JKR's clues and Lily's eyes (Re: Uncle Tom?)

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va32h:
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> I just don't think anything in the series is nearly as complicated
> as we make it out to be. when I am caught up in elaborate theorizing
> (which I have fallen into myself from time to time, I admit), I
>remind myself that when JKR wanted to create a character that was
>secretly a werewolf, she named him Remus Lupin. And that JKR has said she
> thinks her clues that Aberforth Dumbledore is the barman at the Hog's Head
>are clever, when they actually anvil-level obvious.


firefly:
I couldn't disagree more... I've been trying for nearly twenty
minutes now and honestly, I just can't.

The plots of these books, as you well know, are intricately and
expertly woven. And what's more the subtly of the phrasing more often
than not is placed and worded precisely to lay the foundation for
plot events 2 and 3 books ahead! To say that readers extrapolate in
unfruitful directions is more than true but in my, clearly passionate
opinion, there is nothing in any of the 6 books that was obvious that
wasn't meant, often tongue-in-cheek to be so. So rarely do dry wit
and sarcasm translate well into print. I am quite certain there is
nothing that JKR made "actually anvil-level obvious" unintentionally.
Say what you will of my lame efforts but, please...
I will say no more on the subject.

I defer to the "Book 7" section of Mugglenet.com under "Confirmed
Information" for my earlier statement. I have found their reseach to
be trustworthy to this point and they state: The fact that Harry "has
his mother's eyes" will prove to be an important plot point.

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