JKR vs CSL revisited

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 27888

Tabouli wrote:

<too much good stuff to include it all!>

> By contrast, JKR does not need to fly "from that time forth 
>Hermione became a different girl" flags in the narrative voice 
>(though she occasionally does, albeit in the voice of her 
>characters), because she "shows" us, she doesn't need to "tell" us 
>about it.  We understand Hermione, and we can appreciate how what 
>happens to her in the books 
>cause her to change without suddenly failing to recognise her.

YES, beautifully said, and this is why I like it that Hermione still 
has flare-ups of bossiness/know-it-all-hood <g>, even in GoF.  Some 
have said that it shows she hasn't changed her ways.  I think she has 
changed, a lot, but like most real people she doesn't completely cast 
aside a characteristic.  It's excellent writing on JKR's part, IMO.
 
> What I thought was particularly interesting was the comment that CSL 
>is working from a Christian perspective of repentance and reform, 
>which neatly explains his habit of one step transformations of Edmund 
>and Eustace.  

I'm not a Christian, but I'll venture to say that even from the 
Christian perspective, repentance and reform are not a simple, 
one-step thing.  That's CSL's own take.  He softens it a bit--Edmund 
and Eustace don't become perfect little angels--but I agree, it is 
more simplistic than JKR's.  He has other strengths, however, that she 
lacks.

Amy Z

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   James and Sirius waited outside the Shrieking Shack 
 for Remus to transform.
   "Damn it," said Sirius, looking at his watch. "The
 moon's been up for an hour."
   James sighed. "Well, you know how it is, Sirius. 
 He won't transform without a Plot Device."
      -Moon and Hyphen, "The Fic That Must Not Be Named"
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