Subverting the genre?

[Talisman]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

Kneasy ,
 <Snip of K boldly singing the Manifesto of SMUT! and offering 
inspiration to us all.> 
>And if in my humble way I can persuade the reader to consider a, 
>let us say, slightly more adventurous interpretation of certain 
>aspects of HP,then I will not have pounded the keyboard in vain.

Talisman, 
Pound on, thou fuzzy and befouled, champion of the adventurous slut 
and the aging Marquis of excessive appetites.

I have studied your lesson, and trust that my estimation of your 
soiled nature is properly elevated.   

Indeed, I propose a lovely coat of arms for the Kneasy line:
Leering ginger cat, rampant, and the motto: *Everything is lewd.*

Perhaps Igor can bang one out in time for Christmas.

On other topics, it would seem that echoes of all your bellowing 
about the degenerative effects of the official website have reached 
Edinburgh.  Not so much as a pumpkin or a Happy Halloween.  The idle 
wench.  If she thinks yesterday's scrap about Molly Weasley's 
birthday is going to cover the nut, she's sadly mistaken--again.

As to the subverting of genres.  Well, fantasy is a genre with a 
small "g," and the only thing it's got to distinguish itself (if at 
all) from other types of speculative fiction, is the use of magic 
combined with the tendency to point to the past.

I have no doubt that Rowling will make some tiresome point by 
invoking reader-attainable non-magic power to save the day in a 
final battle: e.g., Lurve, Forgiveness, or one of Authur Weasley's 
batteries. And there's no doubt that she means for the "point" of 
the series to be relevant today, albeit enfolded in nostalgic 
settings and ancient mysteries.  Is that subversion? Naw.  That's 
business as usual.

Talisman