Authorial Intent, the Word of God, and Why All Comic Books Are Fan Fiction
So I'm taking a wee bit of a breather, now that the rough draft of AQATDR is done. Which means I'm only skimming it now and then and revising a paragraph or two... I'll get back to serious revision once I get my next batch of comments back from my betas
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I don't think it's silly at all to say that; the statement isn't precise enough.
The interviews don't have any stamp of authenticity as HP canon; they are authentic instances of the Word of Rowling, which is a different thing entirely. Or you could think of them has having a stamp of authenticity as potential HP canon.
The potential is there - the intent - but until it's transformed by the writer's pen into a book, it ain't canon.
Just like Rowling's original thoughts on Harry 20 years ago; lots of potential, certainly authentic "thoughts of Rowling", but not canon until it was published.
I'd say the comics are canon. If the company holding the legal reins aren't scrupulous in their duty to keep new work consistent with the old then it might result in *bad* canon (like HBP and Deathly Hallows!) but still canon nonetheless.
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FINALLY!!! Someone else who agrees with me! It just seems like a lot of the carefully constructed world of HP was sent askew by fuzzily substantiated magic (Horcruxes, wandlore).
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Oh yeah, you bet! Rowling threw everything she could think of into the last book in a desperate hope that something would stick and manage to get Harry across the finish line.
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That's fine, of course. Since this is the first time I've posted on your blog I'd expect as much.
But I would have hoped that you'd treat me with some modicum of fairness. I started posting knowing full well how you'd behaved in our last engagement ... and I was resolved I'd be extra cautious over here. See what you'd do.
And right off the bat, with no provocation, for no reason, you tell Geneva, a total stranger, that I'm a 'dick'.
*sigh*
Well, maybe that's how you run things here on your blog, calling people names out of the blue. Or perhaps I'm seeing some bottled up frustration still left over from your last brain meltdown when you got upset because you couldn't substantiate your point of view on FAP and retreated. It's still disappointing nonetheless.
* Looks in vain for the Report this post to a moderator link ... * :-)
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You're free to continue posting as long as you stay on topic and aren't a dick.
(Hint: Further comments about how aggrieved you're feeling and how unfair you think I am are not on topic.)
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So maybe you could have waited until my behaviour became an issue!!
Rather than give a completely uncaring third-party an opinion that can only be based on those past encounters (given as how I'd never posted here before). Which tends to suggest those encounters had more weight than you suggest, to incite such an initial reaction.
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