[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Just wondering...

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

Carole:
> I don't like the over emphasis on realism in fiction. It's nice to 
> have a story be somewhat true to life, but when the main goal is 
> realism you end up with non-fiction, not entertaining stories. I think 
> you can write a good book without killing off characters just for the 
> sake of "realism". Survival can be realistic, too. 
> I read fiction for entertainment. If I want realism I'll open my 
> bills :)

Sandy:
Yeah, especially the utility bill. That one made my heart skip a few beats 
this month :(




Carole:
> Not to be too political, but I also don't like the idea of healthy 
> young people "dying for a cause". We have enough martyrs in the world 
> right now; hopefully JKR won't make one of the trio a martyr as well. 
> 
> Carole
> 
> 

Sandy:
Exactly, thank you very much. Given the theme of the books I can, to a 
certain degree, accept that some of the adults are going to die, but I absolutely 
cannot accept the young people dying. She has already killed a teen ager, which 
I found quite traumatic, but can accept because it makes a point and was not a 
character we got the chance to get too attached to. Killing off any of the 
other young people would be anti-climatic IMO and serve no useful purpose. To 
kill any of the Trio would be unforgivable. I have said that if she kills Harry 
I will never read the books again, and I certainly would not read anything 
else she ever wrote. I now will include Ron and Hermione. What would be the point 
of putting Harry through 16 years of hell only to kill him off in the end? He 
has already lost his parents, Sirius and Dumbledore, but losing Ron and/or 
Hermione would be too unspeakably cruel. If he were to survive and they die he 
would carry that burden of guilt with him for the rest of his life feeling it 
was his fault. Harry has suffered enough.

Sandy


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