Things that you wish were in the Harry Potter novels

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.> Alla: 
> > Fun topic. I dont really have any which I thought was a mistake - there were definitely things which I disliked or wanted to go other way, but thats just me wishing for fulfilment of certain wishes, anything JKR did, I mean major plot turnss anyway, made sense for me if I think about it in a grand scheme of things in her story. Again, not that I *liked* everything, quite the contrary, but I think she was pretty consistent in executing her story and her characters.
> 
> > And I cant believe I am saying  it, but as much as I hate Draco Malfoy, looking at it from the distance and not picking up books for about a year, I really do think that Tower was all for nothing and his character development which supposedly occurred in book 6 pretty much dissappeared in book seven.
> 
> Geoff:
> Alla, I do believe that, unusually, we disagree. I seem to recall that you are 
> something of a Snape supporter whereas I have never worked up a sweat 
> about him either pro or con. He is a character about whom I am ambivalent; 
> I suppose honestly that deep down I just don't like him as a person whether 
> he was on the good side or not.

Alla:

LOL. Geoff, I consider you one of the dearest Internet friends which I made on this list, but I have to ask now - have we met? No, seriously since when did I become a Snape supporter :)? The only times when I kind of support Snape (if you must call it a support) is when I have to choose whom I dislike more Snape or Dumbledore. Sadly, after book seven I have to grudgingly admit that I grew to dislike Dumbledore more than Snape in the grand scheme of things. But I will always find him a horrible person, somebody who hold a grudge against innocent kid for years and no amount of fighting against Voldemort would erase that in my eyes. Just wanted to be clear on that :)



Geoff:
>Where I think we disagree is that I have always had a sneaking sympathy 
> for Draco. An only child with very few, if any, real friends and effectively 
> subjected to brainwashing by his father and family. I mean, how would 
> you come out of several years of "training" by Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix 
> Lestrange?
> 
> What I had always hoped for was some measure of rapprochement between 
> him and Harry. OK, both of them had been pretty nasty to each other,
> culminating in Draco treading on Harry's face and the latter using a totally 
> unknown spell clearly marked "for enemies" on him. To counter that, Harry 
> was saved first by Draco's refusal to positively identify him at Malfoy Manor 
> and then by Narcissa's deception towards Voldemort in the Forest while, in 
> turn, Draco was saved from the Fiendfyre by Harry in the Room of 
> Requirement.
> 
> I suppose the only hint for me was when, in that wretched epilogue, Draco 
> nods at Harry - interestingly not vice versa. Perhaps something lies behind 
> that. It has certainly created a lot of speculation in fanfic circles. I don't 
> expect them to be singing "Old Lang Syne" on New Year's Eve with their 
> arms around each other's shoulders in an English pub - but at least an
> acknowledgement of each other's existence without fisticuffs would be 
> encouraging.
> :-)
>

Alla:

Oh I know, but I am actually not sure where we disagree here either. I mean, yes sure, I remember that you sympathized with Draco and I never did, but my point in this thread was kind of agree with you actually. This is a wish fulfillment thread, is it not? So I thought that what was starting on the Tower could have gone further and develop "he is not a killer" suggestion more. It seems to me that you wanted more character development for Draco as well, no?