Oh, yeah, you sure do love the people of Great Britain. You love them so much that you mention their nationality at least *three times* when mocking JKR. You love them so much that you remain convinced that JKR is a rabid anti-American hater just because she's British. Suffice it to say, I do not believe you.

/That and, honestly, most of us are desendants from England./

Speak for yourself. None of my ancestors were English. I don't know the exact percentage of Anglo-Americans in this country, but I highly doubt that it's the majority.

Oh, and by the way? Most African-Americans are more "American" than most European-Americans. You want to know why? Because most African-Americans' ancestors were slaves who were brought to this country as far back as the 1600's. Most European-Americans are descended from the waves of immigrants who came between the early 19th century to early 20th century, most of whom were *not* English.

/Love your country, love your accents, love you guys./

Even though you'll resort to using those "guys'" nationality in an insult when speaking of one of their own. Right.

[nawsome.livejournal.com]

Lol when I first saw the title I was just like "Oh, better tell Zelda she accidentally put an r in vs" XD
You know, from the interviews of "Fantasy doesn't need rules" or "Humans are like cattle to vampires" that Meyer was a bit odd, but its surprising how an article endorsing her stuff makes me have a worse opinion on her. And I try to avoid having opinions on celebrities cause I don't know them :(

[a-lovesuicide.livejournal.com]

I am so incoherent in my anger at this moron that I can only post this GIF:

[szaleniec1000.livejournal.com]

And I find it highly suspect that there's no citation of this interview.

There was a rumour that the Harry Potter films were going to be relocated to the US but JKR vetoed it. I'm sure, if you're inclined to go around writing articles comparing HP and Twilight using misplaced nationalism as part of your argument, you could spin that into JKR complaining about bloody Americans.

[szaleniec1000.livejournal.com]

Oh, LOL, butthurt reply by the article writer to her critics.

For those of you who are so personally offended by MY OPINION and have ALL the time in the world to personally email my fanpop account

I love it when people think that reading a few hundred words on a website and typing a hundred or so of your own in response is such a massive time commitment. It's like the people who seem to be under the impression that Reasoning with Vampires makes three PNGs a day as a full-time job. Speaks volumes for their computer literacy, doesn't it? And their regular literacy, come to that.

[albion-witch.livejournal.com]

Palm, meet face.

[southerngaelic.livejournal.com]

...............

Never have I wanted to put my hand through my screen and slap the taste out of someone's mouth before.

[(Anonymous)]

Dear god... where do I start...

Zelda_Queen? I have a favor to ask. Can you tell me where you found this? I'll probably forget what page this is on, so please email me at death.angel.pyro.ninja@gmail.com (if you feel inclined to partake in some lulz with me). If you found this on, say, FF.Net, which comes with the author's profile, complete with email address, they might suddenly find themselves victim to flamespam from Harry Potter fans on the day of Breaking Dawn Part 2's release.

But that's up to you whether to respond or not.
And btw, I dressed as Edward for Halloween. He was the scariest thing I could think of.

In closing, Support Lestrange, the REAL Bella. Swan stinks.

[bigbadwolflette.livejournal.com]

"she even completely supports the cast, and helps them to better adapt their characters."
- funny, I could have sworn Pattinson himself has said he finds Meyer creepy (don't have sources to hand, can easily be found on google, he also called Twilight Meyer's "wet dream") Doesn't quite sound like all's well between Meyer and the Twilight cast.

I don't bother much with Author interviews (I generally prescribe to the 'death of the author' school, 'cept where the author's known for some serious prejudice or crimes against children or animals, in which case I try to keep away from their writing) so I don't know what they're like as people and I don't really care. Even if the writer of this article is telling the truth, though given that her main argument against Rowling is that she's British I sincerely doubt that, it DOES NOT make Meyer a better writer. End Of.

Oh, and also: I understand that this will sound petty to non-British people, but it pisses me the ever-loving-fuck off when people say they love "British accents". First off, Great Britain refers to four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Not just England. Not that whoever wrote this article appears to know that. Please stop conflating Britain with just England, it hurts the other counties' feelings. Furthermore, even just within England there are a good two or three dozen RECOGNISED accents, and honestly two accents that would technically be classed as the same (Gloucester and Devon, for example, are both classed as West Country accents but are still distinct when hear side-by-side, and while West Bromwich and Tipton are both Blackcountry, a local would easily tell the two apart) often sound very little alike. So I would like to know how the writer of this article can claim to love British accents when odds are she's only ever heard one or two and probably doesn't even realise that there are other accents here and most of them SOUND NOTHING ALIKE, to the point where just moving a half-hour drive away can result in nobody being able to understand you speak /endrant

I don't know where you found this article, ZQ, but I commend your bravery and self-control for getting through it.