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Originally Posted by carld
There was no debacle. Rowling has every right to say whatever she likes about her own characters. Some people just didn't want to hear it.
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Um, the relevant bit about that in Card's article was this bit, and I think Jeff might be referring to it as well:
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It's like her stupid, self-serving claim that Dumbledore was gay. She wants credit for being very up-to-date and politically correct -- but she didn't have the guts to put that supposed "fact" into the actual novels, knowing that it might hurt sales.
What a pretentious, puffed-up coward. When I have a gay character in my fiction, I say so right in the book. I don't wait until after it has had all its initial sales to mention it.
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I think it is actually a very
good article - I have never paid much attention to the HP books but the Ender/Potter parallel is an interesting one. I have my own issues with the Ender series although they were very well written, but nevertheless, good article.