I totally thought you were talking about Aristophanes.
And yeah, I get kind of bewildered when people can't distinguish between an author's writing ability and their worldbuilding ability, which it seems to me is at the base of a lot of those criticisms. I think Rowling built a great world, I just don't think she's making as much of it as she could, and I think there are a hell of a lot of missteps and wasted opportunities in that series. I'm not sure I'm obliged to concede someone's right to question my presence in the fandom just because I look at the text on a different level than they do.
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Date: 2004-11-30 08:48 pm (UTC)I totally thought you were talking about Aristophanes.
And yeah, I get kind of bewildered when people can't distinguish between an author's writing ability and their worldbuilding ability, which it seems to me is at the base of a lot of those criticisms. I think Rowling built a great world, I just don't think she's making as much of it as she could, and I think there are a hell of a lot of missteps and wasted opportunities in that series. I'm not sure I'm obliged to concede someone's right to question my presence in the fandom just because I look at the text on a different level than they do.