HoG/Rookwood

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No: HPFGUIDX 183975

Carol:
<SNIP>
I stand by my position that JKR just forgot that Lucius hadn't
sneerinlr refused to buy his son a handy tool for thieves and
plunderers and that neither Ron nor Harry had ever seen him with it.
she also didn't consider how he could get it into the school under the
strict new security measures whether or not it had been there before.
She doesn't reread the books once they're published, and it's easy to
get a wrong idea as to what happened earlier into your head if you
don't go back and check your facts (as most of us on this list have
probably found out the hard way at one time or another). <SNIP>


Alla:

Sure, it is possible that she forgot that and she forgot that James 
was 
supposed to be with wand at first and that she forgot many other 
things.

Or it is possible that she did not and what Pippin came up with Hand 
was what she had in mind or maybe she just did not care that much 
about 
Draco Malfoy story and in her mind it was all clear that he gets the 
item later on, maybe Lucius buys it, but she thought it is 
insignificant enough to mention.

I mean, she flat out admitted that she is bad with maths. I guess I 
just give her more credit than just to say that she forgot staff that 
we readers think she should have mention or what sounds inconsistent 
to 
us.

She spent fifteen years with those books and sure she could have 
forgotten many things, but I happen to believe that when she says 
that 
she had notebooks and outlines, she meant it and I just I guess 
refuse 
to believe that she forgot it.

JMO,

Alla