JKR Does SO Love Weatherby! AKA Penny, we need you here!

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 46261

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphinx at c...> wrote:
> What?!?  Hey, last time I checked, *four* people had, uh, seen 
> Hermione's light at the end of her long tunnel. 

Let's make a deal. I'll support Hermione's death every bit as 
sincerely as you do, if you endorse my Frank Longbottom ambush 
scenario every bit as I sincerely as I do. (I can't believe your 
passing up on that one. It has Frank betrayed by his erstwhile 
colleague and friend EverSoEvil!Moody. We could even work in Rookwood 
if you like.) 

> >Meanwhile, she can't stuff every death into the last book. 
> 
> Yes, that's true.  One must *pace* oneself when it comes to rubbing 
> out fictional characters.  Right?  ;-)

Absolutely. Otherwise, the last book is going to be whole-sale 
slaughter, from one end to another. One death a chapter. There won't 
even be time for plot amidst the funerals. No, she has to pace 
herself. And to utilize bloody ambushes. These are good because you 
can off a few characters at once, which means you can have the odd 
death-free chapter for variety. 

> And Eileen continues:
> 
> >Because JKR loves Percy, even if
> > certain unappreciative child readers don't, because she loves the
> > Weasleys, and it's going to be heartbreaking. 
> 
> Hold up, hold up.  JKR?  Loves?  Percy?
> 
> Oh, I don't think so.

<splutters> 

Oh yes, this is the woman who has a soft spot for both Severus Snape 
and Sirius Black and you're saying she doesn't love Percy Weasley.

Yes, I know, she says she dislikes Severus, and she does disapprove 
of his character. But, to paraphrase Elkins, the point here is that 
she keeps a hard nose towards him. She obviously has quite a bit of 
affection for the blighter, the way Dumbledore does. 

Well, well, well. I see a massive Percy post is needed. A post to 
prove to you that JKR likes Percy a great deal. 

But for this...

>  So the point of having Percy splash out to 
> check on Ron is to show just how scary the second task was -- not 
to 
> show the reader that Percy is a great guy and all.

SCARY? You think JKR wanted to show the second task as scary? 

And all that time it was playing out as farce? From Percy chewing 
Harry out, to Viktor's botched shark transformation, to Harry's 
antics in the lake, to Ron chewing out Harry. And then JKR added a 
white-faced Percy running into the lake because it was SCARY? 
Nevermind, the fact that the Percy scene is hilarious in itself on 
more than one level. (I'd be very disturbed if I were Viktor or 
Cedric to see the judge running out to meet one of the hostages and 
one of the champions, who happen to be the judge's brother and best 
friend.) But you say, it's supposed to have us all shaking in our 
shoes on Harry's behalf.  
  
And then you repeat that old accusation of Superfluous!Percy. I blew 
Superfluous!Percy out of the water about two months ago, and you said 
you'd be right back with a defense, and you NEVER did! I showed 
exactly why Percy is key to the books, and you didn't adress a single 
point. So, let's not have anymore of Superfluous!Percy, unless you 
plan to answer Post 44800. 

Eileen