Adverbs and other friends

[davewitley]

Kirstin wrote, provocatively:

>"I wonder if JKR has formed a sort of metatext of 
> private author-reader communication around all these adverbs? I 
know, 
> obviously, that that's basically what adverbs do anyway. I'm just 
> speculating as to the liklihood of her having taken the extra 
step." 

I think there are other potential cases of this, particularly in 
OOP, which may be references to the movies or to aspects of the 
fandom.  Pippin and I have mentioned some of them on the main list 
before:

- Luna may be a side-swipe at the 'Mary Sue' phenomenon;
- There is a moment in OOP when Nearly Headless Nick
is prevented from saying something that seems important.  In fact he 
does say it a little later, so I wondered if it was a tribute to  
Nearly Completely Cut John Cleese;
- At some point Snape is described as having a 'curtain' of greasy 
hair.  This seems (to me) just slightly at odds with the Snape of 
the earlier books, but not with Alan Rickman's portrayal.  Perhaps 
it's just my mental image of book!Snape that's askew.

It is an interesting thought that the movies may no longer be 
completely derivative, or, rather, *only* derivative, works.

The guides to pronunciation of Hermione, her 'almost in Ravenclaw' 
reference, and Harry's presents to his friends are more serious 
examples of author listening.

David