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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I have an HP question.
At the end of GoF, he waits for horseless carriages.
At the beginning of OotP, he can see the thestrals.
Was Cedric more dead at the beginning of the term than the end and that's why he could see them? Or did JK pull the thestrals out of her English ass to have Harry have something in common with Luna?
Or did JK pull the thestrals out of her English ass to have Harry have something in common with Luna?
I'm thinking this. The lack of mention of the thestrals at the end of GoF has bothered me since I first read OOtP, but I'm just handwaving any ass-pulling on JKR's part because she's normally much better at continuity issues than that.
I also noticed that Fred and George got their O.W.L. results at the end of their 5th year, but Harry, Ron and Hermione have to wait until mid-July.
Waiting until July maps better onto my O level experience.
Aimee has just noticed the continuity problems in HP. Has she pondered the problems with the Sirius reference in Book 1? Let's watch and find out.
Yeah, for as much as she talks about having a plan, there are a lot of holes. Mostly little ones, but it is sloppy, IMO.
And I always go with the pulling it out of her ass explanation ("How much credit do we give the creators?" is a common problem I have with trying to predict stuff)
I just hope that if she does the "Encyclopedia of Harry Potter" as she mentioned as a possibility back when HBP was released (and I really hope she does--awesome way to share backstory she wasn't able to put in the books!), she'll be able to reconcile the plot holes.
I hope she does, too
But I think you may be a bit overly hopeful.
Aimee has just noticed the continuity problems in HP. Has she pondered the problems with the Sirius reference in Book 1? Let's watch and find out.
I missed this - what is it?
Have we talked about His Majesty's Dragon here yet? Cause dude, that was fun.
Wheee! And two more (plus!) coming!
Yay dragons!
When Hagrid shows up, in Chapter 1:
"Hagrid," said Dumbledore, sounding relieved. "At lasst. and where did you get that motorbike?"
"Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir," said the giant, climbing carfully off the motorbike as he spoke."Young Sirius Black lent it to me. I've got him, sir."
"No problems, were there?"
And that's it. Dumbledore 'knows' that Sirius betrayed James and Lily, and, yet, that's a completely neutral reaction to the reference. The whole timeline of the 24 hours immediately preceding that scene are weird, so it's just another data point of oddness.