[FFML] [News][Potter] Rowling Speaks on Dumbledore

[Dragon Dagger]

I've been seeing comments as to what this means for the characters within 
the story as well the fan fiction community.  Frankly I'm of the "biiiig 
whoop" community.  Ok now people are going to go back through seven books 
and scrutinize every thing Dumbledore's done.  The Christian and concerned 
parent coalitions will start demanding that the books once again be pulled 
from the school libraries because they are now advocating a life style that 
is not "wholesome and right".  Whatever the heck that means.

What I'd like to see is an in depth study into Rowling's behavior over the 
many years that this series was being written and see how her various "shock 
quotes" tie into her own life.  If she's looking for attention, then let the 
attention fall where it should.  Square on her shoulders.  If she's looking 
to piss people off for one petty reason or another, she could find less 
problematic ways to do it.  I think she's just going to eventually shoot 
herself in the foot with all of this.

Let people who enjoy the books as a good bed time story for their kids or 
for their own enjoyment enjoy the books without having to worry about the 
stigma of society coming down on them for reading "unwholesome" materials.

But then again that's just my take on the topic.

Dragon Dagger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Lawson" <nouma at msn.com>
To: "'The Fanfiction Mailing List'" <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [FFML] [News][Potter] Rowling Speaks on Dumbledore


I've actually found this news to be a good indicator of the level of
homophobia in an individual.  If all of a sudden they think this entirely
changes how they look at Dumbledore and they're suddenly uncomfortable with
him as a character, that person is fairly homophobic.

If they say, "Cool!", they tend the other way.

HP has never inspired me sufficiently to read or write fanfic about it, but
I acknowledge that this opens up a whole new fertile area of fanfiction.
And that's always good.

-Richard



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