L as P? (Veering Off-Topic, then back On)

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 91283

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grannybat84112" 
<grannybat at h...> wrote:
> 
> I see the point this thread is making, yes. If JKR is puncturing 
> another writer's swollen head, then her criticism is particularly 
> sharp because Lockhart turns out to be practicing a form of 
> plagiarism--if the adventures in his books aren't his own, then the 
> words probably aren't, either. (Does he Obliviate his ghost-writer 
> after each book is finished? I wonder.)
> 
> I suspect JKR wrote Lockhart not just as a symbol for Harry, but 
for 
> herself. Perhaps she thinks of golden Gilderoy whenever she fears 
> that she's slipping into the personality of The Well-Praised, Well-
> Paid Author.
> 
> 
> Grannybat
> who thinks JKR
> is very grounded

AmanitaMuscaria writes: Grannybat, my idea of JKR's inner thoughts 
are the same as yours.
I believe she is writing Gilderoy as a warning to all aspiring 
authors, media types, etc, etc.
His self-aggrandisement justifies any means, and I would imagine, as 
with Rita Skeeter, JKR is indulging in a bit of 'this is how it feels 
to me'. All sympathy to her in this, says I.
I also think she's posting G.L. as a warning, to herself as much as 
others. My guess is, she worked him out before the big fame thing 
hit, but he's perfectly valid, even more so now.
Isn't that why we all read her? She picks up archetypes and distills 
them the way we see them, or wish to?
Cheers, AmanitaMuscaria