Fandom Insanity!

[alexiscartwheel]

Last night, J.K. Rowling had her book tour stop at Carnegie Hall, and she answered some pretty interesting questions about the Harry Potter series. Of course, the two biggies are ships!

First off, Neville/Hannah!! I'm really excited that it's canon. Before I discovered Neville/Hannah, I couldn't really ship Neville with anyone because none of the more popular pairing seemed quite right. If you haven't been introduced to the joys of the Neville/Hannah pairing, go read Asking for Roses by Dogstar. She really understands Neville, and picked up on all the little hints of Hannah's personality that make her a great match for Neville.

Second, Dumbledore/Grindelwald! LOL. It's canon too! That should make the slashers happy, eh? I always like Dumbledore, but I think DH just gave him so much more depth. He wasn't the perfect figure that many readers seem to have wanted him to be, but I think it's much more interesting that his wisdom was gained through experience, that he had to re-evaluate his values and goals.

There's also a new SQodcast today, so as fandom days go, today's been pretty fun!

Comments

[d4ni.livejournal.com]

I'm internally squealing a lot about Dumbledore/Grindewald. The only reason I'm not squealing out loud is because I'm at Aunt Tammy's house and everyone is watching a movie downstairs. Dumbledore + slash + awesome character development in DH = WEE! I agree with you, he's much more real to me after the last book, not just some mysterious old guy with all the answers.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

So is Dumbledore/Obi-wan in your icon standing in for Dumbledore/Grindelwald? :D

And more importantly, do you think Grindelwald was a hawt villain?

[ex-jo-blogs.livejournal.com]

You're so sweet to link to my story! Thank you.

I'm really happy about Dumbledore as well - I thought there was something when I was reading DH but JKR actually saying it - that's awesome. I love Dumbledore's character development in DH.