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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3141238" data-attributes="member: 18280"><p>Absolutely not. There are many writers who clearly do know the story they are telling from word one, and those writers are not making laboured attempts to make previous details make sense. </p><p></p><p>There are some obvious, and big, examples. Why is Harry protected from Voldemort? Because his mother loved him and was willing to die for him. Hmmmm. And, when the Death Eaters were active, <em><strong>Harry was the only child so loved by his parents</strong></em>? Seems more like an explaination that left Harry vulnerable was needed, but certainly not a good one. (I believe I mentioned that before.)</p><p></p><p>Why is Harry sent to the Dursleys? At this point, let it be remembered, He Who Must Not Be Named is dead. Sure, he has servants, but they are being rounded up. So the most powerful wizards in Britain decide that, rather than protect Harry themselves, they'll stick him in bondage with the most abusive family they can find. Of course, they watch over him, so they know the family is abusive, right?</p><p></p><p>Or, perhaps, in the first book they simply left Harry with the Dursleys because they were his closest living relatives, and all the rest is ret-con.</p><p></p><p>Which makes more sense?</p><p></p><p>And why exactly is it that neither Voldemort nor any Death Eater knows that a parent's love can protect a child? Oh, yes, they are "blind to it"....but surely the most willfully blind must have run into this effect before?</p><p></p><p>And why exactly is it that none of the other wizards seems to know about this effect either? After all, when it comes down to it, Harry's survival shouldn't have been that miraculous. (Unless, of course, it was determined that the survival was a miracle <em>before</em> it was determined how the survival occured.)</p><p></p><p>Frankly, the books are fun, light reads....but they do not stand up under even the mildest scrutiny. Hence, my belief that they are ret-conned.</p><p></p><p></p><p>RC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3141238, member: 18280"] Absolutely not. There are many writers who clearly do know the story they are telling from word one, and those writers are not making laboured attempts to make previous details make sense. There are some obvious, and big, examples. Why is Harry protected from Voldemort? Because his mother loved him and was willing to die for him. Hmmmm. And, when the Death Eaters were active, [i][b]Harry was the only child so loved by his parents[/b][/i][b][/b]? Seems more like an explaination that left Harry vulnerable was needed, but certainly not a good one. (I believe I mentioned that before.) Why is Harry sent to the Dursleys? At this point, let it be remembered, He Who Must Not Be Named is dead. Sure, he has servants, but they are being rounded up. So the most powerful wizards in Britain decide that, rather than protect Harry themselves, they'll stick him in bondage with the most abusive family they can find. Of course, they watch over him, so they know the family is abusive, right? Or, perhaps, in the first book they simply left Harry with the Dursleys because they were his closest living relatives, and all the rest is ret-con. Which makes more sense? And why exactly is it that neither Voldemort nor any Death Eater knows that a parent's love can protect a child? Oh, yes, they are "blind to it"....but surely the most willfully blind must have run into this effect before? And why exactly is it that none of the other wizards seems to know about this effect either? After all, when it comes down to it, Harry's survival shouldn't have been that miraculous. (Unless, of course, it was determined that the survival was a miracle [i]before[/i] it was determined how the survival occured.) Frankly, the books are fun, light reads....but they do not stand up under even the mildest scrutiny. Hence, my belief that they are ret-conned. RC [/QUOTE]
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