stuck on the Voldie front

[Debbie]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" 
<quigonginger at ...> wrote:
> Having read all the 1382 remaining posts at least twice, I think 
we 
> could go with the following revisions.  If that's OK with everyone.
[snip outline]

> Anyway, I've tried several times to get going on this and always 
get 
> stuck because I'm not sure what a category entails.
> 
> Help?  Explanations?  Chocolate?

Not sure I have too much to add to the Penguin's sage advice.  Based 
on my experience with "Snape as literary construct" which is more or 
less the same thing, *plot device* and *literary characterization* 
are more or less similar and probably should be merged.  And the 
Evil Overlord Manual is part of that.

You might want to just jump into it and sort out what to put where 
as you go along.  That's what I did, though it means that a couple 
of subcats probably need new names or at least a clear explanation.

One thing I've learned from immersing myself in the 2646 Snape posts 
is that sometimes fewer subcats is better.  For example, I've 
included in "Young Snape and MWPP" (now at 324 posts and I'm not 
done yet) all posts discussing either young Snape's backstory or his 
relationship with MWPP, past or present.  If I didn't too many 
threads would have to be split among subcats, and, well, to tell the 
truth, most people discuss Snape's pre-Hogwarts life in order to 
explain why MWPP hated him on sight.

BTW, I've only got about 350 Snape posts left to review and I hope 
to knock off about 100 more during the Superbowl.

> Ginger, rooting for Chicago tomorrow against her better judgement, 
> and hoping that no one remembers that she said she hoped to have 
this 
> done by Superbowl Sunday.

Debbie, who hasn't decided who she's rooting for yet