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Grindelwald vs Voldemort: Laughing in the face of death vs always running

Apr 09, 2012 21:54

We read the Harry Potter series through Harry's eyes, and hear through him, Dumbledore's version of events. Repeatedly, Dumbledore had said, that love is the one thing that Voldemort could never understand...why?

Voldemort almost have no capacity for love at all, because he's a sociopath. Grindelwald on the other hand, was a psychopath. ( Read more... )

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lizakmart April 18 2012, 02:49:31 UTC

Dear Hohaiyee
I am writing an essay on Harry Potter fan fiction as relating to the Grindelwald and Dumbledore relationship. If you would be willing to answer a few questions, I would really appreciate it! Answers to any/all of this would be tremendously helpful!
1) What prompted you to write fan fiction? Were you frustrated by the lack of development the relationship between the two wizards?
2) Does your inspiration come from other fans, life experience, or only the books?
3) How do you feel about Rowling’s announcement that Dumbledore is in fact homosexual? Did you think about this relationship prior to her announcement?
4) If you could have Rowling expand on the relationship, where would you want it to go? More on the physical side? Tragic? Happy? Romantic?
5) Do you think it’s important to have canon within fan fiction?

Thanks so much!!!
Liza Comart

hohaiyee April 18 2012, 17:04:01 UTC

1) Because I'm inspired by what Rowling has written, to add more on, to fill in the things left between the lines - given that the characters I'm interested in, adults, were minor characters, that's a lot of space! I wish there was more Grindelwald x Dumbledore, but I'm not frustrated because this is a kids series after all.

2) Things said while talking about the books with other fans, mostly. HP is such a long worded series, there are lots I miss until other fans point it out.

3) It's hard to fit my feelings of that into words, the closest was what Ollivander said to Luna, the news was an "inexpressible comfort". I think I missed the major queer equality wave (around 2004?) by a decade or a half, when I was in school - there was no gay bashing, but in early 90s Canada, Gay-Straight Alliance was an unheard of thing and the fact that some of the people I like were girls felt unspeakable - and though I had wanted to be a teacher when I was younger, I ruled it out ( ... )