Tension, or lack of
Don't things seem to be just a little too easy in the HP world? Maybe I've been reading too much George Martin, but in the last book there hasn't really been much along the lines of plot tension. It's being taken for granted that the world will roll over backwards for the characters. Take Quidditch for example, hands up who thought that Gryffindor would lose that last game?
*crickets chirp*
No one? No, I didn't either.
Same with when Ron was poisoned, did anyone actually think he was going to die (despite the fact that this would be a great 'Red Wedding'-esq twist)? Not really. Perhaps it's because most of the Wizarding world seems to revolve around Harry. Ron's poisoning was just a way to show that Harry had learnt for the HBP's book, rather than a tragic occurance.
I don't know, but I think the tension in the books is fading, the only real question left is if Harry'll die when fighting Voldemort (who's dead meat anyway). To continue the GRRM comparisons (it's like comparing dust to diamonds, I know), in his books we honestly don't know how things are goign to end, it's entirely possible that the Others (main bad guys) will freeze the world and kill everyone! With JKR... I think there's only one plausable ending.
It reminds me a bit of a RPG game I was playing with some friends, when their characters had gotten so powerful I'd run out of things to throw at them, it was boring, and the tension was gone.
*crickets chirp*
No one? No, I didn't either.
Same with when Ron was poisoned, did anyone actually think he was going to die (despite the fact that this would be a great 'Red Wedding'-esq twist)? Not really. Perhaps it's because most of the Wizarding world seems to revolve around Harry. Ron's poisoning was just a way to show that Harry had learnt for the HBP's book, rather than a tragic occurance.
I don't know, but I think the tension in the books is fading, the only real question left is if Harry'll die when fighting Voldemort (who's dead meat anyway). To continue the GRRM comparisons (it's like comparing dust to diamonds, I know), in his books we honestly don't know how things are goign to end, it's entirely possible that the Others (main bad guys) will freeze the world and kill everyone! With JKR... I think there's only one plausable ending.
It reminds me a bit of a RPG game I was playing with some friends, when their characters had gotten so powerful I'd run out of things to throw at them, it was boring, and the tension was gone.