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themadscientist ([info]themadscientist) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2014-02-02 04:11:00
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Entry tags:all hail the new troll king, at least no one's knotting, authors, bitter so bitter, books/authors, burn baby burn, but what are your thoughts on otps?, canon fodder, community: oh no they didn't, fan rage, fan theories, fandom: harry potter, harmonians, jkr doesn't know harry potter like i do, my dream wedding destroyed, person: jkr, potter fandom will not be outwanked!, she admitted it!, this is the wank that never ends, too many fucking tags, troll

These things really do go in cycles...
c/p'd from Mousie's hard work:

Emma Watson is guest editing a British magazine that comes out on Thursday.

In it, supposedly JK Rowling shares her regret for making a certain pairing canon over another one.

Nowadays she admits she got it wrong - she should have shipped Harry / Hermione.



ONTD jumps on the bandwagon first with predictable splooge. 2600+ comments and gong. Wank_report anonymouse captured their favorites:


Ron's an asshole! No, Hermione's abusive!
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993729787#t14993729787

"harry's long fat DADA dick BELONGED in hermione's BEAUTIFUL GENIUS MUGGLEBORN COOCH AND THE FANFIC PROVES IT"
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993646843#t14993646843

When people don't like ron it's because he's too poor and working class!
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993204731#t14993204731

Someone mentions Hermione/Draco, spawning a thread about whether Draco is an irredeemable racist. Bonus: passive-aggressive use of "gurl". I guess it's the new "sweetie"? http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993142779#t14993142779

In response to the same Dramione thread, Godwin's Law is invoked! http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993602043#t14993602043

I'm...not even sure what's happening in this thread. But I know I can't look away.
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/85367803.html?thread=14993803259#t14993803259

That's just from the first few pages.

Meanwhile, on Tumblr...

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FU****IN KIDDING ME JK ROWLING YOU REGRET THE THING I BASE MY LIFE ON LIKE JESUS CHRIST YOU MIGHT AS WELL TELL ME THAT I AM ADOPTED
http://ronaldweasley-is-a-father.tumblr.com/post/75318975049/you-have-got-to-be-fu-in-kidding-me-jk-rowling

Dear J. Rowling, If you ever dare to say that Ron wasn’t good enough for anybody I’d be so done.
http://nightinglock.tumblr.com/post/75318100681/dear-j-rowling-if-you-ever-dare-to-say-that

I DON’T WANT TO BASH ANYONE’S SHIP OR ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I’M CAPABLE OF TAKING.
http://dragonprincessofkeys.tumblr.com/post/75317489747/im-sorry-but-im-not-having-none-of-j-k

reasons why im sad and confused by this bombshell
http://coldnessoflove.tumblr.com/post/75315357947/reasons-why-im-sad-and-confused-by-this-bombshell

For fun nostalgia points, Heidi's excited too:
http://heidi8.livejournal.com/1307412.html?style=mine#comments

And for unfunny nostalgia points, so's Andy Blake (who would like to tell you all about his own magnum opus):
http://andythanfiction.tumblr.com/post/75346872233/your-post-about-ron-and-hermiones-relationship-made-me


The actual article is slated to come out on Thursday. Prepare yourselves for the Second Coming...
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[info]also_not_a_pipe
2014-02-03 12:17 am UTC (link)
It's so weird, I literally just last week said to someone, "you know, you don't really get that kind of huge public Fandom Drama like you did with Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings anymore, do you?"

Except apparently you do. And it's kind of like going back and watching Thundercats as an adult. In theory it's still awesome, but in practice it's just kind of dumb and annoying in a lot of places and hilariously overwrought in others.

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[info]librarianmouse
2014-02-03 04:30 am UTC (link)
"And it's kind of like going back and watching Thundercats as an adult."

That's exactly it! I was trying to put it into words!

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[info]annepackrat
2014-02-03 01:23 am UTC (link)
So Ron would have ended up with Dumbledore?

