No I haven't, though I have read some of her essays. Since the novel that I am writing is a non-medieval fantasy with a fantasy race and no ultimate evil and a female lead, I have "Doing Tolkien Wrong" bookmarked. I probably should read her novels.
Because this story is a time travel story, and Harry's primary motivation while he's in the past is preventing a paradox, fate and free will are by necessity, a question I had to at least try to answer. I think I did, somewhat. Harry had to chose not to cause a paradox after all. that he felt forced, and that he had knowledge of the potential paradox does not change the fact that he chose not to cause one. was his choice inevitable because it had "already happened" in a sense? Perhaps.
This distinction between Harry sympathizers and Snape sympathizers is even more distinct in my reviews on Potions and Snitches. I have received some quite nasty ones asking why I made Snape so mean, or that my Harry is too much of a brat and a dead beat dad. There's also an interesting breakdown of who likes my Ginny, who doesn't mind her, and who absolutely despises her.
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Date: 2008-09-15 01:43 am (UTC)Because this story is a time travel story, and Harry's primary motivation while he's in the past is preventing a paradox, fate and free will are by necessity, a question I had to at least try to answer. I think I did, somewhat. Harry had to chose not to cause a paradox after all. that he felt forced, and that he had knowledge of the potential paradox does not change the fact that he chose not to cause one. was his choice inevitable because it had "already happened" in a sense? Perhaps.
This distinction between Harry sympathizers and Snape sympathizers is even more distinct in my reviews on Potions and Snitches. I have received some quite nasty ones asking why I made Snape so mean, or that my Harry is too much of a brat and a dead beat dad. There's also an interesting breakdown of who likes my Ginny, who doesn't mind her, and who absolutely despises her.