i am begging you to try harry potter fan fiction · Ali Abdaal
分享作者对哈利波特同人小说的热爱，推荐几本精彩作品。适合练习阅读理解与兴趣表达。
Alright, so over the last year, there are three things that have changed my life.
好吧，在过去的一年里，有三件事改变了我的生活。
The first one was having a baby girl, the second one was discovering Claude Code,
第一个家庭迎来了一个女儿；第二个家庭则发现了 Claude Code（这个可能是一个特定的名称或概念）。
and the third one was getting absolutely obsessed with Harry Potter fan fiction.
第三个人则对《哈利·波特》的同人小说（fan fiction）产生了极度痴迷的态度。
I know, it's weird.
我知道，这确实很奇怪。
This is not one of the usual videos on the channel where we talk about productivity, or like AI,
这个视频并不属于该频道常见的内容类型——那些通常会讨论工作效率或人工智能（AI）的视频。
or like how to build a business.
或者比如如何创办一家企业。
But because I've been making YouTube videos for the last like nine years, sharing things that I find interesting,
不过，因为我过去大约九年一直在制作 YouTube 视频，分享那些我觉得有趣的内容……
I'm going to talk to you about Harry Potter fan fiction because I've been literally evangelizing it to everyone I know.
我想和大家聊聊《哈利·波特》的同人小说（fan fiction）。事实上，我一直在向所有认识的人推广这类作品。
And so if you are like me and you're a Harry Potter fan and you're open to trying something new,
那么，如果你和我一样，是《哈利·波特》的粉丝，并且愿意尝试一些新的东西的话……
then hopefully this video will give you some of my favorite Harry Potter fan fiction book recommendations.
希望这个视频能为你推荐一些我最喜欢的《哈利·波特》同人小说。
Before we talk about the specific books,
在我们讨论具体的书籍之前，
I'm going to zoom out a little
我打算把视图稍微放大一些（即减少细节显示的程度）。
bit and I'm going to explain what fan fiction actually is in case you are like me and unfamiliar with the world of fan fiction.
好吧，让我来解释一下什么是同人小说（fan fiction）。如果你和我一样，对同人小说这个领域还不太熟悉的话，这应该会很有帮助。
So back in the day, you know, I'd heard of fan fiction as a concept.
早在过去，我就听说过“同人小说”这个概念。
And I used to think that fan fiction was basically just, you know,
我以前一直以为同人小说（fan fiction）不过就是一些普通的、普通的……
some teenage girls who were like taking scenes from a book and like turning it into like, you know,
有些十几岁的女孩，她们仿佛把书中的情节直接搬到了现实生活中，然后把它们变成了某种……（此处表述有些模糊不清）。
spicy romantic sex scenes or something like that.
带有激情色彩的浪漫性爱场景，或者类似的内容。
And from speaking to my wife, whose friends at school and her were into that sort of thing,
从我与我妻子的谈话中得知，她在学校的朋友们也都对这类事物很感兴趣。
like for glee fan fiction, that actually is broadly what the, you know, what the teenage girls were into.
比如说，对于《Glee》的粉丝同人小说来说，这些内容确实很符合青少年女孩们的兴趣爱好。
But it turns out that that description is actually missing quite a lot.
但事实证明，这种描述实际上遗漏了很多重要的信息。
And that would be like saying that like all books are basically just 50 Shades of Grey.
这就好比是在说：所有书籍本质上都不过是《五十度灰》罢了。
It's like, no, obviously they're not all books are obviously not just 50 Shades of Grey.
显然，并不是所有的书都只是《五十度灰》那样……
And I was a dumbass for characterizing fan fiction as basically being like, you know, romantic, smart for teenage girls as my bad.
我真是个傻瓜——竟然把同人小说简单地描述为“适合青少年女孩阅读的、充满浪漫色彩且富有智慧的作品”……真是我的错。
And totally my loss over the last like 20 years of not like exploring it myself.
在过去大约20年里，由于我没有亲自去探索相关领域，这完全是我的失误（或者说是我自己的损失）。
So this was my impression of fan fiction up until about the middle of 2025,
这就是我在 2025 年年中之前对同人小说（fan fiction）的印象。
when I stumbled across a thread on Reddit that was talking about Harry Potter and the methods of rationality.
当我偶然在 Reddit 上发现一个讨论《哈利·波特》与理性思维方法的帖子时……
I was like, huh, Harry Potter and the methods of rationality.
我当时就在想：“哈，《哈利·波特》与理性的方法？
This actually rings a bell.
这个说法我确实有点印象（或者说，它让我想起了之前听过类似的事情）。
The reason it rang a bell is because over the last like five or so years,
之所以让我觉得这个名字很熟悉，是因为在过去的五年左右时间里……
I've heard about three different friends independently recommend Harry Potter and the methods of rationality.
我听说有三个不同的朋友分别向我推荐了《哈利·波特》以及这本书中所阐述的理性思维方法。
The one that comes most to mind is my friend Cliff Weitzman.
首先想到的人是我的朋友克里夫·韦茨曼（Cliff Weitzman）。
He's been on my podcast a couple of times featured on the channel.
他曾经多次出现在我的播客节目中，也在该频道的其他节目中亮相过。
He's the founder of a company called Speechify.
他是名为 Speechify 的公司的创始人。
He and his brother, I was hanging out with them one time.
有一次，我和他以及他的哥哥一起出去玩。
And they were both gushing about this Harry Potter fan fiction called the methods of rationality.
他们俩都对一篇名为《理性的方法》（The Methods of Rationality）的《哈利·波特》同人小说赞不绝口。
At the time I was like, ah, come on, like fan fiction, like why would I read Harry Potter fan fiction?
当时我想：“哎呀，搞什么啊？那些同人小说……我为什么要去读《哈利·波特》的同人小说呢？
And I just sort of kind of ignored that recommendation, which was, you know, to my discredit.
我干脆无视了那个建议，而这无疑让我显得很不负责任（或者说很不可靠）。
And a couple of other people have recommended this specific fan fiction to me over the years.
这些年来，还有另外几个人向我推荐过这部特定的同人小说。
And then I saw it on Reddit like last year.
然后，去年我在 Reddit 上又看到了它。
And I was like, okay, I think it's time I actually give this a go.
于是我想：“好吧，我觉得是时候真正尝试一下了。