[the_old_crowd] Re: Manifesto?

[Charme]

>>Dave said:
>> Presumably the instructiveness of the reaction lies in the way people
>> treat a purely imaginative world as if it is real?  Or am I missing
>> something?

Charme chuckling:

No, you're not missing a thing. :) You couldn't be more right in your 
perception. If you try arguing the idea of an imaginary world against 
reality with the supporters of that manifesto, one gets hit eventually with 
the "so, you support child abuse?!!?"  That's a leap I can't even begin to 
fathom, so I gave up and exercised my right to not read the thread..... :)

>
>Then Ewe2:
> Actually, they're demanding that the author _make_ it real to their
> specifications. Lupinlore's problem with DD is that he professes to so 
> care
> about Harry, he doesn't tell him for years the true implications of his 
> scar,
> yet leaves him for years with the Dursleys. LL can only believe this is a
> mistake by JKR, or worse, a deliberate choice. He wants it fixed. He 
> probably
> thinks he's being helpful. That's the kind of success as a writer you 
> really
> don't want, and you can bet that any number of inconsistencies are going 
> to be
> left inconsistent just so JKR has some sanity left.
>
<snip>

>. But LL is stuck in a characterization logic
> loop. It's like complaining that Rick is inconsistent in Casablanca, or 
> that
> Gandalf should have helped the Shire against Saruman. It ignores the 
> story.
>

Charme again:

Note this quote from one of  his posts on 3/25:

"Which is only to say, in the end, that if you can buy the Dumbledore JKR is 
selling, more power to you!  However, that does not change the fact that I, 
and many others, simply cannot."

Hmmm. So, can I ask a "stoopud" question? Why does he read the books and 
spend so much time debating and posting about the story if he doesn't "buy" 
it and cannot accept it? :)  And in the same post, a whole buncha Bible 
scripture which my pea sized brain just can't seem to wrap around in the 
context of his post.  It seems to me it's more than just the "fix" scenario 
LL has in mind.

Charme