The 'Other' in the HP books (was: Harry's Sexual Preference SHIP) - LONG

[msbeadsley]

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  --sarcasticmuppet-- said:
> If she did, she would lose me as a fan.  If she decides for the 
> sake of being a superhero to include gay characters or liberals or 
> abortionists or hippies it would mean she cares more about her 
> contingency than she does about this story which she has been 
> babying for over a decade.

I shall change my email name to "aspiring_pariah," I swear. I would 
not want JKR to decide *anything* for the sake of being a superhero. 
I only meant that I hoped some slight mention (like, ah, for instance 
that Justin had had a crush on Fred like Ginny had on Harry) would 
make it into the story as a natural part of her own creative process. 
Now I'm getting emails, too. How _could_ I have forgotten what a hot 
potato this is? [(<Twenty years of living het, that's how.>)] I swear 
it's funny what a little chance encounter can do to your world view.

Sandy aka "msbeadsley" now realizing why she was swaddled in an 
inverted soapbox instead of a cradle as a wee little 'un.