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

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 57192

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ersatz Harry" 
<ersatzharry at y...> wrote:

> 
> Not as good an example, but how about the chess game in CoS?  Ron
> apparently sacrifices himself -- bang!  But he wouldn't have been
> there had Harry not brought him along -- angst!
> 
> Or maybe how Ginny was close to feeling when she realized that 
Harry
> had Riddle's book, though that was probably more like angst! bang! 
> Good luck coming up with a short form for that.


Ang-Bang, anyone?

Err...maybe not.  Thanks for playing

I do think that the Bang must always precede the angst for true 
*Bangst* to occur.  The Ron sacrifice isn't a bad example for SS/PS 
eleven-year-old Bangst, but the higher stakes in the later books are 
much more Bangst-rich IMHO.

Jo Serenadust, who really must get to bed before any more naughty 
puns occur