Harry not catching details (was Re: Chill out, guys)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:
> In PoA chapter #10, the trio goes into "The Three Broomsticks" and 
> orders and consumes three butterbeers.  No money or payment of any 
> kind is mentioned.  Therefore by your logic, they got those 
> butterbeers for free.

AND

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:
> Either Harry was too distracted to notice, or the Narrator doesn't 
> mention it.  Either way, you cannot state that just because it isn't 
> stated, it didn't happen. 

Clearly, I'm not explaining myself properly.  I can see where you got 
your first point, though if I'd made myself more clear than you would 
see it couldn't be used to justify that.  That's my fault for being 
unclear.  I'm not really sure where you got your second point, since I 
didn't say anything of the sort and, in fact, wouldn't agree with such 
a statement.  But again, since you got that impression, I must have 
unintentionally given you it somehow.  So I will try to re-explain 
from scratch later and hopefully then things will make more sense 
(though you may still disagree as that's your perrogative, of course). 
 I'm afraid I'm too exhausted tonight.

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:
> Luke,  If you have time, I'd love to hear more about the authorial 
> Theory of Misinformation.

I will try to do this, since certainly the lack of explanation of this 
is probably a big part of why people are misunderstanding what I meant 
in my other posts (of course, my own lack of explanatory skills are 
equally to blame).  Unfortunately, this would be ridiculously long to 
explain without a LOT of spare time.  I might have to focus on just 
one part of it, like the Authorial Theory of Misinformation only in 
how it impacts narrators (as that's the current discussion) and not 
characters.  Even then, it might be a bit much.  We'll see.

-Luke