[the_old_crowd] Re: Jo on Voldemort

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On 9/13/06, potioncat <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
> Kathy W:
> Anne sent the above quote. I'm surprised it didn't generate at least
> a few comments. A similar post at TOL didn't get a rise either. You'd
> think lines like, "grisly glory... aching for legroom...deluxe
> model..." would have gotten something.

Probably waiting for someone else to have an opinion first, classic
deadlock ;)  Or, to be more kind, it's likely to remind us that this
is the final book, and we still have the luxury of uncertainty.

> My first thought was "grisly"---**grisly?** Just what is she
> planning? I don't like the sounds of this. Are we going to find out
> what sort of Dark Magic results in wounds similar to Moody's? Is
> Greyback going to get free reign?
>
> Or, does no one believe her?

I have no trouble believing her, that's the problem really. It may
well be dictacted by the demands of the story, but the temptation to
see meta-story imperatives, particularly a need to avoid ending up
like Conan Doyle, is particularly difficult to overcome when Jo says
such things. There will be an End. The Ultimate Baddy needs to
demonstrate his Ultimate Badness in unavoidably Permanent Ways.
Stopping him is going to lead to Irrevocable Loss and Resolute
Finality with more than a dash of Didactic Parallels. After all, it's
the parallels that make this world, it was a deliberate choice. But it
paints Jo into a corner, and I wonder how she intends to avoid
coloured feet.


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