Suggestions please: Mysteries

nkafkafi nkafkafi at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 23 12:32:30 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 110986

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve Vander Ark" 
<vderark at b...> wrote:
> Hey, gang...
> 
> I'm working on updating and upgrading the Mysteries section of the 
> Lexicon. I'd like to list Top Mysteries, the ones that keep us all 
> wondering and posting. <snip>

Neri:
JKR had recently added two big mysteries: 

*Why didn't LV die when the rebounded AK hit him? 

*Why didn't DD try to kill LV in the MoM battle? 

The advantage of these mysteries is that they are guaranteed to be 
original mysteries, of the kind that is solved in the end.

My own pet mystery lately was:

*Who really pronounces the name "Voldemort" in the books?

Pettigrew, Crouch Jr. and Crouch Sr. all pronounce it once, which is 
very out-of-character. I found some evidence that all three cases are 
editorial mistakes:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/109098
So I think it is not exactly a mystery but more of an inconsistency. 
It also stands some chance of being resolved soon, since per 
your "what's new" from June 19, JKR is sending out revisions to 
editing and translating teams, and she seems to be advancing towards 
the end of PoA, where the first of these suspected mistakes occur.

Neri 






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