One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[slytherin_jenn]

> 
> ***Katie:
> I agree. This is part of the reason I really wish she would stop with 
> all the interviews. I don't *want* her to try and make me see the 
> characters as she does. Personally, the gay thing doesn't bother me, 
> but a lot of other things she has said do. And I'm stubborn, too!
> I will also continue to see the characters the way I always did, and 
> not in the mold she's trying to give us. 

Celoneth:
But who's to say that you can't continue to interpret characters the
way you want just because she said something? Personally, I like her
comments on the books - I don't agree with some of them but they
provide her thoughts on a characters/plot that she created. I know
when I create a character/plot, I plan everything out in detail - a
lot that doesn't end up written but my characters and plot are still
influenced by what I imagine the characters/plot to be from the
beginning. So when JKR says something, I see it as significant for how
she imagines the characters to be and to give context for how the
books were written.

Of course as readers, we are free to interpret things differently,
we're free to do whatever we like with the characters whether or not
they coincide with her interviews or even with canon. There are
hundreds of great fanfics that directly contradict canon, a lot which
I like better than canon itself - but that doesn't mean that I wish
she'd stop writing. W/ interviews we can have the best of both worlds
- have JKR's input as the writer and creator of the series, but we
still have our own interpretations and nothing JKR says can force
people to abandon those, nor should it. I hope she continues with
interviews and if she says something interesting or worthwhile then
maybe I'll change some of my perspectives on things, or I wont - but
I'd rather have the writer's thoughts and have the choice as to
whether to accept or not accept her interpretations. 

I'm also bothered by the timing of these calls for JKR to shut up. It
never seemed to be an issue before she announced DD being gay
something that imo provides some nice context for the plot and not
half as out there as Ron becoming an Auror. Of all the interviews
that's she's given and all the background she's provided - why is this
minor detail generating so much controversy? 

Celoneth