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persephone_kore ([personal profile] persephone_kore) wrote2005-07-11 12:56 am

Erm, wait a minute....

No spoilers, just references to JKR-interviews and speculation.

I was thinking about my expectations for the sixth Harry Potter book. It occurred to me that I was expecting Riddle-backstory pretty strongly (didn't JKR say that was coming up soon?), was convinced of Founder-backstory for reasons I can't quite pin down, and found the theory fairly plausible that the almost-used-before chapter might depict Voldemort's attack at Godric's Hollow.

At this point I was forced to stop and ask myself whether I was expecting there to be room for anything about Harry's actual sixth year. :)

[identity profile] rexlapinii.livejournal.com 2005-07-11 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Y'know, that's a very good point. :)
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[personal profile] chthonya 2005-07-11 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
found the theory fairly plausible that the almost-used-before chapter might depict Voldemort's attack at Godric's Hollow.

You reckon she'd start with a flashback chapter? I'm doubtful - didn't JKR say that the chapter was originally going in CoS? But CoS was more about wizarding world history - the personal history came out more in PoA. Though I guess that could be what she changed.
I just cant see how she'd work it structurally. Oh well, only another 5 days before I'm proved wrong! ;)


At this point I was forced to stop and ask myself whether I was expecting there to be room for anything about Harry's actual sixth year. :)

Well, hopefully the action will be more integrated into the school this time, rather than Harry find out everything through newspapers, dreams, Sirius etc. That way we might get Year 6 information that didn't feel an add-on to the plot arc.

[identity profile] a-t-rain.livejournal.com 2005-07-11 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, that's why the books are 700 pages long! I don't think it's an unreasonable expectation, really -- we got Riddle backstory, First War backstory, the Quidditch World Cup, and boy-girl stuff in GoF, in addition to the main plot. And OotP had more First War backstory, Marauder backstory, giant-centered sidestory, and visits to the Ministry and St. Mungo's.

Plenty of room for digressions, really...

[identity profile] yma2.livejournal.com 2005-07-13 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Lol! I'm sure we'll have some Harry Plot somewhere. Propbably cunningly woven in. :sigh: I am so looking forward to this...