[HPforGrownups] Analyze This (was Re: Scabbers looking to get near Harry)

[heidi tandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 46576


In response to my post that 

> > It's also possible that he selected the family for those reasons,
> and
> > then spent time, over the years, training Ron to be evil AND a
> friend to
> > Harry.
> > 
> > Oh, stop laughing. There's canon support for this.
> > 

Shelley wrote:
> 
> Okay, I'm pretty new here and haven't delved much past the surface 
> of the books, but this rocks my whole HP belief system. LOL.  This 
> would mean all bets were off and you couldn't tell the players 
> without a scorecard.  It's very disturbing.  And all supported, or 
> at least not refuted, by canon. **shudders** 

Um. Wibble. The post wasn't really meant to freak people out - not at
all. I think those of us who've been in analysis for coming on 3 years
for GoF (and I don't mean psychiatric analysis, although I know some
people think we'll probably need it if the books' not out by midsummer)
and well, looking into the nuances of the books is a practiced trait. A
while back, this list had a debate about the impact of a semicolon on a
particular bit of canon analysis - and you should see what we did to the
Wand Order issue back before it was "corrected" in printings after
November, 2000. 

When you look at the sheer number of characters in these books, to a
certain extent, you can't tell them without a scorecard, and that's what
many of us look to the Lexicon for - the bare facts and caon statements
about each character, creature, place and thing
(http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon). 

But I'm sure with a little more time meandering among the messages here,
all the newbies who are a bit flummoxed by the discreet bits - and odder
theories - that some of us generate will have your own full share of
unique and interesting insights. Or you'll just enjoy reading about
them, which is fine and good too!

Heidi
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