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By killer zombies, I assume are referring to Voldemort's army of Inferi?
... I have always wondered why, for a supposedly terrifying form of dark magic which scares the #@$% out of the average wizard and creates deadly and difficult-to-destroy killing machines, they never appeared except when they failed to protect an abandoned hiding spot for the locket. |
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It was all a fevered dream when Harry was shot in a drive-by and was at death's door in the ER.
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Same for the Ron and Hermione love interest. The books never really had any indication of that sort of attraction between Harry and Hermione, but tons of hints of the attraction between Ron and Hermione. The movies pretty much added the Harry and Hermione angle. The fans who obsessed with such things, for some reason, simply couldn't accept that Harry and Hermione didn't get together. I think that to a great extent, her apologizes are simply her being gracious towards the fans who didn't like her choices in those regards. She does have a lot of fans who are obsessed by the subject. That happens with kids who are in the target audience of those books and seems to extend into the 20's for a lot of people. What would you prefer her to do, be like Ellison and say screw you if you disagree with me? Author interactions with fans can be difficult. I'm sure that most authors are thinking "get a life" when they run into a fan who is that obsessed, but they can't really say it and still sell books. |
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I've been able to enjoy the books and remain completely ignorant of any ancillary, extra-canonical details from the author for many years. So while I generally disapprove of Word of God Pronouncements about completed works in principle, I also accept some responsibility for not exposing myself to such pronouncements in the first place. Which isn't usually all that difficult for me; I'm just not all that interested in the typical post-series, fandom/author "what-did-you-mean-by...", or "why didn't you..." discussions, after all. So I don't seek them out.
I enjoy hearing what some of my favorite authors have to say about things OTHER than their own work, but their non-canonical (or extra-narrative) opinions about their own finished works, don't really interest me that much. Mainly because once I've finished reading a work/series, it's mine. I don't give the author permission to diddle with my perception of it after the fact. Last edited by DiapDealer; 06-04-2016 at 08:53 AM. |
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Just bought tickets for the stage play for March 2017. Really looking forward to it!
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