In defense of JKR and dead horses everywhere

[katzefan at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25886

>From:  justanopinion2001 at h...

>I've been following this wand order correction discussion with 
>interest.  I have to say that I am a little surprised at some of the 
>statements made....
>I thought the point here was for people to discuss the books 
>and canon and to enjoy noodling about these issues.  If people 
>are of the view that this one, isolated wand order thing is the 
>end of their admiration for JKR, well, OK.  If noodling isn't any 
>fun for someone because of it, that's unfortunate.  But for me, 
>the error just shows how difficult the whole process must be 
>and how tightly plotted and well-thought out the books are and 
>have to be.
>As for the way the error was fixed, I think people are blowing it 
>out of proportion. ...Just fix it and be more careful next time.  
>That's what they did. I don't think JKR owed her fans anything 
>more, and I personally don't have a problem with that.

>Laura

I had a nice, lengthy, carefully worded (I hoped) defence of JKR 
drawn up and was just fine-tuning it ... however, I think Laura has 
said it far more concisely and effectively than my would-be post, 
so will just trash mine, salute Laura and her moderate and 
sensible offering, and go off (*sigh*) to work.



>Cindy (wondering what "beating a dead horse" would look like 
>coming out of Voldemort's wand)

Don't know what it would *look* like, but how about  sound 
effects of 'ThwackThwackThwack' periodically interrupted by 
shouts of 'Enough already!' ....?