Holding JKR Accountable (was Re: 7 reasons why - The Glass is Half Empty.)

[va32h]

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> > bboyminn:
>  
> > 
> > This isn't a problem with the story, this is a problem
> > with what /you/ choose to believe or not believe.

va32h:

I choose to believe that JKR became lazier and sloppier with each 
book after PoA, culminating in a 7th book that is full of plot holes, 
continuity errors, and characters acting entirely out of character. 

She has become so accustomed to her fandom cheerfully and devotedly 
explaining away all her flaws, that she didn't even make an effort to 
make anything in DH make sense. 

And we just keep on doing it. 

Carol said:
>Ravenclaw diadem and Bertha Jorkins for Nagini), Dumbledore is
> mistaken on this particular point. Voldemort does not reserve
> Horcrux-making for important murders, or the other way around. The
> most recent murder will do. It's the Horcrux itself that counts.
>Maybe he even murdered Myrtle to make the diary Horcrux.

va32h:

Dumbledore is not mistaken - JKR is mistaken. Once again, she is too 
lazy to bother remembering or re-reading anything she's previously 
written so she just made up this business about Albanian peasants and 
Bertha Jorkins right there on the spot. 

Just like she made up three or four variations on the secret keeper 
concept or two different careers for Ron. 

And fandom is bending over backwards to correct that mistake too. 
Clearly, JKR meant that Ron works at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes by day 
and moonlights as an Auror. Or he works as an Auror during the week 
and at WWW on the weekends. 

Of course these are very small, even petty issues. But each little 
mistake in itself is not the problem. That readers are so determined 
not to believe she could ever be mistaken is the problem, IMO.

Why is any convoluted scenario so much more plausible than "JKR 
forgot how she answered that question the last time it was asked?"

I think it's because we are reluctant to admit that we care far more 
about this universe than its creator does. I'm sure she cared once, 
but somewhere along the line she stopped. Too much hype, too much 
pressure, too much time spent with the material, I don't know the 
reason. But Deathly Hallows reeks of "getting this over with". 

va32h