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The question is moot. I get the car.
Let's review. Predicting something that happened in canon doesn't make you:
--A better writer
--A better reader
--A better fan
--A better person
If you were right about canon, you don't win a car; if you're wrong about canon, you are not summarily ejected from fandom. Predicting canon can be fun, but it certainly isn't profitable. I continue to not understand the whole "whee I was right therefore I am infinitely cooler than you" thing. I also don't understand the "alas, for it did not happen in canon and therefore I'm done with this stinking canon" thing. It's canon. It stands unchanging. It doesn't care what you thought would happen; it simply is.
How you choose to interact with canon is entirely up to you. Fanfiction exists entirely outside of canon. It is not predictive, nor a direct reader response, nor a form of literary criticism. It can be these things, but presuming that what someone chooses to write—be it a ship, or an event, or what have you—is them putting a stake in the ground about canon is a really big leap. Someone else saying that your story don't agree with their interpretation of canon doesn't get to force you to take your story down. Being condescending about someone else's interpretation of canon? That's just obnoxious, and while being "wrong" certainly doesn't give you the right to act like a spoiled toddler, being "right" doesn't give you the right to be an ass.
--A better writer
--A better reader
--A better fan
--A better person
If you were right about canon, you don't win a car; if you're wrong about canon, you are not summarily ejected from fandom. Predicting canon can be fun, but it certainly isn't profitable. I continue to not understand the whole "whee I was right therefore I am infinitely cooler than you" thing. I also don't understand the "alas, for it did not happen in canon and therefore I'm done with this stinking canon" thing. It's canon. It stands unchanging. It doesn't care what you thought would happen; it simply is.
How you choose to interact with canon is entirely up to you. Fanfiction exists entirely outside of canon. It is not predictive, nor a direct reader response, nor a form of literary criticism. It can be these things, but presuming that what someone chooses to write—be it a ship, or an event, or what have you—is them putting a stake in the ground about canon is a really big leap. Someone else saying that your story don't agree with their interpretation of canon doesn't get to force you to take your story down. Being condescending about someone else's interpretation of canon? That's just obnoxious, and while being "wrong" certainly doesn't give you the right to act like a spoiled toddler, being "right" doesn't give you the right to be an ass.
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I so agree.
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I'm contemplating making a post about this, to point out the interviews (because really, they ARE super-interesting) and to mention that while I'm not fond of how the shipping portion of it went I think it's royally stupid to be angry at JKR about it. She was polite and diplomatic -- if you want to be mad, be mad at the interviewers.
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(Anonymous) 2005-07-22 03:31 am (UTC)(link)Beautifully said; these are truly words of wisdom and class.
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However I will say that it seems to me that there is this sticky bit that people have between their reaction to the books and their understanding of what JKR wants us to think/feel. I'm generally in the camp of, JKR gets one chance to tell us how to think and feel, and that's when she's writing the book. I'm not sure that feeling about the books exactly the way JKR does means you're a better fan. But this is all still in the early thoughts stage.
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OTOH, while I love the additional information that she gives us, I really don't care about her interpretations of her own work. There's such a like, I am cooler if I like the book in exactly the way that she wants me to like it thing that I find baffling.
I'm really happy to be here with Carrie but I see you all on LJ and wah, miss you. Which I know, I said before. I'm so glad that I am not moving for grad school! What would I do?
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BTW, can you tell what havoc you have wreaked on my life by linking to that treasure trove of CSI slash? OMG, like, mostly I'm trying to convince
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I just went back and read it, and though I wasn't thinking it at time, it did kind of anticipate some of the complaints and shit. Not the complaints were hard to forsee or that anyone listened. Or that I am surprised by that. :))
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