Sexuality! and Poor Writing! - JKR's Mistake

[sistermagpie]

Alla:
> I prefer not to talk about Marietta, but when you mention her 
saying 
> that Sirius did not practice what he preached. I wonder in what 
sense 
> you were not surprised by her saying it. You thought it was clear 
> enough in the story and her interview just confirmed it? If yes, 
then 
> sure I agree, but was there anything else besides it? Was there 
any 
> reflection of any RL value, you know?

Magpie:
Yes, that she was just confirming what I thought was in the story. 
If she had said she thought Sirius was a terrible person who 
deserved what he got after bullying poor Snape, for instance, I'd 
have been surprised. And I think DH, being the end, brought even 
more of those things into focus, making other things feel more 
confirmed too.


> > Magpie:
> > Oh, I didn't think you found the works insane. Many of his 
> > characters are, it's true. But I agree with what I think we're 
both 
> > saying here, which is that there's a complicated relationship 
> > between an author and what they write. It's really not so simple 
> > that anybody can just read something and really judge what the 
> > author is like in person. It's just so not like that. The stuff 
an 
> > author writes comes from such different places and stories take 
on 
> > lives of their own. It's sometimes almost like judging somebody 
> > based on their dreams. Yeah, it says something about them and 
came 
> > from them, but it's complicated.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I like "judging someone on their dreams" metaphor. Not sure I 
> completely agree, but I like it nevertheless.

Magpie:
I don't know if I agree with it either.:-) It was just the closest 
thing I could come to with it. Dreams are not the same as stories, 
but they come out of the person's head and aren't usually literally 
things they think.

-m