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lolaraincoat ([personal profile] lolaraincoat) wrote2007-07-21 01:09 pm
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Deathly Hallows note #2 (spoilers for ch.s 22 and 25)



I think this is JKR on fiction and fanfiction, at the beginning of ch. 22, when she has Ron say: "It's a damn' sight harder making stuff up ...than you'd think. ...It was much easier pretending to be Stan, because I knew a bit about him, than inventing a whole new person." p. 345 (Raincoast hardcover edition)

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A little earlier - Luna as fan-artist?

And a little later - When Harry and Hermione and Ron argue about the Deathly Hallows story, with Harry trying to put all the clues together and Hermione telling him he's over-interpreting, doesn't they sound like us? And isn't (over-)interpretation at the heart of what fans do together?

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And Potterwatch? If that's not fannish activity, I don't know what is.

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The whole question at the end of ch. 25 about goblin vs. wizard ideas of ownership ... Goblins, who make things, say that the object belongs to the maker and can be rented but not purchased; "wand-users" say that the object belongs to the purchaser and can (like copyright) be inherited, bought and sold, and generally change hands without ever reverting to the original author. It's one of the debates over intellectual property!


Probably I'm over-interpreting here, but I think JKR loves us.

[identity profile] quilt-stitcher.livejournal.com 2007-07-21 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, and that first quote you put up --- I think that's just a tiny bit --- I don't know. Even "derogatory towards us" is too strong a phrase, but it feels like she's poking me in the chest and saying, "I did the hard bit! I did the hard bit!"

Which is fine, you know. It's even true. But saying it to us isn't very polite. She needs more affirmation that she gets already?

OR, I'm over-interpreting as you mentioned later.

[identity profile] elphaba-of-oz.livejournal.com 2007-07-21 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I suspect that Potter's escape from Privet Drive was a deliberate gift to slashers. I think JKR was saying:

"Here you go, guys! Here are 7 of your beloved characters mostly naked, and all transformed into the physcial form of Harry Potter. Have fun!"

Seriously. My mind when to all sorts of interesting places while I read that chapter.

[identity profile] mincot.livejournal.com 2007-07-21 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
OOOOOh, yes.

She also scuppered the Harmonians in plain language IN canon, as anyone with half a brain could see she had done much earlier. Loved it, though.

Oh, NEVILLE!!!