Derivation, inspiration, perspiration…

No one wants to put words in J. K. Rowling’s mouth, but it’s safe to assume that when she hails her readers’ creativity, she has in mind something other than tales wherein Professor Snape is fellated by the Sorting Hat.

I suppose Rowling didn’t really intend to delve into behavior which was, until recently, a crime in many parts of Our Great Nation. On the other hand, authorial intent, as they say in academe, is something of a fiction itself. Or that’s what Andy Berman said when he got caught forging Kostabi paintings.