[ SECRET POST #4384 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4384 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Mystery Science Theater 3000/The Flintstones]


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03.
[Celebrity chef and food critic Andrew Zimmern]


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04.
[Fantastic Beasts 2]


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05.
[Jake Lacy]


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[Romeo + Juliet]


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07.
[Anna Faris and Chris Evans in "What's Your Number?"]


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08.
['Into You' by Ariana Grande]








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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, while I cringed just as much as anyone at some of the stuff she's tweeted I can't blame her for doing it either. If I wrote a super popular book series and fans were clamoring at me wanting to know all this stuff that I'd made up in my head but never got on the page, or that I'd never thought about but now have ideas, I would probably start happily tweeting them too, all excited to share with people who love this thing as much as I do. I think it's a bit disingenuous to act like JKR isn't doing something that plenty of other writers would do if they had the fandom and the platform that she does (and it's worth remembering that it's only been in the last decade or so that content creators had spaces like Twitter to just toss out things like this to the fans, there are probably plenty of other authors who would have done the same if Twitter had existed in its current form in their time).

[(Anonymous)]

Er... She's certainly one of the most famous writers today, but it's weird to act like she's the only one who has a significant level of fame, fan following and access to Twitter. There are plenty of famous writers with enthusiastic fan bases who could do exactly what she's doing...yet not many do. I say "not many", but honestly, I can't think of even one example. But ir definitely is NOT due to lack of opportunity like you seem to be implying.

[(Anonymous)]

She may not be the only one with significant fame and fan following, but I think you're underestimating the sheer size of HP fandom. I really can't think of a single author whose fandom is as large or as vocal as the HP fandom, and to me that makes a big difference. Other popular authors can be known for multiple works or series, or have a good-sized fanbase but not the size of HP. Other authors don't have movie studios wanting to make sequels to their works because it's a sure sell. And that you can't think of an example doesn't mean they don't exist -- it's that when JKR tweets a headcanon it gets retweeted a million times and ends up on various news sites. I can't think of a single other author living today who would get that kind of reaction. JKR may well not be unique, she's just the only one who gets this kind of crazy attention.

[(Anonymous)]

I never said anything that even hinted that the HP fandom wasn't enormous. I only pointed out that Rowling isn't the only author to have a large enough fan base of enthusiastic fans who would also ask for more details. It's pretty silly to imply that the size of the fandom gives Rowling no other option but to tweet out endless updates about the canon and that the reason why no other authors do it is because their fandoms are too small.

And that you can't think of an example doesn't mean they don't exist -- it's that when JKR tweets a headcanon it gets retweeted a million times and ends up on various news sites.

And you think that's got absolutely nothing to do with the fact that she tweets out headcanons a lot more than any other popular writer? It's down to size of her fandom alone?

[(Anonymous)]

Sadly, the world was cruelly denied the knowledge that, prior to the Third Age, Elves frequently shit themselves because they were lazy and knew that most other beings were too intimidated/polite to mention it.

[(Anonymous)]

LOL!