Hermione's Birthday; SHIP (FITD)

[Petra Pan]

No: HPFGUIDX 55337

Penny to Susanne, in part:
> No, FITD is not a certainty.  But,
> it sure seems she passed up a golden
> opportunity to shoot down H/H (or at
> least solidify R/H), IMHO.

So, Penny, can you actually give a good 
reason for JKR to shoot down ANY ship?  
She's surely not 'Dread Pirate Rowling.'
;)

JKR is a spinner of tales, strictly 
speaking not merely a reporter of events.  
Why would she delineate with clarity and 
finality the eventual fate of characters 
in a story that she has yet to finish?

I would be very disappointed in historians 
or journalists or scientists or judges/jury/
lawyers or writers of users' manuals or 
authors of how-to's (especially if there's 
one entitled "Romance for Dummies") who pass 
up golden opportunities to shoot down 
erroneous assumptions.

I would be *appalled* if a writer of 
narrative DIDN'T sidestep verbal traps that 
would have him/her reveal future plot points 
out of context.  Isn't the untimely 
revelation of pertinent information in 
regards to either character or plot 
development a defining feature of that which 
we call spoilers?

*Of course* JKR could shoot down any variety 
of predictions about the future of WW and 
its various denizens...but...where is the 
'foreplay' in THAT?  <eg>  Surely you would
not want the future books to be anti-
'climactic'?  Because that is what they would 
be if all narrative strands are tied up neatly 
while only 57% into the whole story.

Indulge me in my redundancy...so Penny, *can* 
you actually articulate for our edification a 
good reason that could compel JKR at this 
point in time to shoot down the ships that 
will not make it out of the docks?  

And would you support her doing so if it means 
that she's gonna sink your battleSHIP?

<evilly a-cackling>

Katy, in part:
> So basically she acknowledged that
> the 4th book is "foreshadowing" (NOT
> HINTING) towards Hr/R and acknowledges
> that Columbus hinted at it in the
> 2nd film...both of which I picked up
> on. Why would she foreshadow something
> that was not going to come to pass?

Ah but in JKR's books how do you tell 
the foreshadowing from the red herrings?  
The only difference between foreshadowing 
and red herring is that the former is 
accurate and the latter is misleading.  
Which is to say that until the big reveal, 
a good mystery leaves the readers utterly 
unable to tell which is which.

See, I think *we* are the drowsy dragon 
being tickled...

Petra, dons life preserver but boards no ship
a
n  ;)

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