Childhood is loving JK Rowling. Adulthood is realising that Neil Gaiman is vastly superior on every level as a creator and a person.
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I'm not talking about the specific "issues" (which is to put all of this this VERY mildly) with either Mr. Gaiman or Ms. Rowling.
I don't want to talk about the specifics, but I do want to note something important: Artists can produce great beauty and be complete fuckwads.
If you enjoy their work, whether it be Pablo Picasso (horrible to women), Ezra Pound (Nazi), or Lovecraft (racist), etc.
If you can enjoy their work, enjoy their work. If you can't enjoy their work any more don't.
Setting them up as paragons of virtue is a sucker bet.
Artists have no more authority on morals or ethics than you or I do. What they do have is authority over their own art.
H/t JR at the Stellar Parthenon BBS.
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