OOP: Disappointing

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 66184

-<<5.      Inconsistencies/Unanswered Questions:  . . . ...Hagrid
still can't do 
magic 
> even though he was cleared in CoS and JKR has said in interviews
that 
> he's now allowed to do magic... ..The Knight Bus 
> picking up the trio from Grimmauld Place after Christmas when Harry 
> originally arrived there in the summer in such great 
> secrecy...Students taking the Hogwarts Express home for Christmas
in 
> CoS, but the trio taking the Knight Bus in OoP.. ...Harry going to
the trouble 
of using 
> the fire in Umbridge's office instead of using the 2-way mirror to 
> talk to Sirius...No explanation of why the Order is called "The
Order 
> of the Phoenix.">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> 

Well, I have some ideas and suggestions about these.  Hagrid has *
permission* to do magic, but he has missed out on a complete Hogwarts 
training and is probably aware of his shortcomings, and doesn't seem
to have 
an intact wand.  Despite his willingness to take risks around
animals, perhaps 
he's not willing to take risks in preforming magic that he isn't
accustomed to 
doing.  He has found a nice niche at Hogwarts in his current role and
seems 
happy in it, with just the occasional need for a bit of magic to help
things 
along.

The Knight Bus seems to be a safe place for Harry, perhaps because
its 
movements are so unpredictable.  He traveled safely the first time he
took it, 
almost by accident when he ran away from the Dursleys.  The Hogwarts 
Express would be watched -- we know that Lucius observed its
departure in 
September; the Knight Bus is apparently more discreet and safer for
Harry.

Harry didn't KNOW about the 2-way mirror; he had either forgotten
that he had 
received a communications-type gift from Sirius, or had misunderstood 
Sirius's comments about how he was to use the wrapped-up item he was 
presented with.  

Has anybody figured out the Phoenix name?  Please share, it has
escaped 
me.

I, too, had hoped Rowling would get a better editor this time around,
but no 
such luck.  Despite her fine grasp on mythology and human nature, her 
writing continues to be weak, relying on awkward structures and
mechanisms. 
Her dialogs are usually spot-on, but she could use structures othe
than "said' 
and an adverb, somebody get that woman a thesaurus, or something,
with 
some verbs for her to use for speakers.   I am SO tired of people's
emotions 
being evidenced by blushing, flushing, their faces "burning", and a
dozen 
other ways of relying on this vascular phenomenon to convey anger.
And cold 
voices.  And I'm also annoyed with the huge role that anger played in
this 
book; I know that Harry's an adolescent (I happen to have a moody 
15-year-
old boy of my own!) , but I kept wondering about the emotional
maturity of the 
wizarding world in general;  I know they're under a lot of emotional
stress, but 
they do fly off the handle so easily!  So much shouting!