CHAPDISC: DH7 - Scrimgeour, Another Wish

[prep0strus]

No: HPFGUIDX 179157


> Mike:
> I too was disappointed in Scrimgeour, but not in JKR. I admit I had 
> higher hopes for him in the beginning of HBP, but for the reasons I 
> gave above I understand why those hopes didn't pan out. For me, this 
> mirrors your feelings on Slytherins. It would have been fine if they 
> (both Slyths and Scrimmy) would have had a better showing than they 
> did, but I wasn't expecting it and it wasn't a deal breaker when it 
> didn't happen.
> 

Prep0strus:
See, the reason I was disappointed in JKR was that my expecting 'more'
of him wasn't necessarily expecting him to be a better minister - but
a better character.  I would have been interested in him being a DE,
or in him orchestrating some major betrayal of Harry - but for the
greater good, not in league with Voldy, etc.

But when I think about it, there's almost no character I DIDN'T want
more of.  From Draco to Umbridge to Lupin to Snape to Blaise to
Charlie to Ginny... I would have liked to see more of almost everyone.
 Even the main three characters, but at that point maybe it's that I
wish to have seen different from them rather than more, precisely. 
But from almost everyone else - more.  Is it like a band or a
comedian, where 'leave them wanting more' is a good result?  I'm not
sure it applies the same way to authors, but it probably does to some
extent.

It leads me to a question though - who did you NOT want to see more
of?  I'd like to know who people were fully satisfied with, or even
which characters might have been overexposed, and you could have had a
little less of, rather than wanting more.  I'll start.

Dumbledore.  Got a little more of him than I was expecting, or, it
turns out, I really wanted.  Felt like I got more of him when he was
dead than in the first 6 books combined.  And I guess I like my
Dumbledore in small doses.

Xenophilius.  Ok, he was a character introduced in this book, so maybe
it's hard to compare... but I didn't really care about him or the time
spent with him, so it was too much.

Luna.  I'm not a Luna fan, as I've said, and while I won't say she was
overexposed, I wasn't left wanting more either.

Molly.  Again, it's not that I think we saw too much of her, but that
I was satisfied with what we got and didn't feel the need to see more.
 (Except maybe see her reset her clock)

Slughorn.  I got as much as I needed from Sluggy too.  I don't have
any real urge to find out any more about him.

Pansy.  I think I'd gag if I had to spend any more time with Pansy.


Ok, that's the list I can think of right now.  Pretty much everyone
else, from small to large characters, I really could have explored
their parts in the story further.  Anyone else?

~Adam (Prep0strus)