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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 57125

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." 
<cindysphynx at c...> wrote:

> 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?
<snip>
> 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 . . . 

Ohhhh, JKR *loves* bangst. Examples:

 Seeing Voldemort kill  the spare right in front of you --Bang!
Thinking it was your fault because you made him take the cup 
with you--Angst! 

 You find out your pal is a traitor when you discover the murdered 
bodies of your best friend and his wife -- Bang!
You realize he couldn't have done it if it weren't for your clever 
idea --Angst!


Other examples, anyone?


Pippin