HP is kind of an odd case because with Pottermore there has been a constant trickle of "new stuff", and it's been interesting to me how many people who are still in the fandom look at PM with not only a lack of interest but almost a sense of exhaustion. Like — stop. Just stop, it's enough, we don't need this anymore. Not everyone, of course, but I know I find it annoying because at this point I'd rather just have the canon set and the rules laid out, and it doesn't bother me a bit that the fandom as a whole has basically decided that PM canon is optional.
This is me totally. I think if she had written the encyclopedia, put info down in a book that would sit on my shelf along with the others, I'd find it harder to ignore. As it is though, if people are reading HP in 50 years, will they know the stuff she randomly threw out like bread crumbs?
To go back to the beginning, since HP is the only fandom I have, I have nothing to compare it to. I started out just talking canon with people--all the theories--but didn't start writing until about 4 months before DH came out. So I've had all of canon virtually the whole time I've been writing.
I remember when stuff about Minerva came out and someone (I am not 100% sure who) said something about with new info, a door closes, rather than opens. You can no longer play with her backstory because XYZ happened. It annoys the crap out of me that Snape's from Cokeworth since that's not explicitly stated in the books and I never, ever write it down in fic. But now when I read a fic that says he's from say, Manchester, I cringe just a little bit because I know that's "wrong".
I actually have no idea if I've answered the question you were asking. :/
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This is me totally. I think if she had written the encyclopedia, put info down in a book that would sit on my shelf along with the others, I'd find it harder to ignore. As it is though, if people are reading HP in 50 years, will they know the stuff she randomly threw out like bread crumbs?
To go back to the beginning, since HP is the only fandom I have, I have nothing to compare it to. I started out just talking canon with people--all the theories--but didn't start writing until about 4 months before DH came out. So I've had all of canon virtually the whole time I've been writing.
I remember when stuff about Minerva came out and someone (I am not 100% sure who) said something about with new info, a door closes, rather than opens. You can no longer play with her backstory because XYZ happened. It annoys the crap out of me that Snape's from Cokeworth since that's not explicitly stated in the books and I never, ever write it down in fic. But now when I read a fic that says he's from say, Manchester, I cringe just a little bit because I know that's "wrong".
I actually have no idea if I've answered the question you were asking. :/