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theonewhospeaks in its_a_fake

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Jul 22, 2007 23:36

I have a friend who refuses to believe there are that many things JKR said she would address in this final book that she did not. Is there an actual list anywhere, making direct comparisons? If not, then just the list of what she promised for this book will do. Does anybody know where I could find this? Thanks.

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nyucknyuck July 23 2007, 08:49:46 UTC

Here's a list of "loose ends" from Mugglenet:

http://mugglenet.com/books/futurebooks/book7/looseends.shtml

She actually stated in interviews that she'd answer many of those things. You might want to use www.accio-quote.org.

theonewhospeaks July 23 2007, 16:16:13 UTC

Thanks for the links. Those help.

torino10154 July 23 2007, 10:25:06 UTC

Leaky also had a list of things that were meant to be in the book. http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#book:7 Scroll down just a bit.

theonewhospeaks July 23 2007, 16:15:58 UTC

Thanks! That helps.

anonymous July 23 2007, 11:49:57 UTC

Almost all of them are addressed in the book. They don't seem obvious because she doesn't come out and say "This was the gleam of truimph" for example, but most of them were addressed.

I would have liked to have known about the Howler to Petunia and why she allowed Harry to stay in OOTP, or about the 24 hours after Lily was killed, but I guess JKR didn't have room to cover it. Not knowing what Dudley saw is depressing or what happened to all the Dursley's in the end especially Dudley since he did 360 turn-around with Harry, but we can't have everything.

Most things were cleared up though.

sigma698 July 23 2007, 15:05:41 UTC

Agreed. Looks like most of that list has been summed up. Most of the rest of the unanswered questions either look really insignificant (does it really MATTER what Dudley saw with the Dementors?) or can best be left up to the imagination.

theonewhospeaks July 23 2007, 16:16:53 UTC

Well, for the not so obvious things, is there a list of those also?

anonymous July 24 2007, 15:33:22 UTC

Out of the Mugglenet list, the following were not addressed. All the others not listed were addressed in the book even if not obvious to you. A re-read of the book may help you. I also want to point out that many things on that list were not things she said she was going to address, she just never bothered to give us further details or decided not to continue those storylines from previous books. Some of these questions were not addressed to her, they were just things "left open" from the previous novels, that doesn't mean they HAD to be addressed to finish the series ( ... )

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smartmilk July 23 2007, 11:57:38 UTC

LETS SPAM HER LIVE CHAT !!!!!!!!11

severusinvictus July 23 2007, 16:02:18 UTC

theonewhospeaks , you are correct, there are tons of things JKR said she would address in DH that she did not. The mugglenet/leaky lists only scratch the surface. I'm in the process of compiling a list myself, if you are interested. Its completion may take a couple of days though.

theonewhospeaks July 23 2007, 16:15:22 UTC

Thanks. I would appriciate it.