Posting challenge

[magnetic_pole]

Can I say something churlish here and just get it off my chest? I really wish we didn't have additional Pottermore back story for the characters. I know, I know, I can ignore things I don't want to read, but it's getting harder and harder to work around the fact that there are recurring characters and themes that now shape the work we create about these characters, particularly with respect to Minerva McGonagall. *shakes fist* I like the fact that there was this air of mystery about her--it gave her a versatility as a character that (to my mind) helps make up for her lack of strong connections to the main plot lines of the books. I've always liked Harry's parents' generation because they're clearly up in each other's business, and you start off with more clearly defined and compelling characters and themes because you know they have these strong ties that help determine the shape of things to come. Minerva's just the opposite--you can slide her around, create different romantic attachments, friends, allies, and enemies. I don't want to know anything that limits her versatility. I don't have to use it in my own writing, true, but it changes things, to know that these details are out there.

Sorry, Pottermore fans. *grumps*

Comments

[primeideal]

All I can say (given a sampling of the LJ responses) is that your fears of being churlish are, perhaps, decidedly overblown!

[magnetic_pole]

I hope I haven't offended the Pottermore fans--or those folks who want to use Pottermore for their fic. Over at LJ kelleychambliss has an excellent point when she says new material (even quasi-canonical rather than new canon, and even ill-thought-out background information) will do wonders for fandom, and I do appreciate that. I've just worry, you know? *frets more quietly* M.