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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:05 AM Original message |
Question for Potter fans |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. interesting question Orrex |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. seeing as she recently outed dumbledore as being gay... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Well, that's why I included this part |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Is it just me |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah it does. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's not just you |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. so who controls the canon? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. There are several ways to look at it |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Right on, Orrex! |
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quip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Short answer-- We do! (readers) |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. but who's to say that's what she was doing? |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. I don't believe she could have written what and as she did |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'd like to offer a disclaimer |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Ah, but would a "raving neocon" do such a thing? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think it would definitely taint my enjoyment of the books. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Why, exactly? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I like knowing who the author is. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Nothing wrong with learning about an author! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. If you go to Rowling's website you can find Easter eggs |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. If the books were the exact same? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You and I seem to be of approximately the same view |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'd be disappointed but it wouldn't diminish my love for the |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. if jk were a neocon |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not to worry, friends. J.K. Rowling describes her political views in a recent issue of EW. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. No, I'm more mature than that. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'd be very upset about it. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. If her beliefs didn't creep into the book fine...see Terry Goodkind |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Didn't know that about Goodkind, but I don't read him |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I used to really like Mr. Anthony as well... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. The later books in the Sword of Truth series are disgusting. |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I feel exactly the same way. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. yes it would |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Woody Allen's a good example |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. I can enjoy people's art no matter their political leanings. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I think that's true but... |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. only if their art is good enough to make you forget your revulsion of them |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. No way. I care about "War and Peace" for itself, not Tolstoy's politics. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Pre- or post-edit, I think that you've said it nicely |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Unless it's a autobiography, |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. If you require all your art to be produced by really nice people,... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
37. Many of the artists I love are total creeps |
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