I'm Glad We did not Get all the Answers
vivamus42
Vivamus at TaprootTech.com
Wed Jul 25 11:25:56 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 172609
I'm Glad We did not Get all the Answers
Did I want to hear what was in the locked room, or Lily and James'
professions, or who does magic late in life (unless it was Merope in
book 6,) or all the rest? Of course I did!
I am glad, however, that JKR had the courage to follow the story as it
took on a life of its own. The worst thing an author can do to a
good story is twist it out of its natural shape, damaging the
credibility. I think no author can resist that temptation entirely,
but if it is only done here or there, for very good reasons, it
doesn't limit the story.
All of those things we were going to find out were, I'm sure, on JKR's
fully-intended list of things to display or reveal in DH. The story,
it seems, had other ideas, and took her where the only way she could
have inserted them was to twist the story out of its natural track,
when it was rolling along like the Hogwarts Express.
I am hoping we'll get answers directly from JKR on them, but in the
meantime, I'm glad she had the courage to write the best story
possible -- even if it did not have everything in it she thought it
would have.
Me 'ats off to you, my lady.
Vivamus
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