Allowable reader responce was Re: Disapointed in Potter?

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 127704


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "snow15145" <kking0731 at g...> 
wrote:
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<SNIP> 
> HOWEVER, when you go beyond the invisible boundary to delegate 
what 
> the writer should have done or should do, you have now ceased to 
> explore the world of the writer and the limits that are allowable 
as 
> a mere reader.  It is this boundary that has been crossed and is, 
as 
> you put it, "a nub" to those who are viewing the books and world 
that 
> Joanne Rowling created and NOT what we demand of the writer to 
> produce or we will trash, burn or otherwise mutilate the books as 
you 
> yourself, in the past, reiterated time and again. 
> 
> Snow
> 

And what, precisely, gives anyone, other than the list elves, the 
right to rule any discussion off limits?  People have every right to 
express their opinions as long as it is done in accordance with list 
rules.

Now, as far as I know, there is no list rule that forbids 
speculating on canon and the possible developments of it, and to 
express what one will approve or disapprove of.  Now, you may 
disagree with that practice and not like the kind of posts it 
engenders, but the fact is that there is no rule against it on this 
board or any other of which I am aware.

No one is under any command whatsoever to remain within invisible 
boundaries as long as the discussion is based on canon.  To wit:

Canon says that Remus Lupin had a very small role in OOTP.  He is 
one of my favorite characters whom I find quite interesting.  If he 
does not appear in HBP more than he did in OOTP I will be 
disappointed.  I will probably find it a mistake on JKR's part.

That is absolutely and undeniably my right to say.  There is no rule 
that I know of against it, and trying to prevent that type of 
discussion amounts to censoring opinions you don't happen to like.

In short, there is no such thing as "allowable boundaries of reader 
response."  JKR has every right to write anything she wants for 
anyone she wants for any reason she wants.  Readers in turn have 
every right to respond in any way they want for any reason they want.
There are no rules, there are no allowable or unallowable boundaries 
of reader response, there are no illegitimate responses.

Now, there are rules in a particular forum. But there is no rule in 
this forum or any other I know of against speculating on canon and 
offering opinions.  Indeed, HPfGU specifically does not dictate any 
mode of response or method of interpretation.  Any attempt to do so 
by anyone other than the list elves amounts to overstepping your 
bounds.


Lupinlore