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Harry Potter is about confronting 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

Not Stephen King — credited to Robin Browne Robin Browne Writer credited in contemporary attribution records
Disputed In copyright

A 2011 attribution correction credits Robin Browne and identifies Andrew Futral as a reposter. The original post was not recovered.

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“Harry Potter is about confronting 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” — Credited to Robin Browne in a 2011 attribution correction, not Stephen King; original post not recovered.

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Source
Contemporary attribution correction, If By Yes, August 10, 2011
Status
Fetched 2011 discussion explicitly credits Robin Browne, disputes King/Futral credits and links a now-unretrieved Browne Tumblr. Wikipedia independently summarizes the same attribution. Not claiming original-post verification or an earliest date.

Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.

2011 attribution correction

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In copyright

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Often misattributed

The witty comparison was widely attached to King’s name.

Stephen King

The 2011 correction names Browne instead. Contemporary correction ↗

Andrew Futral

The same discussion describes him as a reposter, not the writer. Contemporary correction ↗

Credit Browne with a clear caveat that the original post was not recovered. 2011 attribution correction ↗

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2011 attribution correctionifbyyes.wordpress.com

Quotes the comparison and names Robin Browne, describing Futral as a reposter.
Twilight receptionen.wikipedia.org

Discusses Browne attribution and distinguishes King’s genuine criticism.
King biographyen.wikipedia.org

Background on the miscredited writer.
King quotationsen.wikiquote.org

Background collection for the popularly credited writer; not evidence of this quotation.

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About Robin Browne

Robin Browne

Writer credited in contemporary attribution records

A 2011 discussion identifies Robin Browne as the writer of this comparison. No reliable biographical details or original Tumblr post were recovered in this check, so none are supplied.

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Contemporary attribution correction, If By Yes, August 10, 2011. See the linked research; a primary edition of the displayed wording has not been independently confirmed.

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