Less than 1000 posts in a month - why now?

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 180208

 


Carol:
It seems you do care, because you appear to be in a bit of a  tizzy
yourself. As I said, if you'd read the interviews, you'd know what  I'm
referring to. And I wouldn't call my own reaction a tizzy,  just
annoyance at her possessive attitude. She gave us the  books,
certainly, and I'm grateful to have had the experience of reading  and
discussing them. I just don't want to be told *how* to read them  by
the author or anyone else.



Julie:
I'm curious if you, Carol, or anyone else can post the exact  quotes that 
reflect
JKR's possessive attitude or where she tells us how to read the books. I  am
aware of her comment about Dumbledore being her character, but I've  taken
that comment in the context it was delivered, which I think was basically a 
defensive one because so many fans were angry with her for saying she's  
always
seen Dumbledore as gay. I thought it very possible she felt attacked for  
intepreting
a character she created, and while readers have every right to interpret  the 
characters as they see them, I could see where she might be coming  from.
 
I feel leery of judging her so completely on that one comment, which was in 
response to some heavy criticism. If there were others, I'd like to know  
about 
them. And I add, I don't really count her answers in interviews to specific  
questions
about the books or characters as a statement that she is telling us how we  
must
read the books or see the characters. Really, if she is being *asked*  to 
reveal how 
she sees the characters (who they married, what job they do for a living,  
etc, etc)
I can't see this as her forcing her views on us. Sharing them, because  again 
she
has been *asked* isn't the same to me as her saying "Character A is such  and 
such, and if any fan sees him differently, that fan is just plain wrong."  
(Again, I
give her leeway on the Dumbledore comment because of the context of  the
situation, as anyone can mispeak or overstate defensively.)
 
Julie



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