AnnaLadd
AnnaLadd asked Rainbow Rowell:

Hi! I’ve always been curious about how fan art affects your cannon images of the characters? Like when I first read carry on I imagined Baz the way you described him- like Andrew Ridgeley. Now I imagine him the way he’s usually drawn- with softer lines (Vanessa’s art)Has it affected the way you imagine the characters? This is not a question about Penny with purple hair (I know she doesn’t have purple hair- I promise!)

Rainbow Rowell Hmm. I think I usually stick to my internal pictures of the characters. Though occasionally I see fan art and think, "Wow, that looks exactly like ____" even if it's nothing like my internal portrait. Sometimes it's about the spirit.

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