Now Rowling's control - It's All True

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 180470

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

> bboyminn:
> 
> I think there is an element of context here that you are
> ignoring. Regarding Ron and his job, in the right context
> BOTH can be true. I mean, you've never heard of anyone having
> a second part-time job? Ron probably went to work as an Auror
> just like Harry. In fact, I think JKR said virtually everyone
> who was instrumental in fighting Voldemort, continued to 
> work as Aurors until the job was done and the last DE was 
> rounded up. 
> 
> Neville is the Herbology teacher at Hogwarts, he wife runs
> the Leaky Cauldron, and JKR also said Neville likely worked
> as an Auror after the final battle. So which is it, teacher,
> Innkeeper, or Auror; well the answer is all three at
> varying degrees at varying times.
> 
> The same with Ron, immediately after the battle, Ron would
> have wanted to continue working to round up the last of
> the Dark Wizards and to make sure they were all brought to 
> justice. Once that job was done and the work load eased up,
> he might have gone to help George at night or on the
> weekends. Eventually, he might have quit being a Auror to
> assist George full time. I'm sure there was more money in
> George's shop than there was in being a civil servant. 
> 
> So, it is entirely possible that all versions are true.
> 
> Just a thought.


va32h:

Here's my issue with that, Steve.  I am sick and tired of having to do
mental gymnastics to make Rowling's inconsistencies work.  That is not
supposed to be my job as a the reader - to spend MY time coming up
with some convoluted scenario in which Ron is a part-time Auror (and
while there are plenty of folks IRL who have two jobs, have we ever
seen a wizard with two jobs? No.)

The AUTHOR was the one who was supposed to invest her time and energy
figuring this stuff out - how to get Sirius' letter into 12GP or why
no one at Hogwarts knew Snape and Lily were friends or how Ron would
have known about the Hand of Glory or any of the post-DH nonsense
she's thrown about. 

Yes, we CAN make sense of it, but we should not *have* to.  The book
(and Rowling's statements) should make sense all by themselves!

What ticks me off the most about JKR is the sheer LAZINESS of it. 
Which is encapsulated in Hermione's announcement that she "Accio'd
books on Horcruxes" and poof, there they were. 

va32h