Meanlucario
Time to get spooky
@Broken Adam
That’s not Death of the Author. DotA is how the story holds up without any outside info the author may have given, like Dumbledore supposedly being gay when the only info on that we’re given is J. K. Rowling saying he is outside the book. It’s basically that the author’s interpretation is the same as anyone else’s, not that it’s less meaningful. Sounds like you’re seeing people using it as an excuse to be dicks rather than using it properly.
That’s not Death of the Author. DotA is how the story holds up without any outside info the author may have given, like Dumbledore supposedly being gay when the only info on that we’re given is J. K. Rowling saying he is outside the book. It’s basically that the author’s interpretation is the same as anyone else’s, not that it’s less meaningful. Sounds like you’re seeing people using it as an excuse to be dicks rather than using it properly.