JKR's dealing with emotions /Harry's grief over Sirius - realistic or not?

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 147419

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at y...> 
wrote:
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> > After OOTP you would have found it OOC?  I would have found it 
very 
> in character at that point.  Nor do I think "moaning and 
agonizing" 
> would have been in the slightest bit melodramatic or unrealistic, 
in 
> and of themselves.  ONLY moaning and agonizing would not have been 
a 
> good way of handling it, just as ONLY "being strong for Sirius' 
sake" 
> was a terrible way of handling it.
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> I expected a GREAT deal more complexity and sophistication on 
JKR's 
> part in dealing with this issue.  I must say I lost 90% of my 
respect 
> for her as a writer when she came out with that remark about not 
> grieving for Sirius' sake.  It seems clear to me that she forced 
her 
> characters to comply with the demands of her plot schedule, no 
matter 
> how unrealistic, and frankly silly, those demands were.> 

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I have several other guffaws, but those serve to illustrate.
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> Lupinlore, who is a "he" by the way

L,
Given that your problems with how JKR handles a lot of issues, the 
question that begs to be answered is: What keeps you reading HP? I 
think that would be a far more illuminating discussion since none of 
us is going to be able to change the things that are lacking (in 
your view!).

Jen D.
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