"Some Won't Like It"

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 130784

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> I've got a broader take on what that means. JKR said
> that in this book we would start to get the answers.
> Some people have taken very dogmatic positions
> on what the answers ought to be, and been quite
> forthright in saying that no alternative interpretation
> would satisfy them.
> 
> 
> Pippin

Sorry to be so late replying to this, as I just stumbled across it.  I
think you may be correct in general, Pippin.  I wonder how closely JKR
follows most fandom arguments, though.  Certainly on the major issues
like Snape and Harry she seems to keep an eye on the pulse of the
fans.   But how far she goes with watching other trends I don't know.
 And I seriously doubt she follows much beyond general trends.  I
can't imagine she would be particularly worried about/enthralled by
specific debates over character and plot, at least beyond perusing
them for amusement.

Certainly you are correct about how many in the fandom will approach
the last two books.  I will toss the whole series in the trash if we
don't get a much better explanation of Dumbledore's decisions
regarding Harry, particularly his years at the Dursleys and why the
greatest wizard in the world didn't intervene to stop flagrant child
abuse.  Others will burn the books if Harry winds up with Hermione, or
if Snape turns out to be evil after all.  At this point, the fandom is
so deeply divided that anything JKR does will result in angering some
semi-organized constituency.

The price of success, I suppose.  [Shrug]  Like I say, I doubt JKR
herself is paying much attention to anything other than overall trends.


Lupinlore