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The Author-Who-Lived: J.K. Rowling’s Refusal to Accept the Death of the Author in the Internet Age
Man I fucking hate this attitude. I especially hate that Rowling gets this shit thrown at her. God FORBID she continue to engage with her own fucking work.
I don’t get why this is even a thing? I mean, why WOULDN’T one be interested in the author’s intentions and the ideas they had that didn’t make it into the finished work and so forth, regardless of whether one actually thinks they managed to express them well?
People seem to think they’re entitled to take over someone else’s work. News flash: JK Rowling created the Harry Potter series, not you. If you don’t want to hear what she has to say about it, stop looking at her twitter account then.
This just in: J.K. Rowling has as much right to comment on her own work as everyone else on the internet does.