OOP: Disappointing

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 66104

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Phyllis" 
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
 
> 
> 2.	The Thestrals:  When we first learn that the only people who 
> can see thestrals are those that can see death, I immediately 
started 
> to wonder why Harry can only see them after Cedric's death when he 
> saw his Mum die as a baby.  I kept hoping that an explanation would 
> be provided, but when none came by the end of the book, I was very 
> disappointed.  IMO, this is a major flint.  I think JKR confirmed 
> that it is a flint by the way she answered the question at the 
Royal 
> Albert Hall event.  She was asked why Harry can see the thestrals 
> only now when he saw his Mum die as a baby.  I think JKR jumped to 
> the conclusion that she was being asked why Harry can see the 
> thestrals now when he couldn't see them at the end of GoF, because 
> she answered the question by saying that the knowledge of Cedric's 
> death needed to "sink in" before the thestrals gradually came into 
> focus.   

Yes, and then she said it would have been problematic to mention the 
Thestrals at the end of GOF, without explaining it. And quite 
frankly, considering that some fans even think that not enough was 
answered in OOTP, I can understand JKRs point of view. I would have 
want to see fans reaction, if Harry suddenly were able to see some 
creatures nobody else can see at the end of GOF, and JKR wouldn't 
have explained it. I believe her in this case, that the reason was 
because it would have been problematic to include the Thestrals in 
GOF, and even it is was a flint, her explanation to cover it, is IMO 
a good one. And @ Lily: Harry might have seen her die (and even this 
isn't sure, for all we know, he could have been sleeping), but he 
didn't realize, what he saw. So I have no problems at all with it.

Hickengruendler