Eye Roll

[john at walton.to]

No: HPFGUIDX 24657

Amber said:

> 
> My biggest eye roll? At this exact line in GOF 33, pg658 USed:
> 
> "Now untie him, Wormtail, and give him back his wand."
> 
> Now, I *know* everyone will say that Voldemort needed to do this to 
> prove to his followers that he was stronger/better than Harry. And I 
> see that point, I truly do. But the MOMENT I saw the above line, I 
> knew Harry was going to escape. And at the moment I 
> thought, "Voldemort, you idiot, you should kill Harry, sweep his 
> remains under the rug, and make plans to terrorize the wizarding 
> world. You do NOT untie him, give him his wand back, and 'duel'. 
> Regardless about appearances, it is FAR more important to get rid of 
> the kid than to 'prove' you're stronger than him. You idiot." 
> Voldemort goes through a heck of a lot of trouble to get this kid and 
> he releases him? Feh, I say, feh.
> 
> I very nearly stopped reading at that point, I was rolling my eyes so 
> much. It was the down point in the entire series for me. I'm hoping 
> that Voldemort gets his act in gear after this and doesn't make such 
> a ridiculous mistake in the future.
> 
> Oooo, I know I'm going to be roasted alive for what I wrote. *dons 
> asbestos-lined underwear in preparation*
> 
> ~Amber

Yeah, I agree. And the really annoying thing is that JKR is so multifaceted 
in her other characters (especially the baddies -- Lockhart and Wormtail, for 
example, also Sirius in PoA when we think he's a baddy) that for her to have 
Vole D. More do this is totally groanworthy. If it were a movie, I would be 
yelling at the screen "No! You STUPID man! Don't give him the wand! EVIL 
OVERLORD BOOK!"

I guess that's what happens when a writer is pressured to get a book out on 
schedule -- I'm MORE than willing to wait a few extra months for OotP for JKR 
to be able to iron things like this out of her prose.

--Ivan

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There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well 
written or badly written. That is all.
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