They're at it again
Mar. 8th, 2004 11:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swatkatJKR chats . The fandom explodes – with discussions, theories, and sadly, wank. *sigh*
I'm one of those people who thinks JKR's comments are being simply misinterpreted and the entire matter is being blown out of proportion.
The question was: Do you have any future plans in particular for Draco Malfoy?
JKR replies: I've got plans for all my characters. Actually, this is a really good place to answer a question about Draco and Hermione, which a certain Ms. Radcliffe is desperate to have answered. Will they end up together in book six/seven? NO! The trouble is, of course, that girls fancy Tom Felton, but Draco is NOT Tom Felton!
Yes, so what's the big freaking deal? She just sunk a ship. So what? Did the shippers really believe that Draco/Hermione is going to happen in canon? And just because it's not going to happen in canon doesn't mean you'll have to stop writing about Draco/Hermione – people write about impossible pairings all the time in this fandom (Snape/Lupin is goood. *g* Although I'll say it still has possibilities in canon). I don't see how she was being bitchy in this response. It seems that JKR doesn't have the right to dictate what will happen in a universe that she created. We may not like it, we may not agree with her and bitch about the poor decision she's made (LFN TPTB, anyone? *g*) – but to say "OMG SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO DISAGREE WITH MY INTERPRETATIONS" is just… meh.
Maybe it's just me, but I never got the impression that she was declaring that all fans who like Draco Malfoy like him because of Tom Felton. She was talking about this particular fangirl, no doubt very young, and the other young fangirls whom she was chatting with. What's with all the adults taking this so personally?
As for Draco Malfoy – well, canon!Draco is a mean, nasty bully – the kind of kid people usually dislike in RL. While fans are perfectly entitled to like him and discover different facets to his personality, to portray him as a sympathetic character, it doesn't mean that JKR has to like him as well. There are so manywhines complaints about the lack of development of Draco's character – maybe it's because he isn't such an important character after all? Maybe it's because that's exactly what his function in canon is, to be the spoilt rich boy in school who hates the hero's guts? You're still free to do whatever you want with him in fan fiction – that's what fan fiction is for.
I can understand when someone complains that JKR is loosing her touch (I don't agree cause I like OotP and the new direction that canon has taken); I can understand when someone bitches about her use of archetypes and the one-dimensional characters and then uses their fan fiction to explore new possibilities and straighten the kinks in canon. But I'm just sick and tired of all the personal attacks, because all said and done, she's still the author of these damn good books.
And oh, everyone is complaining about the Bill/Charlie age comment in that chat. What would the HP fans do if they had to deal with the LFN timeline? *g*
I'm one of those people who thinks JKR's comments are being simply misinterpreted and the entire matter is being blown out of proportion.
The question was: Do you have any future plans in particular for Draco Malfoy?
JKR replies: I've got plans for all my characters. Actually, this is a really good place to answer a question about Draco and Hermione, which a certain Ms. Radcliffe is desperate to have answered. Will they end up together in book six/seven? NO! The trouble is, of course, that girls fancy Tom Felton, but Draco is NOT Tom Felton!
Yes, so what's the big freaking deal? She just sunk a ship. So what? Did the shippers really believe that Draco/Hermione is going to happen in canon? And just because it's not going to happen in canon doesn't mean you'll have to stop writing about Draco/Hermione – people write about impossible pairings all the time in this fandom (Snape/Lupin is goood. *g* Although I'll say it still has possibilities in canon). I don't see how she was being bitchy in this response. It seems that JKR doesn't have the right to dictate what will happen in a universe that she created. We may not like it, we may not agree with her and bitch about the poor decision she's made (LFN TPTB, anyone? *g*) – but to say "OMG SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO DISAGREE WITH MY INTERPRETATIONS" is just… meh.
Maybe it's just me, but I never got the impression that she was declaring that all fans who like Draco Malfoy like him because of Tom Felton. She was talking about this particular fangirl, no doubt very young, and the other young fangirls whom she was chatting with. What's with all the adults taking this so personally?
As for Draco Malfoy – well, canon!Draco is a mean, nasty bully – the kind of kid people usually dislike in RL. While fans are perfectly entitled to like him and discover different facets to his personality, to portray him as a sympathetic character, it doesn't mean that JKR has to like him as well. There are so many
I can understand when someone complains that JKR is loosing her touch (I don't agree cause I like OotP and the new direction that canon has taken); I can understand when someone bitches about her use of archetypes and the one-dimensional characters and then uses their fan fiction to explore new possibilities and straighten the kinks in canon. But I'm just sick and tired of all the personal attacks, because all said and done, she's still the author of these damn good books.
And oh, everyone is complaining about the Bill/Charlie age comment in that chat. What would the HP fans do if they had to deal with the LFN timeline? *g*
