Spoiling the fun

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> 
> OK, it's her book and she can do as she wishes
<snip>
> However, it's my contention that much of the fan output that hits 
the boards is not about what HP will be as about what might be, what 
could be. It's an on-going  demonstration of fan imaginations, not 
the author's.
<snip>
> As the series has neared its conclusion a narrowing of 
possibilities was inevitable. Theories have lost supporters as their 
likelihood  diminished, though a remarkable number have never been 
totally  eliminated. 
<snip>
 In the meantime there are a few thoughts and theories I hope to 
inflict on a long-suffering membership, but that won't be feasible if 
Jo voluntarily discredits them before they're even written.
> 

Carolyn:
Well, as I've said offlist, actually my enthusiasm for the old 
theories has revived the more we limp towards the conclusion. Frankly 
I don't care if all she's really being trying to do is to write some 
soppy, quasi-religious kid's morality story with a creaky plot. Why 
should I be interested in that? 

Far more fascinating (to me) are the speculations of some very, very 
clever, dead funny and often twisted minds from all over the world as 
to what might have been, could have been. It's an exercise in popular 
literary criticism on an epic scale, never been anything like it. 
Plus all the attendant huffing and puffing that ensues when people's 
assumptions and comfort zones thump right into those of others coming 
from completely the opposite direction.

Whatever she attempts to do to finish off her story, I do hope that 
at some point we can present her with an edited account of just where 
other people took her plot and characters. Hopefully she'll laugh 
ruefully.

Carolyn
An enthusiastic Toadkeeper II, Fourth Man, CRAB CUSTARD, MD and ESE!
Lupin supporter, with a side order of Tricked!Wormtail, Snape for 
President, oh and not forgetting little Miss Whiplash. 

Kneasy, don't you dare stop posting! The blacker the better at this 
stage I think.