The Trio Alone (was Re: Hermione's Enchanted Coins WAS: Communication)

[prep0strus]

No: HPFGUIDX 175603

How do other readers feel? Did you expect/want it to be another Trio
journey or would you have wanted more involvement from the other
characters. Do you think Dumbledore's decision to put this task in
the hands of *just* the trio was a wise one?
va32h


This is an interesting question.  I think that it's possible I could
have enjoyed a Trio journey, but I didn't really the way it was
presented.  Instead, I really really wanted more involvement from the
other characters.  Never have the trio been SO alone.  We always got
at least some glimpses of what was going on with other people around
them.  That was fun, added flavor.  Also, it's the end of the series –
we all have a lot of characters we've cared about for six books, and
want to see them grow into their own as well in this final book. 
While it's nice to get a cameo appearance from everyone from to
Neville's Gran to Oliver Wood, I'd prefer to have had some more time
with some of our secondary characters.

I got fairly antsy during the camping sequence.  I enjoyed a lot of
the dialogue, but I started to want a chapter from someone else's
perspective.  Snape, Neville, Luna, Draco
 I didn't really care who. 
And there's been some talk of how the frustration, boredom, lack of
knowledge all mimicked how the trio was feeling, but I'm the reader,
and I guess I just wanted more.

I got really excited when I thought Lupin was going to join the trio,
but that's mostly because I wanted Lupin as a central character again.
 The confrontation between Harry and Remus and the result of the Trio
being alone made more sense, but I can't say I wasn't tempted.

The trio just didn't grow enough for me to be interested in them
without more outside influence.  I had very high hopes that in this
book we would see the young adult trio, not the petty kids that rear
their heads every book.  In HBP, I enjoyed the confident, adult Harry
often seen in the out of Hogwarts scenes.  I wanted that in this book.
 I wanted a Hermione that had become more accepting.  I wanted a Ron
that
 served a purpose.  I gave up a while ago on General Ron, which I
had hoped for based on his chess skills, but instead I hoped for `glue
that holds it all together ron'.  But, no, once again I got jealous,
less steadfast, most pointless ron.  If Harry is the hero, and
Hermione the brains, can't Ron at least be the heart?  But he's not. 
He's the flawed one, the one who fails in strength and loyalty, as
well as having no defining magical capabilities. I HATED that
Dumbledore somehow predicted he would leave and need to come back.  It
seems more absurd than most of his not-really-propheticness, and I
hate even more that he was RIGHT.

And so, maybe if I had really enjoyed the Trio's interactions, I
would've loved their final journey alone together.  Instead, I was
starved for interaction with other characters, desperate for
information and growth in our secondary heroes, as I gave up on seeing
it in the Trio.

And, truth be told
 I missed Hogwarts.

As for Dumbledore's wisdom
 well, it worked, didn't it?  That's often
how it seems we have to judge Dumbledore.  No, I think he should have
had a backup plan.  I think they could have used help.  I think he
should have shared more with Harry so that there wasn't so much
aimless wandering.  But, in the end, it worked, so
 go Dumbledore?

~Adam (Prep0strus)