CoS scene.

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 80344

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> wrote:
> 
> In _canon_, the _book_, which the movie is _not_, the Hand of Glory 
is
> not emphasized or given undue attention. > 
> 
When JKR is giving a clue she means for us to remember, she usually
> repeats it or echoes it in some way later on.  I think that's the 
time
> to take notice.
> 
> I think constructing a theory based on which scenes are left in the
> movies is, no offense, the road to folly.  Canon trumps the movies
> each and every time; that's why the posting guidelines say 
movie "stuff is out


Jen: Yes, perhaps folly. I was basing my thoughts on the Hand of 
Glory from the book, though, not the movie. The one part of my post 
that you included was simply alluding to an interview that I believe 
is considered canon-- the JKR/Steve Kloves interview:

"I will sometimes ask Jo. I will say, you know, this detail, you just 
seem to have cast just a bit more light on this in this scene than 
the other details. Sometimes I'm wrong, but often she'll say "No, 
that is going to play." There's one thing in Chamber, actually, that 
Jo indicated will play later in the series." 

I agree the scene in the book about the Hand of Glory, taken alone, 
is subtle. But within the context of JKR's constant reference to 
hands throughout the series, just introducing the Hand of Glory makes 
me take notice. And then to have JKR specifically bring it up in an 
interview, the Larry King one I incuded in my previous post on this 
thread...that seemed important to me. 

My theory about why I thought it was important is because I DO think 
this "withered hand" shows up again in a different form--in GOF when 
Wormtail cuts off his hand  and is given the "silvery" replacement 
hand by Voldemort. 

You don't have to agree with any theory posted--who does? It just 
really bothers me to see one small snippet of my post taken out of 
context and lumped in with "movie" contamination when I was making a 
much broader point and not a comparison. No Admin warning was 
attached to my post and in fact the Admin warnings I saw on the 
thread said it was OK to discuss what JKR wanted included in the film.