That interview

[lil_shepherd]

Dear Harry Potter fandom

Comments

[shiv5468]

Also she's not wrong about Ron and Hermione. Cackles

[madfilkentist]

So can I take it some parts of Potter fandom are really upset with her now?

It wasn't Ron marrying Hermione that bothered me, it was Harry marrying Ginny, whose role in the series was basically as a damsel in distress. I think he'd find her unbearably boring.

[lil_shepherd]

Yes - while other parts are yelling, "I told you so!" and others are howling with laughter.

[catsittingstill]

I agree she has a perfect right. Her world, her work, she can talk about it if she likes.

I wasn't aware wigs were flipping over this. Hopefully things will quiet down again soon.

[del_c]

It's being reported on the hourly news. I repeat, in 2014, they report who the author of a genre book 'shipped, on the news.

To be really living in the future where slash fandom has taken over the world, they would have reported that some fans were unhappy about the author's opinion, but thankfully they didn't do that this time.

[lil_shepherd]

I'm amazed that they haven't, actually, considering that (I am told) the 'ship wars' in Harry Potter fandom were long lasting and highly unpleasant, and at least one now-well-known fantasy author, Cassandra Clare, was deeply involved.

[cmcmck]

OFFS!

Can people really not tell the difference between fantasy and reality these days?

[lil_shepherd]

I'm not sure they ever have been, to tell you the truth.