LOL--yeah, I do remember a few people Personally Hurt and Offended whenever something happened that they didn't like, but I mostly ignored them. Because, come on. There's a difference between that and getting sloppy and rushed, which is how the last book felt, especially in the last half.
I totally defended her too. Because, she's still a great writer. She had an idea that spoke to a lot of people, and still does, twenty years after the fact. I'm amazed the whole series holds together as well as it does. Clunky ending aside.
It's this more recent "Let me comb over ALL OF THE THINGS forever until everyone's sick of it!" trend I don't care for. (Related: I tried to watch Crimes of Grindlewald earlier this week and fell asleep.) That, and some less savory opinions that have nothing to do with her writing, and her repeated missteps with trying to work minority representation into these later works and getting it VERY wrong.
In a lot of ways, I think Fleur got more of the storyline Tonks was meant to have, going from being perceived as one thing, then that being subverted, and the story carrying on from there.
Oooh, that's a good idea. But yeah, Tonks would've had to come into the story sooner for that to work. However, Luna showed up at the same time, and I love every single thing about Luna, so. *shrug*
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Date: 2019-11-04 01:42 pm (UTC)I totally defended her too. Because, she's still a great writer. She had an idea that spoke to a lot of people, and still does, twenty years after the fact. I'm amazed the whole series holds together as well as it does. Clunky ending aside.
It's this more recent "Let me comb over ALL OF THE THINGS forever until everyone's sick of it!" trend I don't care for. (Related: I tried to watch Crimes of Grindlewald earlier this week and fell asleep.) That, and some less savory opinions that have nothing to do with her writing, and her repeated missteps with trying to work minority representation into these later works and getting it VERY wrong.
In a lot of ways, I think Fleur got more of the storyline Tonks was meant to have, going from being perceived as one thing, then that being subverted, and the story carrying on from there.
Oooh, that's a good idea. But yeah, Tonks would've had to come into the story sooner for that to work. However, Luna showed up at the same time, and I love every single thing about Luna, so. *shrug*