questions to JKR (p. the 'gay' one)

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 3877

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Flying Ford Anglia"
<neilward at d...> 
wrote:
> Pengolodh at the boards wrote:
>  
> >>While I am interested to know whether there will be a gay or
> >>lesbian character in future books (being gay myself),
> >>I do not see any requirement for it.  I do not want to
> >>see it appear just because she is "supposed" to have a
> >>nice gay person in there
> 
> Amanda replied:
> 
> >Thanks; I had wanted to suggest not asking this question for this 
> >reason, but I couldn't quite phrase it to my satisfaction, not 
> >wanting to offend, either.
> 
> I agree.  Those of us who want to can draw our own conclusions on 
the 
> sexual orientation of some characters, without the need for
tokenism 
> (hey, another -ism!).  I'd have to say that I rarely read books 
> thinking "I wish they'd written a gay character into this" and, 
> frankly, the Harry Potter series is far from the first place I
would 
> be looking.  It's that 'order of fries' argument again: we should 
eat 
> what is put in front of us (a feast, let's be honest) and not try
to 
> get beans on the plate instead of peas.  
> 
> When it comes to choosing questions to ask JKR, I support the view 
> that we shouldn't be asking her to reveal every trick and plot 
> development she has up her sleeve.  The odd leak is fun, but I'd 
> rather have the really big secrets revealed when I have my nose 
> buried in book 5, 6 or 7. I want to be surprised by these books,
not 
> think "oh yeah - I read that in an interview." 
> 
> I think questions should relate to 'mysteries and inconsistencies' 
in 
> the first four books.  That # students question was a valid one,
for 
> example.  Shame about the answer, which made no sense. I'm saying 
all 
> this having come in on the tail end of this 'JKR interview' thread, 
> but I gather she's doing a number of online interviews?...I guess I 
> should go and catch up on the messages.
> 
> Sorry - I seem to have gone all seeeeerious on you lately, but I'm 
> sure that won't last very long <g>.
> 
> Neil

I agree with you about potential spoilers, Neil. 

I would like to know her opinion of the Harry Potter fan fic out 
there. Honestly, I haven't read *any* Potter fan fic because I've
been 
ruined by other fanfics. 

I'd also like to know the ages of the Potters when they were killed 
and the ages of Bill and Charlie Weasley.

:-) Milz