[HPforGrownups] Disappointed in Potter?

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 127879


Geoff B.:
GB> As a large group, we can analyse the story down to the last full
GB> stop and use a scalpel to dissect each paragraph but I think we
GB> need to realise that Jo Rowling is actually human and that parts of
GB> the storyline have not been fully realised, perhaps because she
GB> did not feel it was necessary ... So let's give JKR a break.

Me:
I agree with what you say, and I think it's worth noting that this
kind of continuity nit-picking exists in every fan realm I have been
involved with, from the Oz Books to the British Sci-Fi series
_Red Dwarf_.  And compared to many worlds, such as the two just named,
the Potterverse is fairly consistant and fleshed out, whereas the
attitude of the authors of those other worlds are basically
"continuity, shmontinuity".  This results in worlds of myriad vagaries,
where, among many others, the Wizard of Oz goes from "a very good man"
to ESE and back again, and Dave Lister has his appendix out *twice*.

So, yes, let's give Jo a break, and be grateful that our continuity
arguments are *NOTHING* compared to what goes on in other fandoms.

-- 
Dave