But I cried (a bunch) reading Kaleidoscope; I didn't cry reading the Lupin bio.
Awwwwww. I really, really appreciate the encouragement.
If anything, I was struck by how much Kaleidoscope is in line with Rowling's ideas. It made me think, huh, you've intuited a lot about these characters from details she provided. And that's cool.
Thanks for that, too. As much as I love reading lighthearted Remus, or Remus/Tonks, set during OotP -- and that scenario does make for fun and fantastic stories, and is not in the least incompatible with the stated details of book-canon -- I see Remus as too closed and controlled and too used to relying only on himself for him to embark on flirtation or a relationship lightly. He does have a resilient sense of humor, and he does deal with all the crap in his life with a surprising amount of grace (at least until HBP?), but I think it would be like pulling teeth to get him to admit that he was in love. So yeah, I'm a little bit pleased that my version of how the relationship would have progressed seems to be a close match for what JKR had in mind.
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Oh, I can relate!
But I second alias_amy's suggestion that canon is the seven books.
That's certainly true; I've always prioritized book-canon over interview-canon (or, heaven forbid, movie-canon, lol).
But I cried (a bunch) reading Kaleidoscope; I didn't cry reading the Lupin bio.
Awwwwww. I really, really appreciate the encouragement.
If anything, I was struck by how much Kaleidoscope is in line with Rowling's ideas. It made me think, huh, you've intuited a lot about these characters from details she provided. And that's cool.
Thanks for that, too. As much as I love reading lighthearted Remus, or Remus/Tonks, set during OotP -- and that scenario does make for fun and fantastic stories, and is not in the least incompatible with the stated details of book-canon -- I see Remus as too closed and controlled and too used to relying only on himself for him to embark on flirtation or a relationship lightly. He does have a resilient sense of humor, and he does deal with all the crap in his life with a surprising amount of grace (at least until HBP?), but I think it would be like pulling teeth to get him to admit that he was in love. So yeah, I'm a little bit pleased that my version of how the relationship would have progressed seems to be a close match for what JKR had in mind.