My Reaction

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 132952

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> 
> I have often thought that JKR is a little bit disingenuous about 
> some of her statements. She has claimed to have the entire series 
> plotted out in advance, and that she is writing for herself and 
not 
> readers. I don't think either of those things is completely true. 

Hickengruendler:

She also already admitted, that she changed some things while 
writing the books, because it was more fun. But I think this is for 
the relatively minor points you mentioned, not for the bigger 
storyline. The Remus/Tonks ship you mentioned is a good example for 
this. I really can imagine she wrote this in to please some fans 
and/or because after reading it in fandom, she liked the idea of it 
herself. But in the end it's unimportant if they end up with each 
other or not, and therefore this is one of the points she could 
change without any problem. I disagree with you about the Draco 
subplot. Although it really surprised me to see him a bit humanised, 
the way she did it was IMO very convincing and it is too important 
for the overall storyline not to have planned this in advance, I 
think.
 
> 
> However, what really interested me is the way in which many, many 
> issues and themes raised by OOTP were either dismissed or swept 
> totally under the rug. Sirius Black - who was that, surely not a 
> parental figure Harry suddenly lost? SPEW who? The DA disbanded on 
> what seemed almost a whim. The prophecy -- well it isn't REALLY 
> binding, after all. Luna and Neville relegated to near cameos. The 
> Dursleys once again are caracatures, the evil stepsisters no one 
has 
> to take seriously.  

Hickengruendler:

This is what she IMO always did, and one of the problems of the 
books, although I don't see how else she could do it, since the 
books are already big enough. Those characters who play some part in 
the book that is important are also the ones, who get some 
development, like the Dursleys or Neville in book 5 and Draco now in 
this one. Those who don't have a big role in the plot of this 
particular plot are also the ones, who get sidelined and hardly 
appear. But in her latest interview this weekend she already said 
that for example there is more to Petunia's knowledge about 
Dementors then she let on in book 5 and that we'll learn it in book 
7.

Hickengruendler