[HPforGrownups] Respect (was: Less than 1000 posts in a month - why now?

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 180332

> Lynda:

> That they aren't happy with DH
> is fine with me. I still like it, and the series, but its the sudden 
> change
> of heart concerning the author that's befuddling to me. It seems to me 
> that
> its still the story she wrote, and she had to share it in her way. with 
> her
> words and ideas, not mine, nor anyone else's.


Shelley:
I talked before about the polarizing of topics, and of views of certain 
people. I hear it again in this post- "sudden change
of heart concerning the author". <sigh> When we will we be able to discuss 
Rowling's good and bad traits without being told that we are changing heart 
or being accused of criticizing her, or being polarized as hating Rowling? 
You know, I can like her as an author and point out her faults at the same 
time. She wrote a wonderful 6 books with only minor errors in time and moons 
and dates and room placement, but nothing real earth shattering. DH, by 
contrast, seems to contain errors that are more substantial in that it 
doesn't appear to have been edited at all, and certainly she could have been 
more careful with it. Then she gives interviews that make a lot of people 
question why she would say what she did, and cannot we talk about the most 
recent stuff (which may have more negative conversations simply because the 
latest works have more errors to discuss) without being accused of hating 
Rowling?

I would like to have a conversation where people aren't trying to ascribe 
motives to us (you're trying to smear Rowling, or you're trying to drag down 
her good name), so that there isn't this false constraint on the list that 
every conversation thread must be positive or you will get jumped on by the 
people who still love Rowling and feel all of her errors are just minor 
things to be ignored. I wish people would get the idea that we can talk 
about her errors and still love her too.