The Joke's on Me

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 174814

Potioncat:

> Did anyone outsmart themselves in DH? The time you knew 
> at once what was going on and what was about to happen
. 
> But to your surprise, it didn't? Not a disappointing moment, 
> but a groaner moment that made you laugh at yourself. Maybe 
> even a place where you half suspected JKR had just pulled 
> one over on you.

houyhnhnm:

When Lupin showed up at 12 GP wanting to join the trio, 
one chapter after the letter describing Wormy seeming so 
down at James and Lily's, four chapters after the 
description of Lupin when he appeared with Tonks at 
the Burrow looking so unhappy, I thought AHA! Wrong.  
I still can't understand how he knew Regulus only 
lasted a few days after after turning against Voldemort, 
especially now that we know Regulus's body wouldn't even 
have been found; it was in the lake with the other Inferi.  
Ah, well, Lupin took his secrets to the grave.

The other occasion when I felt like Rowling had pulled a 
fast one was the walk through the graveyard at Godric's 
Hollow. Harry and Hermione, minus Ron who had done a bunk, 
entered and left (his arm around her shoulder, hers around 
his waist) through a *kissing* gate.  Now, my attitude 
toward ships has always been "whatever", so I didn't bite 
on this one, but I did feel like Rowling was winding up 
the H/H shippers who still held out hope.  I thought it 
was kind of mean, actually.

I would have to say that with the exception of the revelation of 
Snape's loyalty, the the entire seventh book was a joke on me.