[HPforGrownups] Re: Things that you wish were in the Harry Potter novels

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 192031

Lynda:

I've gone and deleted the entire message from before as it was getting very
lengthy. Things I would have liked to see in the HP books that were not
included:

Firstly, to Alla, I get your point with House Unity, but I don't think in a
system like the one that she put in place that is much of a possibility. I
do think that the token ackinowledgments by Harry and Draco in the epilogue
are a hint that things are changing a little. I know how you feel about
Dumbledore as well and all I can say is that I knew what he was from the
beginning of the series. The clues are there from the outset, the spiriting
Harry away, the letter to the Dursleys, the lack of communication with
Harry before he gets the acceptance letter to Hogwarts, all told me that
Dumbledore was a manipulator, as well as the fact that Rowling set Harry up
with a family in which he was taught not to ask questions, but rather to
keep quiet, which taught him to sneak around and to keep secrets himself.

Now, on to what I would have liked to see in the books, and this is totally
trivial and inconsequential, but it would have been, (I think) fun. Once,
just once, I would have loved to see a couple of Muggles wander into the
magical world and the magical folk have to deal with them.


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