Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort

[willsonteam]

No: HPFGUIDX 190703


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> > Bookcrazzzy:
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 Would it be possible for people
> > to support statements with canon when possible and separate those
> > kinds of statements from the ones that are purely opinion?  It really is possible to discuss Harry Potter without insulting people, whether or not it is done with a "smile".

Potioncat:
Ah the good old days...we used to be very particular about canon based debates. Even then, interpretions of canon could vary a lot. And some of us who argue from different sides of the topic are really friends.
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> Librasmile:
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> But I can now see why I lurked for so long. There's very little that's new being created here. There are no new insights rather just constantly unproductive batting back and forth.

Potioncat:
But it's so much fun! 

You're right, no new ideas. The best we can hope for is a new understanding now that we know the ending and more of the beginning. We used to talk about movie contamination--where we would recall a fact that was from the movie rather than the books, but there is also HPfGU contamination. That comes from taking a portion of text and debating it long term, so that the different opinions become more important than the actual context of the event being discussed. Closer to home, having spent years defending the Great Snape, as I've been reading PoA I've discovered he really is a  jerk. 

But I still like the character.