TBAY: Bang + Angst = Bangst ? (WAS Re: You Guys *Want* Hagrid To Die

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 57120

Jo wrote (of Pippin's "Norbert Nails Hagrid" scenario):

> OOOOH, I like that one.  Dragon-death could be nice and gruesome, 
> yet rather poetic given Hagrid's passion for them.

Oh, yes.  I must say that is a compelling one.  Any demise involving 
fire is Bangy almost by definition.  Fire-breathing is even better!

Jo continued:

>Of course, this lacks the Harry Bang/angst (Bangst?) 

Bangst?  **Bangst**?

I -- I just don't know what to make of this new concept "Bangst."  
Consider the definition of "Big Bang":

>"Indeed, Big Bangers have a rather rigid bright line test to assist 
>us in determining which theories are acceptable. If we can't 
>imagine a climactic, Oscar-worthy scene in which a character 
>chooses a dramatically different path because of a Big Event, then 
>the theory won't fly under Big Bang." 

So Big Bang encompasses the idea that JKR prefers the highly 
dramatic and even melodramatic scene to the more sedate alternatives.

But what role does "angst" play in Big Bang?

I profess myself confused.  "Angst" has Edge, no doubt about it.  
But can angst be Bangy in the traditional way?  I'm not sure.  
People do a lot of biting their lower lips and weeping when they are 
suffering overwhelming angst.  Weeping does *not* Bang.  Punching 
out a window Bangs.  

I don't know.  Jo may have come across a new way to view and 
evaluate canon here -- a "Bangst" assessment.  Are there true 
examples of "Bangst" in canon?  I dunno . . . 

Cindy -- muttering to herself as she tries to sort this out