HP_Reunion: Meta/Discussion Post
So, we've had our opportunities to squee and to rec stuff. How about revisiting some of those terrific talks we used to have as to why H/Hr spoke to us so strongly and what we saw in the text and/or the movies that showed us why it would be such a perfect pairing
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That's because - unlike many other H/Hr fans, perhaps - I have very little respect for Rowling. With the last two books she showed that she was a bad was only an adequate author. She had no idea where she was going for the conclusion of her series (other than having a few key scenes in mind). She was, frankly, incompetent in much of what she wrote in those last books. With her interviews she showed that she'd forgotten what she'd already written.
The fact that 'Jo said so!' never held any weight with me. There are fan fiction authors who are ever so much more clever than her; in plotting, in literary skills and depth.
So, to answer the question, I rather *enjoyed* the interviews. One half of my HP fandom experience is in reading the stories, looking at the art, marvelling at the creativity of others.
The other half is analysing Rowling's writing. Which, after HBP, and then DH, became pretty much 95% negative criticism.
Rowling's interviews have been mega-useful in seeing how the author of HP views her own work ... in seeing the sheer deficit of ability in the woman behind the curtain.
Plus the interviews supplied so much material for mocking/criticism purposes! Really, if you didn't think there was much to criticise in her books, then hey - try 'soul mates' instead! Or Harry and Ginny being 'equals'. Or the completely disorganised farce of her interview response on why James sacrificing his life meant nothing but Lily's meant everything (it's *hilarious*). Rowling's interviews, for a critic, was the gift that just kept on giving.
So the interview didn't make things 'hard' for me at all. Other than how it and HBP - and then DH two years later - persuaded some H/Hr authors to abandon the fandom. :-( Okay, so the interview did make it 'hard' for me, in that respect. I remember being quite disappointed when a few H/Hr luminaries gave up after HBP. :-(
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