Only one death [was:Re: Sirius was right, Dumbledore was wrong]

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No: HPFGUIDX 93342

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> 
wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure I see it so much as if they weren't *trying*, though.  
> [Are you (gasp!) suggesting a *plot*, Kneasy?? <g>]  I just took it 
> like all those movies or TV shows where there's a whole lotta 
> shootin' goin' on, but not much dyin'.  You know, where you're 
> supposed to believe these bad guys, who presumably spend a lot of 
> time practicing shooting, suddenly become bad shots and miss all the 
> good guys, or only land a glancing blow.  
> 

A plot? Do  you really think so?

Of course as a person who  thinks well of everyone, such a thought 
would never have crossed my mind. Perish the thought.

But yes, the low (indeed almost non-existent) mortality rate doesn't
ring true. TV is a bit different, lots of complaints when blood gets
on the camera, but in a book all it needs is a sentence or two...
 "Leaving Lupin to dispose of the bodies, DD..." Imagination can fill 
in the rest. And these DEs are supposed to be veterans of the Voldy
War part 1. Lots of members of the Order scampering up and down
the steps, you'd expect 'em to nail a few. Most disappointing. The
question remaining is why Sirius? Not that I mind it being Sirius,
couldn't happen to a more deserving chap IMO, but it does look
very much as if it's a prelude to another revelation or two.

Susan
> Confession time:  my one weekly TV fix is Alias.  Same thing there.  
> The good guys manage to kill whoever they need to [except primo bad 
> guy Sark, who they always seem to forget to shoot at], while the bad 
> guys always manage to miss the good guys while firing 50 rounds at 
> them.  I figured it was the same thing w/ JKR--she wanted to present 
> us w/ an anxious situation & an exciting battle, but it's too early 
> in the series for that climactic battle w/ massive loss of life [that 
> I know so many of you are hankering for].
> 

Confession is good for the soul, or so they say. But I'm not sure it's
healthy to admit to such perversions in public. The other fans might get
upset. I did see the first three (or was it four?) episodes but failed to get
hooked. I'm not a TV addict, prefer to bury myself in a book and let my
imagination run riot. And when that happens... let's see, Bellatrix is the
love child of DD and Sirius' aunt and all the House Elves at Hogwarts
are escapees from her experiments in sensory overload administered by
the dextrous application of sharp implements. Her grasp on reality was
further weakened by marrying someone called Rodolfo with a strange
surname...hmm. Coming together,  I think.

Kneasy