Now Rowling's control - It's All True

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 180491

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "va32h" <va32h at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
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> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > 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. 
> > 
> > ...
> 
> 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.  


Bboyminn:

But I don't really see myself doing 'mental gymnastics'. I
see the problem as you assuming one precise moment in time
and trying to make every statement fit. That doesn't happen
in fiction of real life. When JKR talks about what Ron did
/after/, I assume she is speaking in the context of Ron's 
lifetime. How many jobs have you had in your lifetime? I
know I've had MANY. 

I don't see my explanation as groping or stretching at all.
It's just common sense. 

I mean do you really think Neville instantly went from 
Student to teacher in a day. Now that is 'mental gymnastics'.
More likely and more logically, he work his way up to it, and
/eventually/ ended up there. 

How is that any different than Ron? Ron stated out in one 
place, just like all of us, and ended up in another place,
with a transition period in the middle. Just like real life.

Combining post -

As to Carol's suggestion that it was unrealistic for Harry,
Ron, and others to go directly to Aurors without training, 
let me ask, how well did the real Aurors do in the final
battle or in the year leading up to the final battle? Harry
and Ron did what a whole office of corrupted and co-opted
Auror's could not do.

I think On-The-Job-Training and personal experience counts for
a lot here. But that doesn't mean their training as Auror's 
ended. Again, on the job training. They could train and work 
as Aurors at the same time. Nothing wrong with that.

True they didn't meet the standard requirements, but with
their fresh victory over Voldemort and a favorable Minister,
I think they might have made some exceptions.

In my view many of these concerns only seem unrealistic 
because that is how you chose to see them. Can't blame JKR
for your choices.

Steve/bboyminn