IMO re Dumbledore
Oct. 20th, 2007 04:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonlite_trystPlease note the header: IMO.
I can't help but wonder if JKR's announcement regarding Dumbledore was no more than a well timed publicity stunt designed to give her more kudos with adult readers and audiences, along with a slice of the 'pink' pound/dollar/yen/rupee etc.
I can't help but wonder if JKR's announcement regarding Dumbledore was no more than a well timed publicity stunt designed to give her more kudos with adult readers and audiences, along with a slice of the 'pink' pound/dollar/yen/rupee etc.
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Date: 2007-10-20 04:09 pm (UTC)I think Rowling (or her publishers) just knew that sales would probably drop by 15 or 20% if it was formally announced/addressed prior.
Now, she could admit to whatever she wants because the story's told, the billions made, and fuck-all who boycotts.
only WB would have any stake in worrying about it, and they would hardly care about such matters.
i actually am surprised this hasn't caused a huge uproar.
i've been off-site for about a week, tho... is this now-news, or 3-days-ago news?
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Date: 2007-10-20 07:04 pm (UTC)And yeah ... it sure had the undertones in DH anyway. Not subtext - more blatant than that to me.
I'm wondering how many book burning sessions will follow.
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Date: 2007-10-20 07:52 pm (UTC)yeah, you're right—way more blatant... like... KyleXY-seasonOne blatant... I just wonder, for all the slashers who are like 'it's not canon unless it's in the book' are suddenly gonna make an 'exception' for this instance, since it's something most slasher would actually like.
:lol:
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Date: 2007-10-20 10:06 pm (UTC)You think? I can't imagine that happening where I live, although I'm sure some copies woud promptly find themselves in the bin. I have several muslim children in my class who adore Harry Potter. Now, because homosexuality is a sin in Islam, will their parents feel inclined to ban the books if they knew what JKR has said? *ponders*
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Date: 2007-10-21 10:36 am (UTC)It's the act of sex between men that's considered sinful in the more orthodox versions of all the Abrahamic religions, not the desire for it.
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Date: 2007-10-21 02:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-20 09:36 pm (UTC)Dunno. I only saw it this morning when I logged on.
It was apparent--the faggocity of Dumbley--by Deathly Hallows, especially with some of Rita's comments.
I missed that. Then again, I did scan over the Dumbledore chunks. I'll pay more attention next time. It's not that long ago, on a UK chat show, that JKR referred to slash fanfic as "Those funny (as in peculiar) stories." When someone in the audience shouted out "Remus and Sirius" she replied, "Yes. Those are the ones."
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Date: 2007-10-20 05:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-20 07:55 pm (UTC)nor does she need more money, in pink dollars, black dollars, greenback dollars, or alien dollars... so, how anyone can see this as a publicity stunt, when it could hurt sales more than help it, is beyond me.
no fag i know is suddenly goign off to buy harry potter books if they haven't already just because one of the dead dude's been outted by the writer, especially when there's only a hint of a relationship, and that's in flashback.
i think people are just really burnt out on the HP thing, even the fans, and are willing to think the worst.
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Date: 2007-10-20 10:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-20 09:37 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-10-20 10:17 pm (UTC)canoeship now: Dumbledore had to kill the man he loved!no subject
Date: 2007-10-20 05:55 pm (UTC)Was it a publicity stunt? I don't know. What I do know is that canon, for me (and probably for a lot of other people), is what is written in the books. Not interviews (particularly not now that the series is done) and definitely not the films. There is the argument that if something was important/relevant enough to make it into an interview, it should have made it into the books (yet another reason I wanted a real epilogue - this kind of detail would have fit beautifully there). But throwing us this kind of fact months after the end of the books - I don't get the reasoning, other than what you said. Particularly since people have been writing (and seeing the pairing of) DD/GW for a while now.
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Date: 2007-10-20 10:25 pm (UTC)I would concur with that line of thought, and the rest of your comment.
people have been writing (and seeing the pairing of) DD/GW for a while now
Whilst JKR has been tolerant of fanfiction in general, she has always abhored slash. Maybe DD's love of GW was unrequited and therefore of a 'purer' type than the physical manifestation of love, i.e. when one character has his cock up the arse of another.
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Date: 2007-10-20 07:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-20 07:57 pm (UTC)both of these are good points.
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Date: 2007-10-20 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-21 01:39 am (UTC)now, there's three potential prequel eras! Founders, Dumblewald, and WMPP!
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Date: 2007-10-21 07:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-21 05:26 pm (UTC)oh, hey.. you should do that. ;)
yeah. i have spoken!
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Date: 2007-10-21 07:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-21 07:51 pm (UTC)I feel your pain, sista... I feel your pain.
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Date: 2007-10-20 10:30 pm (UTC)I believe what she was sharing was how she imagined Dumbledore when writing the story
Maybe she was, but she has always abhored slash fanfic, so this revealing fact about a key player in her series came out of left field for me.
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Date: 2007-10-21 02:07 am (UTC)also, that MUGGLENET interview that most people get this information from, she was talking about the romantification (not a word... yet) of Draco and the greater problem that she sees girls having ... but i don't recall her specifically saying she didn't like slash.
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Date: 2007-10-21 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-21 10:41 am (UTC)But as others have pointed out (I didn't twig it for myself), it was important to the story. Without that knowledge, what we have in Dumbledore is a man who acts the way he does because of a poor choice in friends as a youth that leads to the death of his sister.
With that knowledge, what we have in Dumbledore is a man who acts the way he does because of an unrequited love that over-rode everything else, leading to the death of his sister. As character motivations go, those two are very, very different, IMO. But then, JKR's never really been about characters, but about where she needed the story/plot to go.
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Date: 2007-10-21 02:43 pm (UTC)And therein lies a tragedy that haunted him for the rest of his life. Very good point.
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Date: 2007-10-21 06:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-21 07:17 am (UTC)When you've got a moment you need to skip back a post for some very special news and a piccy.
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