Slapstick Comedy

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 173378

Zanooda writes:

As Aberforth has the second (Sirius') part of the mirror (he bought it
from Mundungus), who else's eye can Harry see there? Or do I
misunderstand your question :-)?

KJ writes:

   It's not so much a misunderstanding as filling in the details that 
JKR should have filled in.
We can all come up with theories on why something happened the way it 
did, but that does not make it canon.
The fact is there are glaringly large holes in much of this book that 
require some explanation, and cause
massive groans from many readers.

  I find it pretty darn hard to believe that Aberforth bought everything 
from Mundungus.  He didn't get the locket after all.
Snape and Harry finding the letter from Lily in a place that it should 
not reasonably have been, Pettigrew strangling himself,
I found hugely amusing.  Having Harry and Voldemort related through the 
same family line, no matter how distant, muddies
the waters, and the whole trip about wand allegiance makes my head ache. 

  Dumbledore, who was an utter skunk just as single-minded as Snape, is 
a good guy but Snape is still a bad guy.  Voldemort
is trading wands and so is Harry.  The whole brother wand thing didn't 
mean squat except to explain the hunt for the Elder Wand,
which didn't need to be there at all.

  Because of the blood connection and the soul piece connection, Voldie 
could have apparated into the school while Harry and
Snape were sorting out their differences.  Voldemort would have 
immediately zapped Harry, which we know knocked him on his
arse.  While Harry and Voldemort were recovering, Snape could have cut 
off Voldemort's head, leaving Harry alive. Harry and Snape
could still have agreed to hate each other.

  I just think that there is going to be no way to make a final movie 
that makes any reasonable sense out of this book.  I am willing to
bet that that the whole Deathly waste of Time Hallows get left out and 
they just cut to the chase.  But I've come to enjoy crow.

KJ