Now Rowling's control, was Less than 1000 posts

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 180299

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>

> I just wish she would realize that her characters and the WW are
> no longer within her control. She's like a person who gives a
> Christmas present and then claims it as her own because she bought or
> made it. Wrong. The books belong to the readers, to interpret as they
> will (preferably in accordance with what's on the page).

va32h:

A friend from another list suggested this analogy (and I hope she
won't mind me quoting her here):  JKR is the doting mom and HP her
adorable (and adored) baby. Like most mothers, she was the one and
only authority on her offspring.  Everyone looked to her for answers.
 
Now that baby is all grown up the people he meets now don't much care
what his mom has to say.  We're past wanting to hear stories about his
first step or first tooth.  We'll go out with him and get to know him
on our own terms, thanks, and don't wait up.

Of course her characters and her stories belong to her, just as my
children belong to me.  But once they are sent out into the world,
neither author nor mother can control how other people react to them.  

va32h