Re: Pearlette to Duj
(Anonymous)
Authors own their intellectual property; they don't own the reader's interpretation.
Of course they don't, and you don't own my interpretation either.
Mine is based on the text. You have just stated that yours isn't always.
I said no such thing. I said I interpreted the text using a Doyalist perspective.
Not in HP-world, no. JK isn't much of a one for shades of grey or subtleties.
And yet she created Severus Snape! Who is the ultimate in shades of grey, which is one of the reasons I love him. So the woman clearly has SOME writing ability. *snort*
There is no different standard. There is merely presence or absence of textual evidence. There is plenty for Snape having reformed, and none for James; the little we have shows him unchanged.
I'm not buying that. Last we see of James, he is an ardent young father desperately trying to save his wife and son. He is no longer Head Boy at Hogwarts but you seem determined to see him frozen forever in time as a schoolboy. This is NOT what the text shows you.
As an Order member, he and his friends withhold important information (Animagi status) from their leader and act as loose canons.
That I own. James is reckless. Heck, I don't even like James much. It is very ironic, therefore, that your extreme dislike of this character puts me in a position where I end up DEFENDING him. The irony is delicious. (As a Snape fan, I'm all about the irony!)
As a parent, he lets a one-year-old ride a broomstick without removing hazards or the pet,
I can't believe you're serious about this. Harry is a magical child with magical abilities ... comparing this to a RL situation is, I'm sorry, hilarious. You might as well complain that CS Lewis was irresponsible for allowing his pre-pubescent schoolchildren to fight real battles in Narnia!
and he sulks over his inability to sneak out from hiding.
The guy is in hiding because the world's number one psychopath just put out a death warrant on him and his family. I know I would suffer from cabin fever in the same situation.
Yes. Exactly that. I have almost as many kids as the Weasleys and my ethnic community tends to even larger families, so believe me when I tell you that even the most agile one-year-old shouldn't be rinding a broom.
It's FICTION. Rowling is a mother too. Next thing you'll be telling me is that she isn't fit to look after children!
I don't find child negligence funny, and I'm sorry that you apparently do.
Cheap, silly shot. Don't be so ridiculous, and don't put words in my mouth.
Of course he resolves them. Dumbledore has groomed him just as pedophiles do their victims.
Ugh. Thanks for that ugly mental image. You know, I don't like Dumbledore much either, but that's a really offensive analogy. You falsely accused me of not caring about child negligence. I'm calling YOU out on using a highly inappropriate analogy and therefore trivialising and cheapening the horrible issue of child sex abuse.
It really is a waste of time here trying to discuss Lily's character in a more positive light, isn't it? Dissenting opinions are not allowed.
-- Pearlette
Of course they don't, and you don't own my interpretation either.
Mine is based on the text. You have just stated that yours isn't always.
I said no such thing. I said I interpreted the text using a Doyalist perspective.
Not in HP-world, no. JK isn't much of a one for shades of grey or subtleties.
And yet she created Severus Snape! Who is the ultimate in shades of grey, which is one of the reasons I love him. So the woman clearly has SOME writing ability. *snort*
There is no different standard. There is merely presence or absence of textual evidence. There is plenty for Snape having reformed, and none for James; the little we have shows him unchanged.
I'm not buying that. Last we see of James, he is an ardent young father desperately trying to save his wife and son. He is no longer Head Boy at Hogwarts but you seem determined to see him frozen forever in time as a schoolboy. This is NOT what the text shows you.
As an Order member, he and his friends withhold important information (Animagi status) from their leader and act as loose canons.
That I own. James is reckless. Heck, I don't even like James much. It is very ironic, therefore, that your extreme dislike of this character puts me in a position where I end up DEFENDING him. The irony is delicious. (As a Snape fan, I'm all about the irony!)
As a parent, he lets a one-year-old ride a broomstick without removing hazards or the pet,
I can't believe you're serious about this. Harry is a magical child with magical abilities ... comparing this to a RL situation is, I'm sorry, hilarious. You might as well complain that CS Lewis was irresponsible for allowing his pre-pubescent schoolchildren to fight real battles in Narnia!
and he sulks over his inability to sneak out from hiding.
The guy is in hiding because the world's number one psychopath just put out a death warrant on him and his family. I know I would suffer from cabin fever in the same situation.
Yes. Exactly that. I have almost as many kids as the Weasleys and my ethnic community tends to even larger families, so believe me when I tell you that even the most agile one-year-old shouldn't be rinding a broom.
It's FICTION. Rowling is a mother too. Next thing you'll be telling me is that she isn't fit to look after children!
I don't find child negligence funny, and I'm sorry that you apparently do.
Cheap, silly shot. Don't be so ridiculous, and don't put words in my mouth.
Of course he resolves them. Dumbledore has groomed him just as pedophiles do their victims.
Ugh. Thanks for that ugly mental image. You know, I don't like Dumbledore much either, but that's a really offensive analogy. You falsely accused me of not caring about child negligence. I'm calling YOU out on using a highly inappropriate analogy and therefore trivialising and cheapening the horrible issue of child sex abuse.
It really is a waste of time here trying to discuss Lily's character in a more positive light, isn't it? Dissenting opinions are not allowed.
-- Pearlette