Psychology, depression, etc

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

I do feel uncomfortable when we start speculating about J.K. Rowling, the person. OTOH, I also think it's perfectly okay to look hard at the way she presents emotional, as well as moral, issues in her text. And nobody has taken a harder look, with funnier results, than starcrossedgirl! Look here:


http://starcrossedgirl.livejournal.com/322471.html#cutid1

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[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

When JKR says things like how she was going to kill off Ron at one stage:

Midway through, which I think is a reflection of the fact that I wasn't in a very happy place, I started thinking I might polish one of them off. Out of sheer spite. 'There, now you definitely can't have him anymore.'

Yeah, I think examining JKR and her mental state and how it contributes to the series is fair enough.