What Little Niggling Details will be left?
cubfanbudwoman
susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jun 26 19:03:37 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 170832
I can't remember the last time this happened, but I'm actually using
up my 5th post of the day. I must be getting excited about the
release or something. :)
Anyway, I've just been chatting with someone offlist and got to
wondering about something....
Quite some time ago, "The List" was put together and posted in the
Essay section over at the Lexicon. This is a list of all the things
that some folks (notably Pippin, AKH and Serenadust) had come up with
as Items Which Still Needed to Be Answered by JKR. (To peruse this
list, go to: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/essay-the-list.html )
So I got to wondering about this: Just what do you all believe will
go UNANSWERED from among those things which are driving you nuts?
These could be Big Mysteries, of course, but I'm thinking especially
of those Little Niggling Details. I mean, not SO little niggling
things, like "What color socks does Dumbles favor?" but perhaps
slightly more significant little niggles such as get debated here
amongst those of us who consider ourselves "major fans."
Here's an example of something I've just decided is likely to go
unanswered: The question of just how much Snape heard of the
prophecy at the Hog's Head.
We argue and debate whether DD's account of things is accurate (that
Snape heard only the first portion of the prophecy before being
tossed on his ear by Aberforth), whether Trelawney's version is
accurate (that Snape was still there when she *finished* the
prophecy), or perhaps even that there's a third option -- that DD
*thinks* Snape only heard the first part but perhaps Trelawney is
correct and he heard it all (and if that's the case, perhaps he
*chose* to tell Voldy only the first portion?).
As much as I'd like to know which of these is accurate, I seriously
doubt JKR is going to revisit this.
So what say ye? What Little Niggling Details do you fear will be
left unanswered at the end?
Siriusly Snapey Susan
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