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[info]luthe
2014-02-03 02:03 am UTC (link)
I thought Ron *was* Dumbledore. /recalling ancient crack theory

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(no subject) - [info]annepackrat, 2014-02-03 02:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2014-02-03 03:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]coffee_mug, 2014-02-03 10:56 am UTC

[info]sailorlum
2014-02-03 02:02 am UTC (link)
Ah, I knew this would explode into a wanky ship war, when I saw the article. Potter fandom, you do not disappoint.

If the Harmonians were reasonable, they would realize that all this gives the H/Hr shippers is greater plausibility to take it AU and make H/Hr happen. Which is great for H/Hr fic writers and for the H/Hr ship (gives it some more weight, even though it was never canon), IMO. 'Cause JKR would have needed to rewrite some stuff with regard to Harry and Hermione in canon, to make them work in canon (make them not stick with the brother/sister feeling, have Hermione give up on Ron, have Harry not fall for Ginny, etc.) (And even if Ron wasn't right for Hermione, that doesn't mean the Ron the Death Eater trope has got it right, yeesh!)

And if the hardcore R/Hr peeps were reasonable, they'd realize they still have canon, and the fact that it's not impossible for it to work out, because it did, in spite of the odds. Sounds like JKR sees R/Hr being happy and healthy in canon, despite the implausibility of that actually happening were it real life, that she now sees, for whatever reasons. Granted, I can understand the disappointment (and not looking forward to how the Harmonians are going to run with hit), but it's not the end of the world.

And I don't think that JKR necessarily regrets writing R/Hr for her wish fulfillment, although she is definitely sorry if her admitting it now causes people heartbreak, IMO. Maybe she regrets writing it that way, or maybe she's just seeing how she did write it that way as wish fulfillment, after she's had some time and distance, and feels it best to just admit that now that she's realized it, but is sorry if that upsets the fans. I'll reserve my judgment on that for when I see the full interview, although I could see how JKR could regret it if she thinks it encourages people to believe it will likely work out to stay with someone who needs to change significantly before you can be truly happy and healthy with them.

But of course, the Harmonians and hardcore R/Hr shippers are not going to be reasonable, because this is Potter fandom, and there will be wank.

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[info]coffee_mug
2014-02-03 11:01 am UTC (link)
This wank is reminding me the weird "happily ever after" type of idea that happened among both shipper camps. It's as if nobody was allowed to think that what makes a pairing interesting is maybe that they don't actually end up happily ever after, but have to work at their relationship and talk things out on occasion, and maybe that's fine, and maybe the hottest fic can be the make-up sex and the sweetest moments can actually be that the troubles they had, they still stayed together. Both sides had this incredibly rosy view of relationships.

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(no subject) - [info]ekaterinv, 2014-02-04 01:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sailorlum, 2014-02-04 08:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iczer6, 2014-02-10 06:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sailorlum, 2014-02-04 08:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2014-02-06 05:31 pm UTC

[info]rosehiptea
2014-02-03 03:49 am UTC (link)
My favorite tumblr post so far."

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[info]sailorlum
2014-02-03 05:36 am UTC (link)
LOL XD

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[info]coffee_mug
2014-02-03 11:01 am UTC (link)
That made me laugh out loud, holy shit. A+

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[info]itcamefromjapan
2014-02-04 08:28 am UTC (link)
YES GOOD.

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[info]puipui
2014-02-03 04:02 am UTC (link)
Wow. [info]system really picked the right time to fix the server, didn't she?

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[info]seca
2014-02-03 05:03 am UTC (link)
This has been a great day between the Seahawks winning the Superbowl, the new Captain America 2 trailer and this glorious wank popping up.

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[info]tez
2014-02-04 12:08 am UTC (link)
GO HAWKS

*cough*

Ahem.

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[info]surrexi
2014-02-03 07:41 am UTC (link)
Most accurate comment I've seen so far on ONTD: Somewhere, Steve Kloves is having an orgasm.

I just don't even know what she was thinking. Does she have that little understanding of what this would do to the fandom, or is she that much of a troll that she doesn't care?

Meanwhile it appears to be becoming a text post meme on Tumblr to have posts along the lines of "[Famous Dead Author] rises from the grave and says [Famous OTP] was mistake, [Famous non-OTP] should have happened instead," which is just beautiful to me.

