CHAPDISC: DH32, The Elder Wand

[jerrichase]

No: HPFGUIDX 184773


> 6) The Death Eaters brought a giant to the battle, and Grawp fought 
> him to defend the school. As payoff for Hagrid's back-story, Mme. 
> Maxime, "Hagrid's Tale", and the Grawp subplot in OotP, was this 
> sufficient for you? Why or why not?

Thanks for the great discussion and questions.  I have to respond to 
this one.  No, it wasn't enough for me.  When reading the first 6 
books I kept an eye on subjects introduced, etc.  When I consider how 
many pages worth of space JKR spent on introducing Grawp and Hagrid's 
trip to the Giants in OotP, and so forth as well (as someone 
mentioned) DD's statements to Fudge in GoF about how important it was 
to send envoys to the Giants, I had expected them to be IMPORTANT.  
There were already so many plot lines, that when she 
added/strengthened the giant plot line (and others, like sending 
Lupin to spy on the werewolves) I expected a much more elaborate pay 
off in the end, tying things up more.  Making the giants more 
important.  

This is one example of the issues that left me disapointed in DH.

Jerri