People on sites that banned discussion of slash, maybe? And there's one v high profile site that's coming to mind now, although I don't know if their ban on it is still in place.
Is she totally dense? How many fans almost begged to have one single character come out during the course of the series?
How could she not know that a gay or lesbian character would be greeted with enthusiasm - particularly such a prominent one? Or did she keep quiet about it because such an admission would have given the irReligious Right in the US another reason to denounce her books?
How could she not know that a gay or lesbian character would be greeted with enthusiasm - particularly such a prominent one?
I don't know! I worry that maybe the ban on discussion of slash by sites like Mugglenet (although they may've changed that policy in the last few years; I don't know) influenced her perspective on this?
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Date: 2007-10-20 01:55 am (UTC)*laughs hysterically*
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Thanks for the update! :D
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Date: 2007-10-20 01:08 pm (UTC)neddiscussion of slash, maybe? And there's one v high profile site that's coming to mind now, although I don't know if their ban on it is still in place.(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-20 02:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-10-20 02:27 am (UTC)How could she not know that a gay or lesbian character would be greeted with enthusiasm - particularly such a prominent one? Or did she keep quiet about it because such an admission would have given the
irReligious Right in the US another reason to denounce her books?(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-20 01:09 pm (UTC)I don't know! I worry that maybe the ban on discussion of slash by sites like Mugglenet (although they may've changed that policy in the last few years; I don't know) influenced her perspective on this?
:D!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2007-10-20 01:10 pm (UTC)Re: :D!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 2007-10-20 11:41 pm (UTC)