The Half-Blood Prince Inconsistency Theory
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. )
( More spoilers, less blinding fury, and a small dose of hope. )
However, I don't care if or how she writes pairings at the end, it will never make up for the inestimable damage done to all the female characters in this book. Especially not for Hermione.
I do think there's going to be a huge twist in the next book that will turn fandom on it's head (again), and the OBHWFers will be the ones screaming in pain, but that is just as cruel as what she did here.
She said she liked the arguments, and so she "settled" the shipping (for this book) in the only way she possibly could have that would have completely upped the ante on all arguments. She is such a Slytherin. (I believe she even said that she rubbed her hands together and cackled in glee at least once during the writing of this book. If that doesn't convince people she had evil results in mind, nothing will.)
She said she didn't want to write any more HP books after seven, and I thought she may have been planning a slew of deaths to make any continuation of the story impossible. I just didn't know she was going to kill our love for the characters on the way. By losing all her fans, she wouldn't have anyone asking for more.
I love Harry Potter, and I will always love Harry Potter, but my trust and respect for JKR is gone. She is a role model for the masses whether she wanted to be or not, and her books are being assimilated into society whether or not she wishes it. And the great heroine she had, and all the other strong female characters were reduced to the worst kind of stereotype imaginable. That is what angered me the most.
A close second was the desecration of Harry and Hermione's friendship. Everyone could see that, no matter what you ship. And she totally annihilated it in this book. :( *cries*
I fully believe that she wrote R/Hr and H/G as red herrings, just so she could turn everything on it's head in the next book. But, it was so poorly executed, so meanly done, that I cannot embrace what might have been one of the best upsets in canon so far.
The disappointment comes from knowing that she could have done this so masterfully. Just as she did in the past five books! And yet....there it is. *shrug* I guess if she's pleased with it, and her actions, so be it. It rather reminds me of Sirius telling Snape to go to the Whomping Willow. She just didn't understand the full consequences of her actions. Only we have no James to save us from the insanity.
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