It's petty but still better than being cursed to step on legos. Stil it fits Jo's wizards :P
Mixing and matching genres can be done, but it requires skill, knowledge and some common sense. In this book we have mystery (Hermione's misadventures in time travel), lowkey courtroom drama (Buckbeak), thriller/horror (Sirius hunting Peter), boarding school and time travel itself- which I would argue should be considered its own genre. Rowling pulls the plot in too many directions so scenes often feel off because she fails to meet readers expectations. You are focused on Sirius breaking into Gryffindor's tower to kill Harry? Well, then Harry being annoyed with the staff and his friends for trying to keep him alive looks strange. You focus more on Harry's life as a student in a magical school? Then Harry having a murderer after him feels off.
Well, we can always ignore the epilogue (which I'm all for) and imagine that shortly after Voldie war II when wizards are weakened and goblins are pissed off by Harry's stunt, they decide to rebel :) After all, wizards will be busy cleaning the messes so they won't expect any retaliation from goblins. And possibly centaurs and merpeople :P
I don't know, Sirius struck me as a guy who would spend his time in prison plotting his revenge. And honestly, no matter what Sirius says, revenge was his main driving force. Despite him being the person whom Potters trusted with Harry's life, he never really tries to be his parental figure or at least guardian. Starting from the moment where he hands over Harry without wanting to go with Hagrid to talk Albus out of the idea, ending with spending almost year camping near Hogwarts' so he could kill Peter instead of using him to gain freedom.
I think the epilogue is a dream Harry had after he finished eating that sandwich he wanted to call Kreacher for. The reality when he wakes up could be quite different. Magical Beings of the world, unite!
Not just revenge, but suicidal revenge: he told Hagrid he wouldn't be needing the motorcycle anymore in that eerily final way. I think that in GoF, he gets to a point where he wants to be a good guardian (at least in theory)... but the rest of the time we know him, he has way too much else going on for it to really register with him as a driving motivation.
Mixing and matching genres can be done, but it requires skill, knowledge and some common sense. In this book we have mystery (Hermione's misadventures in time travel), lowkey courtroom drama (Buckbeak), thriller/horror (Sirius hunting Peter), boarding school and time travel itself- which I would argue should be considered its own genre. Rowling pulls the plot in too many directions so scenes often feel off because she fails to meet readers expectations. You are focused on Sirius breaking into Gryffindor's tower to kill Harry? Well, then Harry being annoyed with the staff and his friends for trying to keep him alive looks strange. You focus more on Harry's life as a student in a magical school? Then Harry having a murderer after him feels off.
Well, we can always ignore the epilogue (which I'm all for) and imagine that shortly after Voldie war II when wizards are weakened and goblins are pissed off by Harry's stunt, they decide to rebel :)
After all, wizards will be busy cleaning the messes so they won't expect any retaliation from goblins. And possibly centaurs and merpeople :P
I don't know, Sirius struck me as a guy who would spend his time in prison plotting his revenge. And honestly, no matter what Sirius says, revenge was his main driving force. Despite him being the person whom Potters trusted with Harry's life, he never really tries to be his parental figure or at least guardian. Starting from the moment where he hands over Harry without wanting to go with Hagrid to talk Albus out of the idea, ending with spending almost year camping near Hogwarts' so he could kill Peter instead of using him to gain freedom.
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Not just revenge, but suicidal revenge: he told Hagrid he wouldn't be needing the motorcycle anymore in that eerily final way. I think that in GoF, he gets to a point where he wants to be a good guardian (at least in theory)... but the rest of the time we know him, he has way too much else going on for it to really register with him as a driving motivation.
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