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Originally Posted by nekokami
Some of the ignorant right-wing Christian vitriol was apparently based on taking a certian Onion article literally, rather than as the hilarious spoof that it was.
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I have no trouble at all believing that, somehow.
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Originally Posted by nekokami
(Yes, there are people who care about Snape.)
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I think that
most readers likely care about Snape, just not in the
positive sense of 'caring.'
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Originally Posted by nekokami
Does anyone have a reference to the statement where she said "two main characters"? I'd like to check her wording.
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The reference I saw was in
People magazine, my wife takes the thing, and I generally ignore it entirely but it had Harry's name on the front so ... I couldn't find an direct link, and it didn't have an exact quote, but here's a
scan.
However, a bit of digging has revealed that the
People reference to the point is, in fact, an
erronious paraphase, and one that turns everything on its ear.
Her
actual words (with context) were:
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Audience member question (paraphrased): Have there been any changes to what you initially planned out?
Rowling: It is different to an extent. The essential plot is what I always planned when working toward the end I've planned toward the beginning. But a couple of characters I expected to survive have died and one character got a reprieve, so there have been some fairly major changes I suppose.
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So, that rather negates all the speculation there, as it clearly means something totally different than what we were working with.
Particular thanks to
Accio Quote for the extensive and complete record.
