Things that could have been edited in OotP(was: OoP clues?)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 158033

> >>Carol:
> > <snip>
> JKR has indicated that we should look at OoP, which she concedes     
> is a little too long, for clues:
> <snip>

> >>Kemper:
> I hate Gwarp and the chapter 'Hagrid's Tale' (I immediately          
> thought of Chaucer but can't see how it relates to any of his        
> tales).
> I really don't know how to add any more. I think Hagrid's tale        
> could've been hella edited... but I'm no editor.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Lord yes!  Hagrid did not need an entire chapter.  Unless giants are 
going to play an integral part in the last book (please, please, no) we 
really didn't need such an upclose and personal look at their social 
structure.  A paragraph or two would have sufficed, IMO, to explain 
Gawp's presence.

(I mean, if JKR wanted to give us such a glimpse into a magical 
creature's life, why not werewolves?)
 
> >>Robin:
> Hmmm,,, I wonder if the "Weasley is our king", no matter how great, is
> really necessary to the plot?

Betsy Hp:
See, pre-HBP I would have said that Ron's quidditch issues *were* an 
important part of OotP.  This is where Ron finally steps out of his 
brothers' (and sister's) shadow and realizes his own worth.

Except it wasn't.  We had to do it all over again in HBP, though this 
time Harry plays a starring role.  Frankly I liked the OotP version 
better because Ron has to figure it out for himself while Harry is 
distracted and it allows him to step out of Harry's shadow too.

But if JKR was just going to have Ron fall back into old habits in HBP, 
why bother with the "Weasley is our King" subplot in OotP?  And why 
*does* she rewrite the story?  Why not have Hermione and Harry both 
worried for Ron (because they did miss his grand triumph in OotP) and 
have Ron surprise them?  What on earth was gained except a chance for 
Ginny to come across as totally bitchy (even the twins had more 
sympathy for Ron, and that's saying something) and for Ron to seem that 
much more pathetic and reliant on Harry's goodwill?

Anyway, those are plot points I question.

Betsy Hp (views expressed about Ginny are fully my own <g>)