Yeah, subtext, deeper meaning, keeping your themes straight... this is not JKR's thing.
And now she's going all Whiney McWingeabout how "DD is my character and I can say what I want!" in response to the discussions that have flared up. Well, yeah sure, naturally, but other people are going to have opinions about your text, whether you meant it that way or not. I thought that was the beauty of it? She's so spoiled. Should we stop writing essays about the meaning of Shakespeare or Blake because they're not alive anymore to tell us what's what? o_o
Anyway, she really should just STFU. The Death of Imagination carries on and on...
Did you see this link? http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/23/dumbledore/index_np.html Good essay about Rowling's chattiness and inability to just let us make up our own minds. It's true, if JKR has so much more to say about the story, then why doesn't she just write another book?
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Date: 2007-10-26 07:57 am (UTC)And now she's going all Whiney McWingeabout how "DD is my character and I can say what I want!" in response to the discussions that have flared up. Well, yeah sure, naturally, but other people are going to have opinions about your text, whether you meant it that way or not. I thought that was the beauty of it? She's so spoiled. Should we stop writing essays about the meaning of Shakespeare or Blake because they're not alive anymore to tell us what's what? o_o
Anyway, she really should just STFU. The Death of Imagination carries on and on...
Did you see this link?
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/23/dumbledore/index_np.html
Good essay about Rowling's chattiness and inability to just let us make up our own minds. It's true, if JKR has so much more to say about the story, then why doesn't she just write another book?