[HPforGrownups] Disapointed in Potter?

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No: HPFGUIDX 127685


On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 10:03:50PM -0000, potioncat wrote:

> If you are so sure you're going to be disappointed to tears, go read a 
> different book! Join a different group. There are over 600 book 
> discussion groups on Yahoo alone (I just typed book discussions in the 
> yahoo search bar and counted them.)
> Or stay on this list, but if you can't say something nice, or something 
> connected to canon, don't say anything at all."

Agreed. Where are the theories of yesteryear? Where are the cluehunters for
the basis of the connection of Harry's eyes and wandless magic? WHY didn't
Voldemort die? Here's my tip: Harry was only a baby and his aim was off. Think
about that instead of this spoilt whining about bits of the book you don't
like. We aren't likely to have this kind of fun again in our lifetimes, think
about that too.

OotP was the hardest HP book to read yet, but rereads were rewarding. I don't
doubt next book will be even harder to bear for some of you, but I just don't
care about that. I _want_ my preconceptions to be challenged. I _want_ the
Rowling ship to successfully navigate the shoals of jagged plot reefs and
_surprise_ me. God knows we need that in fiction. Otherwise it's a load of
boring old farts disecting themes.

But mostly I want to see Hermione and Ron get together :P Now, stop sooking
and start theorising! Or smackies!!


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