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To: stuartcr
As the author of the fiction, shouldn’t she be entitled to say what she wants about her own characters?

She can say what she wants, but we're free to ignore her. She had her chance to say what she wanted in the books.

I think it was Orson Scott Card who called her a coward because if she really pictured Dumbledore as gay, why didn't she put in the books? Because she knew it would hurt sales.

26 posted on 07/20/2009 8:44:18 AM PDT by ConfusedAndLovingIt
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To: ConfusedAndLovingIt

You don’t think she should say anything about her books, after they are written?

Why is that cowardly? Seems like a sound business practice.


27 posted on 07/20/2009 8:46:31 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: ConfusedAndLovingIt

Speaking of Orson Scott Card, what books would you recommend for a new reader of his works? Thanks!


52 posted on 07/20/2009 10:19:27 AM PDT by alwaysconservative (Aren't you hopey-changers embarassed by B.O. YET?)
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To: ConfusedAndLovingIt
I think it was Orson Scott Card who called her a coward because if she really pictured Dumbledore as gay, why didn't she put in the books?

Maybe because it was ancillary to the story? Dumbledore didn't need to be involved in any romantic entanglements. There was enough going on as it was.

Btw, as far as Dumbledore's alignment goes, I'll ignore it.
Likewise, Hermione's cat is just a cat for all that I care, and not some strange magical creature, which would actually take away from the story.

63 posted on 07/20/2009 10:44:56 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Obi-Wan Palin: Strike her down and she shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.)
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To: ConfusedAndLovingIt

I like Orson Scott Card but his jealousy of Rowland is kind of petty. Her books have outsold his Endgame, which he, of course, thinks is better. I disagree.

Rowland had every right and reason not to emphasize that Dumbledore had homosexual leanings, but aside from the brief and ill-fated romance that destroyed his family and essentially formed his character, I believe he was celibate.

If she chose to keep him in the closet,it was a wise choice.


91 posted on 07/20/2009 8:48:55 PM PDT by altura (http://auntmarysdailymusings.blogspot.com/)
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