Explosion -Alternate (was: Attack on Hogwarts)

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 107679

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <asian_lovr2 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> I think Carolyn has brought up a very important point, although I'm
> not sure she realizes it. Notice that Carolyn posted her quote in 
two
> separate parts. Also, note that the new Book 6 chapter is 'very like
> this' rather than 'actaully is'.
> 
> Here is my read on what JKR said. She first discussed one possible
> scenerio about how it all began. This one possible scenerio was
> disgarded as unworkable and changed to the Godric's Hollow version.
> 
> As a completely separate statement, she goes on to say that at last
> she has found a way to use a chapter 'very like this'. The 'very 
like
> this' is not an island exploding and Hermione's parents rushing to
> help, that story line was discarded, not postponed; the chapter in
> question is the /further/ explanation of what happened the night
> Harry's parents died which is the night at Godric's Hollow.
> 

Carolyn:
Erm, yes Steve, this is what JKR actually says on her site: that this 
chapter that she has been waiting to use will explain more back 
history about events at Godric's Hollow. If you remember, she 
discusses how she first had a muggle betray the Potters, then a 
character called Pyrites, but eventually settled on Pettigrew. 

Her actual words are: 'The trouble with that chapter was (as so often 
in a Harry Potter book), I had to give a lot of information yet 
conceal even more.' Conclusive evidence, if anyone still needs it, 
that insisting on surface readings of these books is a mistake.

Kneasy was just speculating that we had yet to visit Azkaban, and I 
was reminded of that exploding island scenario. Just because the idea 
didn't get used in the original context (ie in connection with the 
Potters' deaths), doesn't mean she might not recycle it elsewhere. 

However, Kneasy makes the reasonable point that Azkaban is supposed 
to be a long way offshore, so it would be difficult to see an 
explosion from the mainland. Assuming she has got a grip on her 
distances here (remember, maths just isn't one of her strong points), 
then maybe she has already re-used the 'remote island' scenario in 
Chapter 3 of PS/SS, where Hagrid comes to collect Harry from the hut-
on-the-rock.

Just another thought.

Carolyn