tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post2326367699914493320..comments2024-03-28T16:15:19.319-04:00Comments on Saideman's Semi-Spew: Ask the Reader: Is JK Rowling Evil?Steve Saidemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09881915512311951902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-47366831349028495922009-07-07T22:42:27.781-04:002009-07-07T22:42:27.781-04:00I didn't say she was evil. I said she is a &qu...I didn't say she was evil. I said she is a "mean" lady. She is "mean" because she calculated the deaths that would cause a high level of damage for readers and killed those people en masse in the ending part. I don't mean Dumbledore or Dobby or Sirius. Those were target deaths to provide story climaxes and important plot movements, and not that unexpected. The most gratuitous death was Tonks', although gratuitous only in the sense that it was extra destruction, not that it was added on without thought. It served a thematic, structural purpose, but it could be argued that she didn't need to pursue that purpose.KathySnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8446351548038522890.post-49900415864423843772009-07-07T18:18:53.827-04:002009-07-07T18:18:53.827-04:00None. The deaths highlighted the stakes involved....None. The deaths highlighted the stakes involved. This was fight between good and evil for the fate of the magical world, not pattycake.Steve Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670226240905673727noreply@blogger.com