Wand Order Fix

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 25893

Penny asked, plaintively:

> But, I think the point is if *we,* with a little thought, could come 
up 
> with several possible explanations for the wand order issue, why 
> couldn't she or her editors have done the same thing?

Because she would have to change a MAJOR plot point:  what happened at 
Godric's Hollow.  All the theories involve someone besides Voldemort 
having been there, Voldemort having duelled someone else at the house, 
someone besides Voldemort having killed James and Lily (a plot twist 
to end all plot twists!), etc.

I agree that they should have said a public "Whoops!  Isn't it great 
that people read HP so closely that they picked up on this?  Sorry 
'bout that" when they made the change, and I will grudgingly allow 
that JKR should probably have rewritten the passage more extensively 
rather than just changing a few words (as you know, I have a complaint 
with the one substantial change she *did* make, the omission of the 
"[s]he wants to see you").

While I agree that James has been growing in importance in the books, 
I disagree with this:

> In short though, Harry was *NOT* thinking about his mother that 
night as far as we know.  He *HAD*, however, been thinking about his 
father."

He *was* thinking of his mother, just a few pages back.  "...Voldemort 
was right -- his mother was not here to die for him this time . . . he 
was quite unprotected . . . "  It is not as vivid as the thoughts of 
his father (and the wish to keep his Patronus with him in the maze, 
which always tugs at my heart), but then, the text doesn't say he was 
thinking of her more than any other person, just any other woman.

Furthermore, as much as I find the slight shift from a focus on Lily 
in 1 & 2 to one on James in 3 & 4 interesting from a 
psychological-development point of view, I think it likely that this 
shift (and this development) will not continue in a simple, linear 
way.  We know from Jo that we're going to learn a lot more about Lily, 
and we have strong hints that there is a connection between her 
magical abilities and Harry's (b/c of their eyes).  Harry is not done 
identifying with his mother; he's barely begun.

Amy Z

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