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runeharmonic

The Half-Blood Prince Inconsistency Theory

Jul 17, 2005 02:41

I posted this at HF, but I thought I'd share it on LJ as well because it's the nagging idea that's keeping me sane.

( More spoilers, less blinding fury, and a small dose of hope. )

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_tealeaves_ July 17 2005, 13:56:10 UTC

i had that same feeling too earlier this morning when i woke up. HBP just doesn't feel right, and perhaps rowling did do it for a reason. desecration doesn't even begin to describe what she did to these characters. i thought she loved them?! and yes, i will still read the 7th book b/c i have just enough (meaning an EXTREMELY little bit) faith that perhaps this VOMIT-inducing book will make better sense (glad i wasn't the only one thrown off by the hippogriff tattoo thing. and why was buckbeak suddenly called witherwings without any explanation?) anyways, i'm glad the first day is over and i can get back to a normal life again. i do hope JKR clears some things up in her interview today. she has a long way to go before she gets my respect back. *sighs and exits stage left as the lights fade to black*

runeharmonic July 17 2005, 19:49:21 UTC

I suppose we're a little optimistic about JKR, aren't we? It's hard to be positive right now, with the shock of such a horrendously written book, but in time, I hope there'll be an explanation for the murder of Hermione Granger. Murder is what happened when JKR wrote VOMIT, and Harmonians knew all along that's what had to happen for VOMIT to become canon.

Witherwings sounds like a direct attack on H/Hr,but I'm hoping there's something more to JKR's choice of the name... as well as everything else that went wrong in HBP.

_tealeaves_ July 17 2005, 19:52:18 UTC

after letting everything settle for a day or so, i'm actually feeling better. i'm looking forward to JKR's interview, and i still do love her. honestly i do. but i think she's been reading too many fanfics. read your own books, jo! hehe.

and yes, hermione was murdered in the most horrible way possible. i sure hope things change in the next book. too bad we have to wait two more years or so.

runeharmonic July 18 2005, 04:19:17 UTC

JKR seems to make fun of fandom a lot in HBP, doesn't she? I wouldn't be surprised if she reads VOMIT fanfic, either. I've now gotten over my HBP fury and have decided that JKR is up to something... but that doesn't make me miss the real Hermione any less. :(

_tealeaves_ July 18 2005, 16:09:41 UTC

i know exactly how you feel. and i do think JKR< i>is up to something. perhaps she spent too much time reading what we all wrote about we all want to get together or something. i mean, she has admitted to checking out the boards and everything. so who's to say she didn't find the one that suited her (or made her laugh more!) and wrote it into the books? one thing's for sure, it was wrong! it reminds me of something she said about GoF when she said that everyone was falling in love with the wrong people. maybe that still holds for this book as well? i dunno. whatever! ^_^

exhaledeeply July 19 2005, 00:42:14 UTC

Did the interview say anything?

_tealeaves_ July 19 2005, 01:46:54 UTC

not really. it was mostly about her life and how she felt about her fame and whatnot. HBP was never really addressed. i didn't watch the full interview the next morning, sadly. but someone's posted a link to it somewhere on the community. it's in a recent post

exhaledeeply July 19 2005, 01:52:23 UTC

Ugh, how dissapointing. You think we know all those answers, plzkthnx.

Yeah, I went and looked... We knew most of those answers! We know her story, we don't care! *flails arms about* We want to know answers to real questions!

Or.

maybe that's just me.

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