One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[susanmcgee48176]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "colebiancardi" 
<muellem at ...>  I don't see how any adult could read her answer to the 
DD in love
> > question and not rethink both DD himself and the DD/GG 
relationship,
> > both of which we previously interpreted solely based on what's in 
the
> > books--unless we factored in "the epitome of goodness" and 
accepted or
> > rejected it, as we can't so easily reject information that she
> > presents as "fact.")

But you know, frankly, I haven't changed my thinking about DD at 
all...It really depends on your viewpoint....So he was in love with 
GG instead of it being a strong, close, compelling friendship...it 
just doesn't make that much difference to me....

Carol, I really don't mean to be anything but respectful, and forgive 
me if you've already answered this? Do you know any gay people?




> > 
> > BTW, you mentioned on the main list that JKR's message includes
> > questioning authority (which, of course, most of us picked up on
> > whether we agree with that message or not). I meant to include 
that
> > remark in my previous post but forgot, so I'll bring it in here
> > instead. Does JKR mean that readers should question authority 
unless
> > *she's* the authority, in which case, we should regard the 
characters
> > as hers instead of the general public's or the world's? Or does 
she
> > mean question authority, period, in which case her own 
pronouncements
> > are also subject to question?
> > 
> > Carol, still recommending the article and hoping that Pippin will 
read
> > it if she hasn't already done so
> >
> colebiancardi:
> 
> JKR can still come back & write more on the WW if she chooses so. 
> They ARE her characters.  And her opinion, whether I agree on it or
> not, still holds more weight than my own on the character itself.
> 
> They are hers - not ours.  We didn't create that world, she did.  
And
> yes, if she states DD is gay, then he is gay.
> 
> That article, imho, is just one pissed off reader who didn't want DD
> to be gay, as if that makes a difference.  I am glad you posted it,
> but it just goes to show that some people don't understand that just
> because JKR WROTE something and has "finished" the series, doesn't
> mean she still CANNOT dictate who or what the characters are.
> 
> I totally disagreed with JKR's interpretation of Snape, but that is
> just me.  I would NEVER tell JKR that she shouldn't write Snape or
> describe Snape in any way she sees fit - as JKR was the one who
> created him and she can destroy him as well.
>

JKR is probably used to controversy..but if I were she, I'd spend a 
few weeks writing a short story about DD and GG...and gosh, look! 
Then it would be canon!

I think it's fascinating how many MORE people have decided that she 
doesn't have the right to add information AFTER they found out that 
DD is gay.

Susan