J. K. Rowling and Her Fans: The View from a Dark Place

[rattlesnakeroot]

Let's talk a minute about the subject of Fans and Superfans. Who are they and what role do they play in the scheme of things? As both consumers and promoters, do they have a right to some respect from JKR, even if they are not always on the same page with her?

Did Steve Vander Ark cease to be a "Super Fan" when his publisher decided to fight for

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[rattlesnakeroot]

Also, just to be clear, Bjo Trimble "shares" the copyright with Paramount on her book:

http://www.trekplace.com/bjotrimble.html

Question: Your Star Trek Concordance has long been considered the definitive guide to the original Star Trek television series. What inspired you to write the book? What the extent of Dorothy Jones Heydt's involvement in the book? Without videotape, how did you manage to gather such detailed information from each episode?Trimble: Dorothy was a very focused person in the 60s, with only 2 interests: Star Trek and her religion. She began making notes on 3x5 cards about everything Trek. I have always liked encyclopedias, and said that would make a book, and we began to work on one. Dorothy and I both watched episodes on TV and on a friend's early VCR (it was tape, wound through the machine much like an old audio tape recorder). We both make many notes. I did the actual writing, though I stupidly credited Dorothy as the total author in the fan edition and me as only the editor. Dorothy's cattiness about females

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[clair_de_lalune]

*rotfl*

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[rattlesnakeroot]

(Fan Wars?, or Fan Fatwa?)

*lol* I think the Fan Wars have been going on for a long time, and they certainly don't need any help from the author.

We had the shipper wars, then the "Snape is Good or Bad" war (still continuing today for some unknown reason), and now we have the trial coming up which is causing Fandom to fracture in a few places.

I guess it's always going to be this way, unfortunately.

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[clair_de_lalune]

--Sometimes I like to think Snape watches these shows on late-nite telly, and thinks to himself, "This completely speaks to me."--

*dies*

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[rattlesnakeroot]

Absolutely - Snape watches TV, I have no doubt. :) I think he watches sports like any other guy. And he watches old movies and cries - such as Casablanca, yep.

*Welcome Back, Kotter*

~lolololol~ That is hilarious! Oh yeah - the Sweathogs! :)

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[rattlesnakeroot]

One thing I always think about is Snape-Lily-Petunia all trying to watch Saturday Morning cartoons together. (If they had those in the UK).

I can imagine Petunia always wanting to change the channel to Josie and the Pussycats or something, and Snape fixing it so that he and Lily can watch Scooby-Doo or Johnny Quest.

(That's my generation, so I'm just saying what we used to watch, lol).

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[rattlesnakeroot]

Nope - I'm unfamiliar with sydpad.

But I have a great friend on Harry Potter Network who loves Casablanca (he changes his name occasionally from Nicc to Ricc, and he heaps abuse on Ugarte), and personally I think it's the most romantic movie ever made. Snape has alot of Bogart in him, don't you think?

Ugarte: You despise me, don't you Rick?
Rick: When I think of you at all.

Peter Pettigrew: You despise me, don't you Severus?
Sev: When I think of you at all, you piece of crap vermin.

How funny to think of Snape reading Batman comics, the way Ron read "Marvin the Mad-Muggle." :)

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[potionsmistres]

Wow--looking at those examples, JKR/WB have a lot of nerve complaining about SVA/RDR.