The Romance (was HBP: the Good, the Not So Good, and the Ridiculous (Spoile

[Carol]

Child Of Midian wrote:
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> > If JKR had not been such a phenomenon an editor would have sent the book back and said "make this relationship work, or get rid of it." I think the last three books suffered from Rowling not getting enough feedback from her publishers and trying to keep the length from getting out of hand while including all the plot stuff she wanted while completing the books on time.
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> > I, personally, would be up for all 7 books revised with all the plots she left out (like Stephen Kings "The Stand") and all winding paths of the secondary characters, and . some H/G story!!!
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Richard responded:
> That sounds like a great idea.  I suspect Rowling has no interest in editing and republishing her crazily successful seven book series...  So maybe you could clean them up for us :)

Carol:
I don't know about filling in the plotholes, which would be rather difficult for someone other than JKR (unless you like fanfic). I'm not even sure that I want to know what JKR herself thinks happened offpage, especially with Harry and Ginny. (Well, maybe Dumbledore's mother's funeral; I'd love to see the brawl in which Albus got his broken nose. I don't want to know what Snape did as a DE, though. I'm happy thinking that reporting the Prophecy was his worst deed.)

But I'm tempted to buy a spare set of paperbacks (preferably the slightly more authentic British versions), annotate them, and mail them to JKR or her publisher as a gift, pointing out everything from typos like "miniscule" for "minuscule" to inconsistencies like Ron's somehow knowing about Draco's hand of Glory or the Potters already being under the Fidelius Charm just after Harry's first birthday in DH when it doesn't occur until a week before Halloween in PoA. Honestly, *someone* should point out all the places where her inconsistencies distract the reader. I do that for the clients whose works I copyedit (I don't correct the discrepancies; I just query them), but I suppose everyone's too afraid to criticize "famous J. K. Rowling" (as Snape would call her). After all this time, she still doesn't understand what fans mean by "the missing twenty-four hours" in SS/PS.

Carol, hoping that JKR will spend a few pounds on a remedial math course (and maybe a course in logic, too)