the formula of the other four books breaks apart in this one. the big climax where harry does something foolhardy and brave doesn't win the day this time, it kills someone he loves.
*nod*
And I do appreciate that on some level, but I just get the feeling that the plot as written required everyone to be an idiot, rather than being an inevitable growth out of the characterization - I mean, yes, Harry is secretive, and Sirius is reckless, but there were so many other points at which she could have made things less sloppy and more sense-making.
I dunno.
I'd like to believe her when she says there was a good reason for it, but it's just not a satisfying death right now. I can't look at it and say, "Yes, Sirius had to die so X could happen."
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Date: 2004-06-21 08:51 am (UTC)*nod*
And I do appreciate that on some level, but I just get the feeling that the plot as written required everyone to be an idiot, rather than being an inevitable growth out of the characterization - I mean, yes, Harry is secretive, and Sirius is reckless, but there were so many other points at which she could have made things less sloppy and more sense-making.
I dunno.
I'd like to believe her when she says there was a good reason for it, but it's just not a satisfying death right now. I can't look at it and say, "Yes, Sirius had to die so X could happen."
Maybe after the next book I will. I hope so.