I actually agree with everything you just said, and I think the fact that I nonetheless find myself with a lingering dissatisfaction gets at the heart of the difference between (most) fanfic and (some) ordinary literature.
the author needed Dumbledore to be ignorant to be able to carry on with the plot.
This, while acceptable for JKR, is not something a fan writer can get away with. What we're doing, essentially, is trying to turn her narrative, which is partly realistic and partly a fairy tale, into pure psychological realism. With some characters, this is easy. With others, it borders on impossible.
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Date: 2004-07-15 04:31 pm (UTC)the author needed Dumbledore to be ignorant to be able to carry on with the plot.
This, while acceptable for JKR, is not something a fan writer can get away with. What we're doing, essentially, is trying to turn her narrative, which is partly realistic and partly a fairy tale, into pure psychological realism. With some characters, this is easy. With others, it borders on impossible.