Medieval attitudes was Saving Harry

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 137705

 
> Pippin:
> ROTFLMAO! At last we know the secret of Jo's success. She's boring
> and lacks the ability to tell a satisfying and meaningful story. 
I'm
> glad we got that cleared up :-)

Chuckle.  I don't think we have, to be fair.  It all depends on how 
it turns out.  At the moment, the saga has a great deal of promise.  
It it DOES follow expectations though - i.e. if it turns out that 
Snape is Dumbledore's man through and through, etc., then I would 
say you've pegged it -- ultimately, for all its great moments, the 
story in the end was boring, contrived, unsatisfying, and will have 
said nothing, in its ultimate plot, really meaningful or believable.



> 
> Seriously, using a medieval formula doesn't mean that you have a
> medieval message. 

Once again, that remains to be seen.  But I think you're right, that 
medieval plots don't mean medieval messages.  But in this instance a 
medieval plotline a la Morte D'Arthur would be tired and ineffectual.


Lupinlore