Discussing (was Hermione's Reaction to... )

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 106198

Paul wrote :
> I was just tired from the endless repetition of the same points the 
> last couple of months since I became a member of this group. 
(snip)
> I suggest we find together a better way to analyse the love aspects 
> of this Saga.

Del replies :
Dear Paul, if you can find such a better way, or even indeed any *new*
way to analyse *anything* in the books, many of us will be greatly
thankful to you !!

I'm not kidding. One reason so many threads end up in boxing matches
is because we've already studied all the most obvious points again and
again and again, to death and beyond. We almost know them by heart now.

Sometimes, when I see an obvious newbie asking a question that the
older posters could answer in their sleep, I have a surge of
irritation. And then right after that, I feel something very much like
jealousy : "Boy, that one is still *that* innocent, s/he has still so
much to discover !" That's why most of the time I resist the urge to
reply and to give them a digest of the conclusions the group came to
the last 3 times we breached that subject :-) And then if I have
nothing else to do, I read the answers (often from newer posters too)
and I enjoy seeing them going through the same arguments as I went a
few months or years ago, and discover all those things I've known for
so long now.

The older crowd here are *all* looking for fresh stuff : new things to
discuss or new ways to discuss them. That's how TBAY emerged for
example. So you can believe me when I tell you that we'll all be
infinitely grateful to you if you can give us fresh meat to chew on !

However, you must be ready for the "TBAY effect" : if you propose a
format of discussion radically different from the classic debate we
have usually, chances are quite a few of us won't be able to follow.
There's also what I would call the "Alchemy effect" : that's when you
base your posts on specific knowledge that not many people have or
even are interested in. There again, not many will be able to follow
you. But that must NOT stop you from proposing anything you might be
thinking of. Whatever enriches one thread always ends up enriching the
whole forum.

So if anyone has any idea, please don't feel shy !

Del