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hp_rarefestHere is a tough one for you. If you could change one thing in the Harry Potter books, what would it be and why?
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Date: 2012-03-01 03:01 pm (UTC)1- Remove the Epilogue. I'd be okay if JKR came out after and said, "Okay, so this is what I was thinking for everyone..." (like she did for various other characters). Then Fandom could take that as they wanted and not have to worry about "epilogue compliant" or "ewe" as warnings.
2- Rearrange the deaths OR change how each and every one of them happened. My roommates and I have a silly song we sing called "The 12 Days of Reading" where we remade an obvious Christmas song into DH style. One of the lines is "Five pointless deaths" because seriously, really? I know there are deaths in a war, but when you're an author and kill well-known characters, you need to show on the page that they weren't pointless. And if they WERE pointless, have your main character react accordingly. Hedwig, Snape, Fred, Colin, and Remus OR Tonks -- five pointless deaths. Actually, that list changed variably between them, haha. Anyway, the first three are always on that list because Hedwig's death was pretty much getting her out of the way (I've heard "loss of innocence" a lot, but Harry lost that when his Godfather died), Snape was a friggin potion's master, and I'm sorry, but if Fred actually died, George wouldn't have made it to the epilogue. I live with twins that are as close as Fred and George (oh boy, it's an adventure) and when they read the book, they both shut down and it took me weeks to get them normal again. Just reading about a twinship getting separated like that made them upset beyond anything; they told me later that JKR had no clue what she was writing because George wouldn't have been able to move on. It's like losing your second half. :/ Anyway, the other three are interchangeable because Colin could easily been seen as "this is what happens when you get in deeper than you can handle." Remus/Tonks, well, I always went for Tonks because she's my least favorite (she went from Bad Ass in OotP to love-sick annoyance in HBP), but at the same point she shouldn't have even been at the battle (like Colin), so it would have been Remus. In my mind, Teddy should have only lost one parent. The only point to him as an orphan was to remind Harry of himself. Boy this was a long thing.
3- Take out 90% of HBP. To me, that book was pretty much a "we're going to shove these characters together as a couple." I agree with the comment of moving more of the Horecruxes there (Harry could have found the ones in the castle) and making the war longer. I think it would have been more jarring and closer to real life if he didn't get to finish out the school year. Voldemort wouldn't have waited the whole summer to move, so it's ridiculous that it took so long for them to even START the hunt. :/
4- Have something happen to the Dursley (except for Dudley) to reflect that they had it coming. Harry lived in an abusive home until he was eleven -- that has effects on people. In the end, Dudley comes back to say "I'm sorry" in a way, but Vernon doesn't at all (Petunia is a between-the-lines gal). I don't mean kill them, but just have SOMETHING happen.
5- Ginny gets over her crush on Harry. Seriously, Neville/Ginny all the way (for a Gryffindor pairing).
I think that's it for now, lol.
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Date: 2012-03-01 08:40 pm (UTC)Just thinking about the possibilities that open up if the Trio had fled before sixth year was up makes me want to write it....
5) all the way. Poor Neville, shunted aside before he got a chance to begin...
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Date: 2012-03-02 05:47 am (UTC)Speaking of possibilities, I wonder what the world would be like without Harry Potter? O__o
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Date: 2012-03-02 06:07 am (UTC)God I feel ill now. :(
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