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(no subject) - [info]gerorin, 2014-02-03 02:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]surrexi, 2014-02-04 05:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]bienegold, 2014-02-03 06:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]argylespy, 2014-02-03 08:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]surrexi, 2014-02-04 05:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]harumph, 2014-02-03 11:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sailorlum, 2014-02-04 08:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]quantumreality, 2014-02-03 11:40 pm UTC

[info]mochibuni
2014-02-03 07:50 pm UTC (link)
I hope this turns out to be a lie later this week so fandom explodes again.

:D

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[info]bella_black
2014-02-03 09:50 pm UTC (link)
1. I love that Harry Potter shipping news still has the ability to get so many people so worked up.

2. Honestly, who is a fully developed mature being ready to enter into a long-term relationship at 17? Obviously, all three of them had some maturing to do before they were ready to settle down. (Whether they should have been written explicitly to end up with their equivalent of high school sweethearts is another matter.) I would hope that all of the trio went through some growing up since the end of DH.

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(no subject) - [info]sailorlum, 2014-02-04 08:33 pm UTC

[info]ahiru
2014-02-04 02:24 am UTC (link)
I think JKR should make this a new tradition. Every couple of years when it seems like HP fandom is quieting down she can release a random new statement about a character and/or ship just to watch the fandom explode. Next year: "In retrospect, I've decided James Potter actually was the most evil bully in the world and Lily really wished she'd chosen Snape, who was meant to be a tall dark handsome hunk of woobie. Also Snape sometimes speaks to me in my dreams and tells me about his astral marriages."

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(no subject) - [info]ladyvyola, 2014-02-04 02:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2014-02-04 04:59 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]quantumreality, 2014-02-07 08:03 pm UTC

[info]taterbird
2014-02-04 05:21 am UTC (link)
Oh my God, it's already hilarious and looking to be funnier. All hail JKR our Troll Overlord!

...Is it wrong that I'm hoping that Misha Collins takes this as a challenge to his troll mastery? Because that would be epic.

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(no subject) - [info]kumquat_of_doom, 2014-02-04 10:22 pm UTC

[info]puipui
2014-02-04 07:50 am UTC (link)
OMG the interview got mentioned on Colbert Report just now! And Stephen ships H/Hr! And I would totally read the two books he suggested. XD

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(no subject) - [info]sailorlum, 2014-02-04 08:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]surrexi, 2014-02-05 08:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]agent_hyatt, 2014-02-06 01:26 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]surrexi, 2014-02-06 04:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]agent_hyatt, 2014-02-06 05:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]puipui, 2014-02-06 04:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]phosfate, 2014-02-06 06:57 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]puipui, 2014-02-07 05:38 am UTC

[info]grapefruitzzz
2014-02-05 10:12 pm UTC (link)
I kind of want to hit myself in the face with a shovel because my first thought was "YUS! VINDICATED!". Although I am far too old and cynical to ever have held even the remotest shippy thoughts at all and Ron's love is entirely *bonk bonk* *get back in there you sick fu* *bonk* scuse me, need a new shovel.

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[info]schoenschoen
2014-02-05 10:12 pm UTC (link)
I'm here! I'm here! Did I miss anything?

Oh wait, just the second coming of the Potterpocalypse.

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[info]ladyrogue
2014-02-05 10:25 pm UTC (link)
At this point, I await the day she comes back and says that Sirius and Remus were gay all along and the fandom finally spontaneously combusts.

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(no subject) - [info]quantumreality, 2014-02-07 08:01 pm UTC

[info]sarajayechan
2014-02-06 04:49 am UTC (link)
The moment I saw the article linked on tumblr, I knew this was going to happen. Aah, HP wank, never change!

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[info]mochibuni
2014-02-07 06:55 pm UTC (link)
AAAAAND it ends up being Hermione and Ron.

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(no subject) - [info]rosehiptea, 2014-02-08 01:48 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mochibuni, 2014-02-08 01:52 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sepiamagpie, 2014-02-08 08:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2014-02-09 08:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nonnyeve, 2014-02-14 04:54 am UTC

[info]nonnyeve
2014-02-14 05:03 am UTC (link)
So are is there any fallout now that the full article is out?

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