Ratings, wheeze, LOTR, secrets

[Simon Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 981

What is an R rating?

In the UK, for movies, we have U (universal - suitable for all), PG
(Parental Guidance - your guess is as good as mine as to what this really
means), 12 (suitable for 12+), 15 (suitable for 15+), 18 (suitable for 18+)
and some sort of 18+ rating. I am assuming the R rating is something that
has been converted from the movie scene as a rough guideline for content of
fan fiction.

"As no one seems to have answered this - the COED defines a wheeze (noun
colloq. British) as  'a clever scheme'."

So describing it as breathe with a hoarse whistling sound is not required
here! Do people think the chapter name was done on purpose to make the
initials www?

"If you want to get even more technical, the "trilogy" should really be
considered one long work divided into three volumes, but still separate from
The Hobbit."

>From the preface of my edition of the novel: The Lord of the Rings is often
erroneously called a trilogy, when it is in fact a single novel, consisting
of six books plus appendices, sometimes published in three volumes.

Earlier today Peg posted a long message about secrets. Quite a few people
replied to this. If you do reply to messages such as this (which are quite
long), especially if you just wish to say it was amazing or that you agree
with the points raised, then do not send the entire original post back
again.

"Hermione does not show Dumbledore's tact in letting Remus reveal his own
secrets. I wonder whether he would have said anything if she hadn't forced
his hand."

Yes I think he would have done so. I got he impression that when Lupin
arrived he was going to make sure everything was explained to Harry before
any action was taken against Peter. To do this Lupin would have been forced
to reveal his secret.
In Hermione's reaction we were seeing a typical wizard reaction to a
werewolf (cf Ron's reaction to Lupin in response to this declaration). I got
the impression that she blurted it out because she thinks it explains
Lupin's actions.

"When he hits upon Sirius as the best person to confide in, he is
relieved--but then he becomes angry at himself and tries to "take the secret
back" (my scar really didn't hurt) when Sirius takes Harry's news seriously
and reacts as a parent would, by coming north."

I was amazed at how quickly Harry was prepared to accept Sirius into his
life. By Sirius' own admission he was responsible for the deaths of James
and Lily. Will we be seeing a similar forgiveness shown by Cho? Harry blames
himself for this death. If I were forced to make a choice then I would pick
Cho to be Harry's girl (well there is of course my other idea - yahoo
message: 5445)

Simon