Harry Potter relationships

[Rowan Sjet]

Forgot to add, thanks for linking that article Alidar Jarok, good read.

Somewhere there's an interesting novel that tells the events of Deathly Hallows focusing on the "Mirror Trinity" of Neville, Ginny, and Luna's resistance efforts at Hogwarts during that year.

I wouldn't mind reading that actually, I'm sure there's at least one decent fanfic out there about it.

 

[wissaboo]

I have to say, Rowling's continued need to "rewrite" the Potter series to the point where she continually alters the perceptions of the characters annoys me to no end.

Though, admittedly, that's a purely emotional response, and it's been strong enough that I've not really considered the matter from a rational or artistic perspective.

^this

though I don't have an emotional bond with the series so I'd like to think it's more of a rational or artistic perspective.

Let the books stand as they were written. They obviously struck a cord with countless people. They went far beyond their target audience. Respect that relationship people have with the book as it was and stop talking about it. How are people picking it up from now on supposed to interpret these relationships and characters?

 

[Alidar Jarok]

Forgot to add, thanks for linking that article Alidar Jarok, good read.

Somewhere there's an interesting novel that tells the events of Deathly Hallows focusing on the "Mirror Trinity" of Neville, Ginny, and Luna's resistance efforts at Hogwarts during that year.

I wouldn't mind reading that actually, I'm sure there's at least one decent fanfic out there about it.

I had hoped the extra space of two movies would have allowed for a scene or two, but it was not to be.

 

[Gaith]

Erased by Time and Blockbusters: The Cautionary Tale of Ron Weasley

But there’s perhaps something more subtle at work here as well. Where films are more recent in public memory, they can sometimes overwrite their fictional underpinnings.

HP canon is a funny thing. The Ron Weasley Wikipedia artice has a big ol' picture of Grint front and center in the infobox, as most screen-based characters do, whereas Elijah Wood only appears at the end of the Frodo Baggins article. Something about the overlapping creation of the books and movies, as well as Rowling's light but important involvement in the latter, muddies the waters. I think most of us would say that Emma Watson "is" Hermione, say, in a way we wouldn't say that Dakota Blue Richards "is" Lyra Belacqua, even though Philip Pullman consulted on the Golden Compass movie also.

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Found it!

Yippee!

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Your emotions require some fine-tuning.
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[CaptJimboJones]

JK should just re-edit the books to suit her evolving ideas and release them as "Special Editions." Fans always love that sort of thing.