World Building & The Potterverse / some Jules Verne's spoilers

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Ken:
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> The end of "Around The World In Eighty Days" has a delightful twist
> because Jules Verne got it right. That is missing here in many
> instances and while it does not ruin the books for me, it does 
grate.


Alla:

LOLOL. I am sorry but I do find Jules Verne example to be hilarious 
as 
example of someone who **got it right**. Okay, contrary to lovely 
Betsy who managed to touch Sarah Monette books without spoilering 
them, I am going to be discussing some spoilers here. But I will tie 
my comments with Potterverse, I hope.


So, yes, of course Jules Verne **got it right** in Around the world 
in 
80 days. The ultimate surprise of the book depended on him getting 
it 
right, hehe. So, if JKR will does something really stupid to resolve 
the final battle ( well, something more stupid than Potterverse 
allows, lol) I will buy this contrast, I guess.

I think right now for me more fitting analogy between JKR, say math 
mistakes and Jules Verne, would be say Jules Verne "Children of the 
Captain Grant", "20000 miles in the water", and " Mysterious Island" 
trilogy, which happen to be my Verne's favorite books ever and I 
read 
**plenty** of his books growing up. He was very popular back in the 
country I grew up in, 
much more popular than he seems to be in the US.

Anyways, I digress. If you read Mysterios Island, I will invite you 
to 
recall Tom Ayrton's confession to other colonists and then recall 
when 
the journey in "The Captain Grant's children" **really** started.

How many years is Ayrton off? Fifteen? Twenty? I will call it a 
shameless manipulation of the timeline to make sure that everything 
fits in the last book, LOL.

Sooo, it does not seem to me any **less** significant timeline eror( 
deliberate or not) than JKR's Charley Weasley graduation and other 
things previously discussed.

As I mentioned previously, I respect that it bothers people. I am 
probably just so oblivious to numbers, that it does not bother me in 
the slightest.

When I read Ayrton's confession, I am enjoying a great deal the 
story 
of the redeemed man, I feel his pain, etc, so timeline 
inconsistencies 
is something that I could care less about.

I suppose I sort of agreeing with Steve - it has to be something 
REALLY big for me for timeline to annoy me. Like if say the first 
book 
was set in roman times and in the last book in Potterverse we would 
be 
back in modern times, or something.

I am exaggerating, but you get the drift. As long as we are in the 
same time frame, I am fine :)

JMO,

Alla