Weasel-words et. al

[Sean Dwyer]

Hm looks like Catalogue Central is down for the time being.

While I wait to finish the last Weasley, I've been rereading Potterverse and
two things come to mind:

1. What is the significance of the Hanged Man tarot to canon? It pops up at
the beginning of GoF and yet again in OotP. Generally the Hanged Man is
self-sacrifice/renewal, which makes sense in the GoF context (renewal of
Voldy) but the OotP sense is directed at Ron, and is much less clear. Since
Ron is Everyman, a spot of renewal sounds a bit dodgy. And why does Luna read
magazines upside-down, hmmm?

2. I've become increasingly aware of some oft-repeated Rowlingwords, and the
most visibly annoying is 'bracingly'. As in:

"Don't worry, I'm sure they'll be able to stick it back on, Harry", said Ron
bracingly.

Every author is guilty of such things, but Rowling often reminds me of
Christie and this is one of the less endearing similarities. So far the
bracing talk is all male-oriented, but I'm sure Hermione will be bracing any
time now.

-- 
When all you have are foxes, everything looks like a henhouse.