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[zodiacal_light]

I really, really wish authors would just butt out of conversations about their works. Especially when they get overly-defensive and throw out random, never-before-heard "canon" about the things people are criticizing.

It really, really stifles discussion.

(Yes, Tamora Pierce, I'm looking at you.)

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[carmarthen]

...oh good lord noooo, that's the worst. Argh, I really feel like authors should know better than to wade into reader discussions. It's totally stifling.

I'm doing okay! Still kind of overwhelmed by Life Stuff, but good things are happening and I'm slowly figuring out what to do. I think.

[zodiacal_light]

Especially because I'm very into the idea that there's not one true interpretation - but having the author wade in to throw out her opinion, what she meant when writing a scene, or new "canon" (that frankly often completely undermines the point of actual canon) creates this sense that there is one right way to view canon, and if you wait a sec the author will dictate to you how to read it.

good things are happening and I'm slowly figuring out what to do.

Yay! I hope you're less overwhelmed soon. That's never fun.