I honestly think that people who have complaints now are separate from people who had complaints in 2002 on some level, even if some are consistent.
Very true. Although I might as well mention I didn't interact with the greater fandom, at least online, that much. There was a homophobic slant to some of those forums and it just . . . yeah. SO I did a lot of my fangirling either in meatspace, or in a vacuum. The "Where are all the Horcruxes?!?" part of fandom I was there for; the "Let's list all the ways JK is CANCELLED FOREVER!" part, not so much.
But yeah, critiquing her as a writer never translated to defaming her character. I didn't like how she handled Slytherin House on the whole, for example. "All the evil kids get sorted here!" Even back when I thought I was Ravenclaw, I had issues with that. Half-Blood Prince corrected that a little, but only a little. (Tom Felton being adorable and a surprisingly nuanced and talented actor helped to, but that's not about writing, heh.)
Bringing Tonks in for GoF would've been great. It's a perfect setup for some of the other Ministry folks to be around at Hogwarts, and like as a new Auror it could be a training ground for her, like as extra security or something. OH, she could even get accidentally overheard by Rita Skeeter talking about how Barty Crouch has been missing so much work lately, and not the garbled defending-his-every-move thing that Percy does! (I could do with less Percy, not because his estrangement from the Weasleys doesn't work in the story, but because I . . . just don't like him.) I can't remember how old she's supposed to be--isn't Order of the Phoenix her fist mission?--but there's nothing wrong with aging her up one year.
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Very true. Although I might as well mention I didn't interact with the greater fandom, at least online, that much. There was a homophobic slant to some of those forums and it just . . . yeah. SO I did a lot of my fangirling either in meatspace, or in a vacuum. The "Where are all the Horcruxes?!?" part of fandom I was there for; the "Let's list all the ways JK is CANCELLED FOREVER!" part, not so much.
But yeah, critiquing her as a writer never translated to defaming her character. I didn't like how she handled Slytherin House on the whole, for example. "All the evil kids get sorted here!" Even back when I thought I was Ravenclaw, I had issues with that. Half-Blood Prince corrected that a little, but only a little. (Tom Felton being adorable and a surprisingly nuanced and talented actor helped to, but that's not about writing, heh.)
Bringing Tonks in for GoF would've been great. It's a perfect setup for some of the other Ministry folks to be around at Hogwarts, and like as a new Auror it could be a training ground for her, like as extra security or something. OH, she could even get accidentally overheard by Rita Skeeter talking about how Barty Crouch has been missing so much work lately, and not the garbled defending-his-every-move thing that Percy does! (I could do with less Percy, not because his estrangement from the Weasleys doesn't work in the story, but because I . . . just don't like him.) I can't remember how old she's supposed to be--isn't Order of the Phoenix her fist mission?--but there's nothing wrong with aging her up one year.