Harry's Temper Was Re: Feelings on OoP

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No: HPFGUIDX 80246


> sbursztynski <greatraven at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melanie Black 
> <princessmelabela at y...> wrote:
> > So I'm not sure of anything...<snip>  I feel we are almost in a 
sort 
> of 
> > tug of war where she wants us to be passive readers and let her 
> tell 
> > the story and we want to pull the story out of her.

> > > >>Sue B> 
> >>Actually, I think she just wants us to have fun >>guessing - and 
it 
> >>*is* fun! I read an interview with her where she was >>asked for 
some 
> >>information, I forget about what, and said it would >>spoil the 
fun 
> >>people were having on the fan sites. <snip>

> Eowynn:
> 
> I would tend to side with you both. I feel that the whole 'tug-a-
war' adds a lot of fun into her writing the books. <snip>As for us 
guessing, I can't think of how I will feel in a few years when the 
series is done, I will have all the answers to all my many questions 
(ESE Lupin?!) and my anticipation will end. I will still enjoy 
reading the books, but I will miss tracking down all the clues and 
finding all the red herrings. Most of
>  all I will miss the conversations I have with my friends and all 
of you on HP4GU. Anticipation is the key to a good story. And I 
believe that JKR has got our full attention, so bring on the fun!

> Laura:

Well, they *are* her books, so who would have a better right to be 
manipulative?  Reading and thinking about fiction necessitates 
accepting the author's rules, don't you think?  That's why the 
posters on this list are so careful to cite canon-otherwise all bets 
are off.  But that's the fun, isn't it-thinking within boundaries and 
seeing how those boundaries can stretch?

As for the discussion ending when the books end, don't worry about 
that, Eowynn! There's still a healthy industry in Sherlock Holmes 
analysis and pastiche over a hundred years after the stories first 
began to appear, and in addition to the Baker Street Irregulars, 
there are active scion societies all over the world.  Maybe I'll 
start a Marauders society in my home town...:-)
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