Plot in OotP

[ginnysthe1]

No: HPFGUIDX 118222


Kim here, after snipping liberally at Steve's post in order to focus 
on his questions about OotP:

Steve asked:
>Who was the Purple Slash Curse wizard? Difficult to tell, but there 
may be a reason for that. Who was the Baby Head Death Eater? Is it 
more important to identify him, or to move the story on to the next 
scene?<

Kim sort of answers:
I'm pretty sure the answers to the first two questions are in OotP 
someplace.  I recall wondering who those DEs were myself the first 
time I read the book, and after carefully perusing the text, I found 
out who they were.  Of course now I can't remember who they were...  
But I'll get back to you on that (if someone else doesn't beat me to 
it...)

I think not being able to identify characters could be one more way 
JKR likes to puzzle her readers, if you want to give her credit for 
being that clever (and I do).  But even if you can't find out who 
they are, you can still see them as part of the whole bizarre 
adventure of those last chapters.  That's another reason I loved 
OotP: IMO it was JKR at her most bizarre, and the Dept. of Mysteries 
was on the top of the "bizarre" list for me, followed by, say, the 
Thestrals.  But then bizarre is what I often like in literature, 
though it may not be to everyone's taste.

Kim (who loves bizarre so much that she even enjoyed typing it 4 
times)