One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations
Tonks
tonks_op at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 9 07:18:13 UTC 2007
> Elisabet continues:
>> Note, BTW, how she answered the question about Aberforth and the
goats at Carnegie Hall:
> Q: In the Goblet of Fire Dumbledore said his brother was prosecuted
> for practicing inappropriate charms [JKR buries her head, to
laughter] on a goat; what were the inappropriate charms he was
practicing on that goat?
>
> JKR: How old are you?
>
> Eight.
>
> JKR: I think that he was trying to make a goat that was easy to
keep clean [laughter], curly horns. That's a joke that works on a
couple of levels. I really like Aberforth and his goats. But you
know Aberforth having this strange fondness for goats if you've read
book seven, came in really useful to Harry, later on, because a
goat, a stag, you know. If you're a stupid Death Eater, what's the
difference. So, that is my answer to YOU.
(Snip
> Elisbaet again:
> With this answer she clearly is saying that there is an innocent
> reading appropriate for eight year olds ("...that is my answer to
> YOU") and at the same time, yes, but that she intended more mature
> readers to interpret it, well, somewhat differently.
Tonks:
So Rowlings mind is in the gutter? I knew she was newly married when
she named Tonks, Nymphadora. I thought, my God, why is she using
that word in a children’s book. It was just so obvious where HER
mind was. I don’t want to think of Aberforth as a sexual pervert who
is having sex with goats. For god sakes!!! The publishers, Warner
Brothers, and who knows who else, should have put a spell on that
woman to shut her up. I read where she says that outing DD was so
freeing for her. Heck, lady, you have plently of money, see a
therapist if you want to free yourself! Don't use us. I am surprised
that WB didn't have her sign a contract to keep quiet. I bet they
will with the next superstar "children's" book author.
Tonks_op
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