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No: HPFGUIDX 15344

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., love2write_11098 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
 
> > Every once in awhile someone raises the question of why we don't 
> hear 
> > about this or that thing until a later book.  E.g. why do we never 
> > hear the term "Death Eaters" until GoF?  Is this a Flint on JKR's 
> > part? etc.
> 
> While I agree with most of your observations -- that most of the 
> things just come up when they come up and that it makes the books 
> more interesting -- I think that "Death Eaters" has a very specific 
> reason for not being brought up as early as PS/SS: it's too dark. 
> etc. 

I agree with both of you - Some things come up as JKR writes along and 
the books DO get darker each time.
Another Point is that most things that are new to Harry are perfectly 
normal to the rest of the wizarding world. One of Ron's most frequent 
remark is "I forgot, you can't know". They don't tell Harry 
everything, because they assume that he, like themselves, has allways 
known.