Broken potionvial WAS: Re: Bad Writing? (was: JKR and the boys)

[potioncat]

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> Neri:
> I think there's a good reason why most readers assumed Snape dropped 
> the flask on purpose in their first reading, but are not so sure when 
> going back. I think the first impression is more precise in this 
> case, because when you read throughout the book, you read everything 
> in context of the previous chapters, the way the Author meant you to. 
> You read the case of the "another zero" incident in the context of 
> the first zero incident, which happened several chapters before. 
> 
>

Potioncat:
OK, I agree 100% My first impression was correct! 


Now, how do we get past the fact that my first impression and your
first impression are different?  Our impressions are formed by our own
biases and points of view. We still don't know what really happened,
nor are we likely to.