[HPforGrownups] Re: Priori Incantatem Order

[Kathleen Kelly MacMillan]

No: HPFGUIDX 1704

>I'm new to the list, so this has probably been long ago considered and
>discarded, but....authors *do* screw up sometimes. Maybe JKR just was caught
>up in the drama of the moment?


Several people have said this, but I for one just don't but this theory.  A) 
JKR does not screw up on the big stuff, and this is pretty big stuff, and more 
importantly B) the fact that the Priori Incantatem spell regurgitates the last 
spells it performed IN REVERSE ORDER is emphasized 4 or 5 times--a little too 
emphatically, I think, for it all to be a mistake.  (And even if it is a 
mistake, JKR better find a way to incorporate it into the plot pronto or deal 
with mobs of angry fans!)  But seriously, in rereading GoF, the number of 
times this was emphasized really stood out for me--almost like she was begging 
us to notice that something was amiss.

Kathy
who is still mulling over Peg's post on envy and trying tocome up with 
something intelligent to add!