On giving JKR a break (Was - photo vs. painting in magical world)

[Kirstini]

No: HPFGUIDX 80585

Aussie, trying vainly to stop my JKR-baiting, wrote:
>>Give her a break ... You have to take some things with a grain of 
salt. eg: If the Dursleys never took Harry anywhere growing up, how 
did he learn to swim for the 2nd Tri-Wizard task? Answer: I don't 
know and I don't care! JKR lets us explore another part of the 
wizarding world by taking us underwater.>> 

But I don't want to give her a break! I'm having too much fun.
If we all gave her a break, then we'd patiently sit back and wait for 
the next book to come out, and we'd accept everything she wrote 
without question, and there wouldn't be any need for discussion 
groups. JKR has too much respect for her audience to create a book 
which doesn't intitate debate. She's presented me with a world, and I 
want to unravel every bit of it so that I can experience as much of 
it as possible - and if, during that unravelling, I come across 
something which isn't immediately clear to me, I pounce (think of me, 
if you will, as a grumpy cat at a ball of wool with suspicious lumps 
in it). I pounce with huge enjoyment. I imagine it gives me a petty 
sense of triumph too, in a sad sort of way. But this sort of nit-
picking adds to the pleasure I personally get from the texts, and 
judging by the plethora of Flint-spotters on list, I'm not alone in 
that. Perhaps I came across as a bit harsh on JKR, which wasn't my 
intention at all, as my tongue was firmly in my cheek during the 
writing of that post. 

NB - children at most British state primary schools are taught basic 
swimming. Not that Harry needed it, he had the Gillyweed to enable 
him to swim underwater. ;p   

Kirstini, still hopefully angling to catch the eye of a LOON.