OoP Re: Is Anyone Else's Head About to *Explode?*

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 64470

Re-posting due to a slight absence of the OoP prefix!
>
> Cindy said
> > My main problem was the character
> > development. It seems that favorite characters were brought out
for
> > window-dressing purposes. I mean, if Moody and Lupin and Figg
aren't
> > going to do much relevant to the plot, well . . . why bother?
>
> Then Dicentra argued -
>
> Oh, sorry if your favorite characters didn't get to star in this
one.
> Lupin had PoA. Moody had GoF (sort of). Figg was never meant to be
> a major player to begin with: I mean, she's just a Squib for the
sake
> of Pete. Just because you wanted desperately to find out that Moody
> was an undercover operative working for Rookwood -- and JKR didn't
> read the list, become dazzled with the idea, and put it in the
series
> -- doesn't mean OoP is flawed. It just means that your expectations
> for OoP were far too rigid. But if you want to ruin the experience
by
> using a narrow little ruler of your own making, that's your
problem,
> not JKR's.
>
> Now me -
>
> Actually I'm going to have to disagree with you there (much as I'm
enjoying
> the petty bickering <g>). Moody was unconscious and in a trunk for
the whole
> of GoF. I too was hoping to see a little more of him in this one.
Figg -
> well I wanted to see more but I discovered she was a Squib and
realised that
> was all i needed to know, Lupin - yeah a little more would have
been nice,
> but he'll be back. If only to die horribly in book 7 so that JKR
can have
> killed off everyone who really knew Harry's parents in an effort
to drive
> the boy insane *pouts* Sometimes I wonder exactly whow much she
likes her
> hero.
>
> Personally I thought OoP was the best so far, more adult and more
complex
> certainly, different structure in that there was no specific Quest
for Harry
> but very enlightening and down right creepy. Frankly with people
like
> Umbridge working for the Ministry I have to wonder if we wouldn't
all be
> better off with Voldemort - at least they're supposed to be evil.
>
> Do any of the other Sirius lovers around here feel ever so
slightly guilty
> admitting to loving the book even despite what happened to him? I
never
> thought she'd kill him and I always assumed he'd get to clear his
name at
> some point. Admittedly I did wonder if clearing his name might not
be
> tempting fate in a similar way to showing your squadmates a
picture of your
> sweetheart in a WWII film and explaining how when the war was over
you were
> going to settle down with her on the farm .... I certainly wasn't
expecting
> this - and there'd better be a point beyond that of life's tough,
people
> die!
>
> K
 
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