Plot hole, names

[lupinesque]

No: HPFGUIDX 32411

Cindy wrote:

> > Then one day, JKR is writing "The Egg and the Eye."  Harry is 
> sneaking around with the Marauder's Map, and it occurs to JKR that 
> she has totally forgotten to account for the fact that the 
Marauder's 
> Map will reveal that fake Moody will show up on the Map 
> as "Weasley".  This is a huge blunder that blows the plot wide open. 

Tabouli wrote:
 
> Couldn't that have been more easily solved by getting Weasley/Moody 
to see and confiscate the Map a lot earlier, perhaps by having him 
seeing Cousin Weasley snooping about, going out to inspect and then 
having the whole Egg and magic step scenario?  Could be managed, at a 
pinch.

I have a simpler solution still.  If I were JKR's editor at the 
moment she discovered this problem <begins hyperventilating at the 
thrill of the very thought> <puts head in paper bag> <ah, that's 
better> I would pat her hand and say, "Calm down, honey.  Just ditch 
the Map.  Harry didn't bring it along to his bath at all, problem 
solved.  Feeling better?  Here, have a cuppa."

The only apparent plot purpose for having Harry look at the Map that 
evening, besides him seeing "Crouch" in Snape's office, is to get it 
into Moody [or whoever]'s hands.  If that were still essential to 
the plot, she could easily have written in the carrying and dropping 
of the Map without ever having Harry actually look at it or see the 
name of whoever's in Snape's office.  Again, problem erased.

Tabouli wrote:

> On the names - Isabel is a much nicer name than Morag... did JKR 
change it to make her sound more sinister?

I agree with you, but that doesn't mean JKR does.  Remember, she named 
her hero Harry because she thinks it's the nicest boy's name known to 
Englishdom, and it would be about #495 on my list of names to give a 
son.  No offense, JKR and Heidi!  <g> De gustibus and variety is the 
spice and all that good stuff.

Amy Z

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