Snape finding Lily's letter

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 174000

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> 
wrote:
(snip)

JKR made Harry reticent about revealing his emotions about his 
parents to anyone (no surprise considering the way the Dursleys 
treated the subject.)
 
(snipped the rest)

va32h:

Well that would explain why Harry wouldn't go seeking photos - but 
why wouldn't Sirius offer to show it? Hagrid assumes that Harry would 
enjoy photos of his parents in PS (and Harry does). Even Mad-Eye, not 
the most sensitive of souls, assumes Harry would like to see a 
picture of his parents (and Mad Eye happens to be wrong about that 
particular picture). 

I suppose that Sirius could have forgotten about it, or could have 
deduced that given Harry's lack of questions about his parents, that 
no information should be volunteered either. 

But even so - look at all the gymnastics we've had to do to explain 
how the letter got there and why Sirius never showed it to Harry in 
the first place.

Personally, I think it's the author's responsibility to make sure her 
own story makes sense - and not our responsibility as readers to go 
thinking up explanation after explanation for questionable 
continuity. 

This is just one of good dozen small, easily fixed continuity gaffes. 
Which means either the editors were lazy and sloppy or JKR was lazy 
and sloppy, or they all thought fandom would just be too grateful to 
get the last book to care if it was any good or not. 

MHO, of course. 

va32h