[ SECRET POST #2624 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2624 ⌋

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

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02.
[Outlander]


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03.
[The Walking Dead]


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04.
[How I Met Your Mother]


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05.
[Twitch Plays Pokemon]


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06.
[Batman, Kill La Kill, Borderlands]


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07.
[Overlord]


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08.
[Red Dwarf]


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09.
[Paranatural]


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10.
[Pitch Perfect]


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11.
[Insidious: Chapter 2]


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Comments

[caecilia]

The point is though, hypothetical niece would have to go looking for those things. They're not included in the text, so if she's doing a reading of just the text, they won't be relevant. IMO, you and cbrachyrhynchos are both correct, you're just talking about different schools of literary theory. Which, by the way, are ever-evolving and constantly fought over.

Personally I think if she wanted people to know something, she should have put it in the text. Authors know all sorts of fascinating things about their characters that didn't make it into the final draft (usually because they weren't important to the story), and it's cool that JKR is able to share them and fans can talk directly to her and have discussions about it. It's cool if Dumbledore gives some people courage to come out. But yeah, the fact that it's not in the books does kind of say a lot about how important it actually was to the story. And if you try telling homophobic readers "Dumbledore is gay, the author said so." they're going to counter with "Well, it wasn't in the book series that I read!" and they'd be right.

[(Anonymous)]

I think that much is clear, and I've said my piece in the comment above. Death of the Author isn't my favorite method because I actually think it makes analysis too limited. We can use authorial intent without being beholden to it... but again, that's just the way my beliefs fall.

There is the sociological factor to consider, in this particular example, however. JK's revelation about Dumbledore came about at the height of LGBT rights movement. You could say she did it for political brownie points, and you could criticize her decision to reveal it only after the fact, but nevertheless, it struck a chord with a sizeable part of the population simply because it hit upon an issue that people currently get emotionally involved with, and this is also the reason this fact and not others is going to have a historical impact. It's not as if she revealed his favorite band or choice of afternoon tea. How important it is to the story... that varies from reader to reader, and I'm not just speaking from the perspective of gay readers who find resonation. This is how supplementary information works: some people will allow it to inform their reading, and some won't.

[caecilia]

Harry Potter is pretty groundbreaking for a lot of reasons and the timing is a huge part of it, because this is the digital age, because fandom is a thing and I think had an influence on Rowling, and because of all the discourse on LGBT rights. I personally take issue with the way it was handled, but that's just me. And for what it's worth, I'm also a gay reader.

I would say more but I have had very little sleep, and it's 5 am for me.