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Harry Potter for me.

Did you notice barely anyone liked Twilight before the movie came out? The books started in 2005. If they didn't cast Robert Pattinson/Taylor Lautner, the Twilight fandom wouldn't be so large.

Harry Potter is amazing. It has werewolves, magic, mystery, romance, humour and just about everything. Now, Twilight is just... what exactly? Bella and Edward fall in love within, what, 2-3 weeks? And their love is based on Bella's scent and how hawt Edward is.

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I'm glad most here are rather mature. It's quite the opposite on this list

Twilight is a utterly superficial series and movies. Just a bunch of fairytale creatures running around without shirts and loads of wannabe speeches "my own personal brand of heroin" geez how cheesy. The only reason people watch the movie and reads the books is because everyone else does it, group pressure.
Harry Potter is a much better series and movies. I've been very fond of the movies as a child and I still am, Im planning to steal the books from my brother and read them soon and Im looking forward to it.
Twilight is a big thumbs down from me

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I've never read the Harry Potter books, I just watch the movies. I've tried, but gah... soooo boring.

The Twilight series is my favourite book series ever. Don't like it? I don't care.

It must suck to be in America. I've not encountered one crazy fangirl - all the fans I know have a deeper understanding of the book and enjoy it for the themes and aspects, like me.

How do you know?

Because she's read the book?

Have you?

Pro tip: if you're going to have a go at a book, read it first.

A while ago, but I don't remember that. We are getting a little off the topic here

Twilight wins, its the next biggest thing, HP is old news now but thats how world works sadly, but im going with twilight, better story better everything, tho only down fall is the sparkle makes the vamp's look like panzysXD

I hardly see how Harry Potter is "old news" seeing as how part one to the final movie came to theaters not that long ago and part two is yet to come out. I hear a LOT more people talking about Harry Potter than I do Twilight, actually. And I do mean a LOT.

That being said, I do like Harry Potter better. The characters are more likeable to me and the ending overall isn't as corny. (Twilight has the "happily ever ending" thing... There wasn't even a war for crying out loud like it was making it seem like. Big disappointment here). A few people say that "Harry Potter is about confronting your fears, finding inner strength, and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend." and... while I DO like Twilight, that is kind of true. :\ (I get it! It sucks if you're "in love" with someone then they just leave you, but really Bella? After that many months move the heck on. Seriously).

BUT, the people that complain because Stephanie Meyers made her vampires sparkle. Just shut up. -.- Vampires are NOT real. They are a work of this wonderful thing called FICTION. That means there is no rules to how they live. None. There are the commonly accepted parts of myth. That's it. Look at this stamp if you still don't get it. Just because you don't like sparkly vampires doesn't mean you have to push those opinions on everyone else.

My points exactly. Couldn't have said it better, honestly.

I've been hearing far more about the Deathly Hallows, than about Breaking Dawn, and to be honest, I think the Twilight "fans" are calming down and realizing that the movies really aren't that good(like 99% of the world's book-based movies).

And as far as morals go, I have to agree that the morals in Harry Potter are far more meaningful than anything I'm picking out of Twilight.

I'm just saying, Harry potter has its flaws, but overall, I think the storyline, characters, and morals/themes, are far better than anything the books or movie could cough up.

And yes, I, like some other fans, weren't happy with a few things in HP(the couples being one, and also all the teen angst in the middle was a bit annoying, but they ARE teenage characters, and the son's and daughter's names were pretty stupid), and some of the movies sucked really badly, (PoA, GoF, HBP), but overall, I liked it better than Twilight. (And yes, I read them, so I can give an honest opinion.)

So Harry Potter gets my vote, though I don't exactly see how they relate, except that Robert Patterson played Cedric Diggory in GoF and that they both have a HUGE fan-base, and multi-million dollar movie franchises.

If I may.

I hate the twilight vampires. Mostly for the sparkle factor. I have my reasons. That being for I HAVE read and seen the first movie [so don't think I randomly bash because it's 'cool']. It... it was just so ridiculous. Granted with each type of vampire from different shows, movies, books, etc have their own type of vampire with different characteristics. Be it being half human, with a soul, being able to even go in the daylight, or even a weird love for numbers or being a chocoholic. The thing is, their strange qualities worked with the story and characters.
Sparkly vampires? It just didn't seem to fit the 'seriousness' of the series at all... it made it seem more like a mockery, so how could we resist mocking it back?

*SPOILER ALERT*

I expected to come on here and find a bunch of rabid Twlight fans. What a nice surprise.

I'm not a big fan of Twilight, only read the first two books. And after the junk (in my opinion) I had to read in New Moon, I doubt I'll read further into the series.

I liked the ending of HP. I didn't expect Harry having to sacrifice himself at all. I read that part, and I immediatly felt dread and worry. Dread for the ending, and worry for Harry, of course. I expected JK Rowling to find some way to get Harry out of that situation, but she didn't. He died.
I almost teared up then and there. I loved Harry Potter since the first time I read it, and the thought that the main character was dead didn't exactly fill my with joy.

Then again, I wasn't sobbing my heart out like a crazed fan. And then Harry came back, which I thought was awesome, even if a bit expected, especially after conversing with Dumbledore.


Twilight though...I couldn't stand. I was excited to read it, after hearing how great it was. I was majorly disappointed. No offense to Meyer, but I think it could've been written better. And quick question; why would you date someone who wants to suck your blood out? Hot or not, that just seems cliche and unrealistic to me.

My vote's for Harry Potter.
I'm so glad to see that the Twilight fad is dying down, at least where I am. Harry Potter is still extremely popular however, a club at our school is even planning a quidditch game and last year the seniors wore their graduation gowns to school as wizarding robes and had duels in the main hall.

I read all of the Twilight series and then felt like I had just wasted the last few weeks of my life. I spent most of the book thinking about the better descriptive words Meyer could've used instead of using God-like or Godly a million times. I also laughed very hard at the sparkelyness of the vampires (me and my friends have our own idea of why they sparkle, but it's probably not site appropriate). I think the only thing that kept me reading it was that my friends were obsessed with it and I wanted to know what they were talking about.

Also, just an FYI: On the news here, they called our generation the "Twilight Generation". That is completely false, Harry Potter has been way more popular for way longer. We ARE NOT the "Sparkely Vampires & Bad Writing Generation", we are the "Harry Potter Generation" if you ask me.

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I'm also getting sick of twilight references being used in, other than that, perfectly good movies and/or TV shows... -_-

This ^. So very much! I've always considered this generation the "Harry Potter Generation". The first book came out when I was like 7.. Practically have grown up with the books and movies. And while I've nothing against Twilight, I'd much rather the generation I live in be known for Harry Potter.