consistency in HP (was re: ...Clocks)

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 17430

Naama wrote:
>You know, I really hope JKR never enters this mailist. If she saw
>messages like this, she would just throw up her hands in defeat and
>give up on the whole HP project. The feeling of inadequecy when faced
>with the impossible level of inner consistency demanded here will
>overhelm her completely, I'm sure!  ;-)

I dunno - she could always adopt various ingenious solutions to plot holes 
suggested here :)  I also think it's a tribute to the internal consistency 
of HP that we even have these discussions.  They allow us to spend a little 
more time in the HP world.  I don't demand consistency above everything e.g. 
Why did it take Ron so long to get back from Hogsmeade when Snape was 
telling Harry off?  Maybe he was delayed by Crabbe and Goyle, maybe he ran 
into another teacher first - who knows?  It just makes a great scene when he 
rushes in, panting, to confirm Harry's story.  Where I *do* get my 
microscope out is in relation to the core mysteries - why was V after the 
Potters?  Why did Dumbledore make no comment when Hagrid said he was going 
to return the flying motorbike Sirius lent him?  What destroyed the house?  
Was it the curse that failed, or something/someone else?  I don't expect 
answers to these questions (yet) but I do expect everything will hang 
together with these answers in the meantime.
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