Comments on: JK Rowling Does What She Wants: A links round-up

By: Bina @ IfYouCanReadThis

Bina @ IfYouCanReadThis — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:51:00 +0000

Wow I totally missed the bell hooks-Emma Watson chat, would’ve thought it might be brutal for Emma Watson but hope she learned something from it! Don’t really have much to say on the expanding HP universe, but the stuff she is doing to indigenous American culture in her new project, I just cannot! Why!?
The Bitter Southerner…consider me intrigued!

By: Athira

Athira — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 03:07:00 +0000

I’m also one of those in two minds about Rowling. On the one hand, it feels like too much. Like it’s time to move on. But on the other, I am happy to lap it all up. It’s one of the best canons out there but the jury is still out on whether it should end somewhere. Personally, I would like that encyclopedia.

By: Nishita

Nishita — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 02:01:00 +0000

I signed up for Pottermore way back then and it was impossible. But I browsed over to Pottermore now, and quite like the new website, so much more pleasing to the eye

And that article about diverse books. So very on point. Thanks for sharing it 🙂

By: The Literary Omnivore

The Literary Omnivore — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:46:00 +0000

I. Hmm. I feel like I’m of two minds regarding Rowling and canon. One: it is obviously her right to continue doing Potter stuff whether or not she’s formally declared I’M NEVER GONNA DO THIS AGAIN. (Perrin seems really wedded to specific markers of whether or not a creator is still invested enough to pay attention to, which seems cleaner in theory than it is in practice to me.) Two: all this other stuff—barring the play—is a different level of canon than the books to me. That seems the cleanest way to sort all this out, and explains why HP fans hew closer to the books than to the supplemental material. I spent my childhood in fandoms with really clear cut levels of canon (Zelda, specifically), so I’m kind of fascinated to discover HP fans who have a more cohesive view of what counts and what doesn’t.

By: Kailana

Kailana — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:22:00 +0000

J.K. Rowling definitely does what she wants. When the news about her dies down, she will release a ‘fact’ about a character or something… she’s smart, though. Knows how to play a crowd!

By: Juhi

Juhi — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 23:43:00 +0000

i repeat, why does your blog not have a like button?

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 00:42:00 +0000

Wow – thanks for including my new blog on your links round-up!

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:03:00 +0000

There are now more than three parts about Professor Bhaer (part 5 is Bhaer in film and part 4 his “vital stats”) and yet Sadie Stein still does not say anything that reconciles me to this marriage. It is a bitter pill.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:56:00 +0000

So many great links today! So much misappropriation by white authors these days, it just makes me cringe. I loved the conversation between bell hooks & Emma Watson, and it added a couple of books to my reading list.