Not thorough, JKR? (WAS: Re: Could the Spectators See the Inside of the Maze?)

[Alex]

No: HPFGUIDX 53261

>Phyllis wrote:
> So I confess myself confused.  I just can't make sense out of 
> spectators watching a dark maze.

Indeed. It makes as much sense as spectators staring at the still surface of a 
lake for an hour during the second task. Is it JKR being sloppy and not 
thinking about these scenes from the spectator point of view? Or even what 
was happening back at the stadium while Harry was at the graveyard?

When Harry returns, he's mobbed by Dumbledore, et al, but no one really 
seems to say, "Where have you been, we wondered what you and Cedric 
were doing for the past 30 minutes" There's no indication that they've been 
gone for a while, nor that time somehow stopped. Again, bad planning, JKR? 
Lack of being thorough?

That's what I think is going on. As much as I love the HP books, like many 
other series, there are always mistakes and problems. We know JKR's not 
perfect (no one is), and she's made mistakes (wand order, anyone?), and 
writing in series rather than one huge volume, (i.e., Lord of the Rings was all 
written before being published), she doesn't have the benefit of being able to 
go back and make sure the details are correct, so can we blame her?

Obviously, we are all feeding on the mysteries and inconsistencies so maybe 
we love it as much as we hate it. 

~~Aesob, who uh...hopes he can do a better job when he's a famous author...