To fanfic or not to fanfic

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No: HPFGUIDX 10734

Naama wrote:

> BTW, I'm pretty much a purist myself, but I did read PoU. I was so 
> curious I just had to. But, although it is indeed very good, I 
didn't like the effect it had on me. It was 
invidiously "contaminating" (in sense of Mary Douglas's definition of 
dirt as "matter out of place") my original vision of HP world. 


Wow, Naama, that's fascinating.  When I read it, it was the 
realization of what I thought post-canon HP could be.  I think I told 
Lori this when I e-mailed her in July... she began writing it before 
GoF was released... I read it post-GoF and absolutely nothing jarred 
me.  :-)

My canon view of the characters just might be tainted... for 
instance, my gut always said H/H, but I never thought much about 
Draco's redemption before DD.  However, as the next book will not be 
arriving in 2001, I'm sure others will crumble to the urge for a 
mudbath, so to speak.  Excellent, spa-quality relaxation.  :-)

--Ebony AKA AngieJ