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[alexseanchai]

Hypothesis: when Maui in Moana says "I'm just an ordinary demiguy," he means he's nonbinary.

...yes, I know that's not what Disney meant. :(

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[fred_mouse]

head cannon accepted.

(and I can't believe I completely missed it. Mind you, eldest pointed out something in the Hobbit that I've completely missed over multiple readings and watchings of the movies)

[alexseanchai]

Well, you know Disney was just going for the wordplay with "demigod" and "guy". :(

[fred_mouse]

Authorial (sp?) intent is not word of god, and all that? Their lack of foresight is not our reason to limit our acceptance of the characters stated identity. :)

[alexseanchai]

The author is often very loud for a dead person...

But true!

[fred_mouse]

There must be a special hell for authors, in which they spend their entire time at book-clubs or in literature classrooms unable to speak while other people interpret them.

[alexseanchai]

You know, I totally believe that.

Though I also expect it's heaven? Like. Do you know the feeling when someone points out a line in something you've written and remarks on its significance, and you hadn't meant that line to have particular significance but you'll totally pretend you meant that all along?

Like, story: "[...] beige carpet [...]" reader: "The carpet color subtly highlights the theme of the protagonist's dissatisfaction with her bland life." author, to self: "...nope, the carpet's beige because the carpet's beige." author, to reader: "Absolutely!"

I mean, I find such moments incredibly gratifying, anyway.

[fred_mouse]

Yes! Same place, different reading depending on the author?

I used to be part of a book club, and one month we were reading a book of poetry by a local poet. I didn't make that month's meeting, but I'm told that the poet got invited by the person who had picked the book, which was unfortunate, because none of the rest of the group liked it, so it was less a discussion that the poet got anything out of, and was more an exercise in tact.