A question

[mary_j_59]

I've noticed that some of my posts get no response at all, while others get lots of comments. To give two examples, NOBODY responded to my post about Green Knowe. And those books are, in my opinion, really beautiful - possibly among the best fantasies ever written, and I'd be happy to talk about them. No one responded to the clip of Michelle Paver and the wolves. And that, too, is a very well-written series, in which the teen protagonists grow in believable ways. I had one response to the news that Megan Whalen Turner's fourth Attolia book is actually coming out. Then I put up a post about how unhappy I am with Harry Potter these days, and suddenly there's an intense discussion about Snape and his character going on. Okay, it's true, I love Snape. But at this point, two years after the last book, no one's mind is going to be changed about him. At least, I don't think so.

Is it the case that people visit here only for my posts on Snape? Just wondering.

Comments

[anne-arthur.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, I think. I find that I'm increasingly tending to feel that everything that needs to be said about what JKR did wrong in Deathly Hallows (and the rest of the books) has been said - we all wish that she'd written them differently, or that she'd suddenly realize that Snape is a hero, but she didn't, and she won't, and all the arguing and dissecting in the world won't change that. I'd still love to read some good Snape fiction, but sadly it all seems to be very slashy these days. And increasingly I'd like to get into some non-Snape fiction - but I don't know if anyone would read it!

By the way, I loved the excerpt from the 'Green Knowe' TV series that you posted! It was very atmospheric - the train journey in particular reminded me of travelling over the flooded Fens in winter, and I think the last 'corridor' train I was ever in was between Peterborough and Cambridge. I found another small sequence, of St Christopher walking - I do wish I'd seen the series! The BBC used to do that sort of thing very well.