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

[Brett]

No: HPFGUIDX 158047

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ornadv" <ornawn at ...> wrote:

> >Betsy Hp wrote :
> >Lord yes! Hagrid did not need an entire chapter. <snip>

> and Orna wrote :
> <snip> Orna, who joins the please-no-more-giants petition.

Argus Pyrites replies: 

Hmm. New to this group, and finding myself writing nothing but 
Minority Reports --

I must admit I liked the Hagrid chapter quite a bit. I enjoyed 
learning the new information about the magical workings 'hidden' in 
our world, and I enjoyed Hagrid getting a little 'screen' time. I 
would have prefered to see/hear it told by Mrs. Rowling in present 
tense, rather than by Hagrid, in the past tense, as that would have 
made it more exciting... but I liked it.

Also, given that Mrs. Rowling stated that she (I paraphrase) 'could 
not find anything to cut from OotP, as it was all neccessary'; then 
I'm afraid giants will be back, in my opinion. Of course I believe 
that they will come in on the side of good this time. IF this does 
happen, I would hope that most of that 'giant story' 
occurred 'offscreen' in book seven, but I expect Hagger and Grawpy 
will be front and center regardless.

Now, what I personally had too much of in OotP was Umbridge. Don't 
get me wrong  I loved the impact she had on the story and on 
Hogwarts, but the character herself was boring and one-dimensional 
to me. I would have cut her dialouge down by half... I was sad that 
she was mentioned in HBP as being back at the Ministry, as I'd 
imagined her showing up at the end of The-Book-that-is-Yet-to-be-
Named, smiling, arm in arm with Ronan...