Reading too many a post by the Guns'n'Handcuffs people had got me thinking: Were the so-called H/D subtext (otherwisely known as text that can easily be taken out of context) purely unintentional
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I think that if someone pointed out the slashy subtext for JKR, she would probably laugh and understand how it could be read that way, but I don't think it was in any way intentional. It's all in JKR's subconscious, babe! Consciously, she's writing Harry falling in love with Ginny, but her subconscious knows that that storyline doesn't really make sense, and that Harry is gay and in love with Malfoy. ;D
But seriosly, you notice the Snarry, even though you don't ship it, but you have years of slashy readings behind you, whereas JKR probably has none. These things aren't as obvious to her as it is to us. This reminds me, I have a friend, who is very interesting in fanfic, and slash from a scientific POV. She told me once about a bad detective story she had written as a teenager, where the two male characters had a very close "platonic" relationship, wherein they constantly had to sleep in the same bed, because there was only one, etc. Anyway, she had tried to write a female love interest into the story for one of the character, a girl
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Heh, reminds me of JKR's 'Ginny's compassionate'. Um...when?
When Witness No. 15465678 Luna Lovegood was making her testimony, gosh, pay attention when exposition fairies tell you what to think, okayyyyyyyyyyyy?!
Oh, yeah. Beautiful example of telling not showing from Rowling, there. Unless the showing was supposed to be Ginny's 'Don't laugh at her and call her Looney, only I'm allowed to do that!' or the fake and patronising 'I'm so glad you're taking wickle Luna on a date, she's so vewy happy and excited about it!' Heh, she's so made for Harry. They're nice to people once or twice, and they're the reincarnations of Mother Theresa.
But seriosly, you notice the Snarry, even though you don't ship it, but you have years of slashy readings behind you, whereas JKR probably has none. These things aren't as obvious to her as it is to us. This reminds me, I have a friend, who is very interesting in fanfic, and slash from a scientific POV. She told me once about a bad detective story she had written as a teenager, where the two male characters had a very close "platonic" relationship, wherein they constantly had to sleep in the same bed, because there was only one, etc. Anyway, she had tried to write a female love interest into the story for one of the character, a girl ( ... )
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When Witness No. 15465678 Luna Lovegood was making her testimony, gosh, pay attention when exposition fairies tell you what to think, okayyyyyyyyyyyy?!
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Heh, she's so made for Harry. They're nice to people once or twice, and they're the reincarnations of Mother Theresa.
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I was flabbergasted. It's not like making the antagonists pose a realistic threat would make the series exciting or something...*rolls eyes*
she's just used to the Sueification of the Gryffindors
Based on the Draco comment, I wouldn't be surprised if she (the editor) actually made some of the suggestions for the Sueification.
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