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Fans who have visited Hogsmeade and Hogwarts at Universal Studios’ Harry Potter World have gotten a taste of what it would be like to live in the wizarding world of Harry Potter, but would that life be better than a life in The North? A life in King’s Landing where pretty much anything goes? Or a life in Mereen where dragons can be seeing flying across the sky? This is what we’re here to debate today: which fantasy would be better to live in, the Harry Potter universe or the Game of Thrones universe?
Here’s Why Living In The Game of Thrones Universe Is Better:
Chicken: they’ve got FIRE chicken. After devoting what probably amounts to thousands of hours to the Game of Thrones universe, I’ve gleaned that there’s some finger lickin’ good chicken to be found in Westeros. Not only that, but there’s honey pies, lamprey pies and every type of pie under the Sun. Compared to series creator George RR Martin, HBO certainly doesn’t devote as much time and energy to describing the food on Game of Thrones, but food is often central to the show and I am a man who REALLY loves to eat.
Meanwhile, over in the Hogsmeade, you’ve got horrific sounding beverages like ‘butter beer’. Let’s be honest, who in their right mind would EVER want to drink beer infused with butter? That sounds like my worst nightmare—and the fast lane to a life of morbid obesity and diabetes. And the ENTIRE Harry Potter universe revolves around a SCHOOL. Who in their right mind wants to spend a lifetime in, at, or around a school? Nope!
The dragons in a Game of Thrones universe are ten million times better. Who wants to live in a fantasy world where the dragons are so tame that they’re used in a Tri-Wizard Tournament for high schoolers? If I’m going to have to go through life knowing there are dragons in the world, then I want my supreme leader to be riding that dragon like a CHAMP! In this case, I’m talking about Queen Daenerys Stormborn, First of her Name, Breaker of Chains, Khaleesi to the great Dothraki People, and the rightful heiress to the Iron Throne of King’s Landing and ALL of Westeros. That’s someone I’m trying to get behind. Over in Harry Potter world, you’ve got that bumbling oaf Hagrid thinking he’s capable of raising dragons, and one of those ginger Weasleys devoting his life to the species. Those jabronis have NOTHING on Daenerys’ raw power and her ability to command the fiercest dragons the world has ever known… all with a single command of ‘dracarys’.
Here’s Why Living In The Harry Potter Universe Is Better:
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I’m not even going to pretend in the slightest that I know jack about Game of Thrones. However, I don’t need to in order to know that there’s absolutely zero comparison to Harry Potter. What exactly is up for debate between the two? If I wanted to go back to the Dark Ages and live like a damn animal, I’d quit my job and move to some small town in Nevada. The fact that you can wave a wooden stick in the air and magically conjure any damn thing in the world that you want is enough to put this debate to bed—but for argument’s sake, let’s go ahead and continue to list just a few ways HP puts the second-rate version of Middle Earth to shame.
1. Hogwarts, it’s a School for Witchcraft and Wizardry for God’s sake…it’s basically Disneyland. If I could live in a world where I never had to take a calculus class and instead learn magic that I can actually apply to my everyday life (unlike said calculus), I’m all for it.
2. Invisibility Cloaks. Who doesn’t want to get into some irresponsible behavior without being seen?
3. Quidditch. Soccer + Rugby + Lacrosse in the sky. ‘Nuff said.
4. Voldemort. Yes, he-who-must-not-be-named is one of my pros…hear me out. This is basically the only bad guy who exists in the entire universe, and we’ve got one kid to fight the good fight for us. I’ll gladly have Harry put his ass on the line for me—beats living in constant fear of never-ending war over some place called ‘Westeros’. Yes, even the villains are better in the Harry Potter universe.
Magic. BOOM. Mic drop.