Innocent Alby? (longish)

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Renee:
OotP looks more realistic, but well... how realistic can it be when 
it's about magic? When it's about a world of which we don't know all 
the rules, because new surprises tend to turn up around every bend? 
Of course there's such a thing as basic recognition, or we wouldn't 
be able to enjoy the books at all. But it remains difficult to know 
what is real, to know when RL criteria apply and when they're being 
discarded or toyed with for the sake of the story, or just for fun - 
precisely because we're given so very few rules to go by, and so 
much seems random. Almost as if the author wants to retain a way out 
of every corner she might inadvertently paint herself into. Maybe 
that's why so many of the discussions are about human behaviour: 
that's the area where we feel safest.
 
I really hope I made myself clear.
> 



Alla:

Well, that point I would like to disagree with you, I suppose. When 
RW themes are brought up - it does not matter to me that it IS about 
magic, because then magic becomes to me just a  setting, where 
recognisable RW themes, characters, emotions take place and that is 
exactly what happens in OOP IMO.

Again, I am not sure how well JKR managed the transition, but I don't 
see mauch of fairytale aspect ona deeper level of OOP.


Just my opinion,

Alla