Let's talk about Lupin - True Love at Last?

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 146158

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
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> 
> No, I don't think it is a 'narrative afterthought' since the first
> clues appear in Chapter Four when Harry arrives at the Burrow. For it
> to appear that early in the book, it seems clear the author always
> intended for it to be there. IMHO
> 

Why on Earth would it seem clear?  It certainly isn't clear to me.  In 
fact, I'd say a "narrative afterthought" is a wonderful way to 
describe it.  It seems that JKR late in the game decided "what the 
hey, I'll give 'em something they'll like.  Let's do the Remus/Tonks 
thing!"  She wrote the last scene, went back and salted a few clues in 
here and there in the earlier chapters, and there you have it!  A 
nice, neat, popular ship inserted as an afterthought with little or no 
build up and an extremely corny pay-off.


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