[HPforGrownups] Re: Secrets of Harry's past - At the Last Moment

[Shelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 190110


> Potioncat:
> Who would read books if they already knew everything? Hmmm, let me think...
>
> Actually I agree with you about the little hints and the rationing out of information for the reader. I think some of the events would have lost impact if we had "heard" about them earlier in the series. James the Bully was a big surprise for the readers and we felt Harry's pain as  much as he did.
>

Shelley:
Yeah, like some of us have read all the books, what 5, 6 times now? I am 
sure some have read them more.

The thing about pictures are they are only a brief window into a person. 
None of the pictures would show how many times James had helped a 
classmate, for example, nor would they show him being a bully to Snape. 
Those are the sort of things that Harry could only get from the people 
who knew James.