[ SECRET POST #6978 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #6978 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.



__________________________________________________



02.



__________________________________________________



03.



__________________________________________________



04.
[WWE Royal Rumble Riyadh]



__________________________________________________



05.



__________________________________________________



06.























Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 06 secrets from Secret Submission Post #996.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Well, the Doylist explanation is that the author needed Mrs. Weasley to feel/react a certain way, and that the author isn't talented enough and/or didn't put in the effort to write a logical, in-character set-up for the plot scenario she wanted.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with this. I wouldn't exactly call it a plot hole, but it's definitely illogical that she would call out Rita Skeeter all the other times, but then believe this one article without even checking with Harry or one of her children.

[(Anonymous)]

I tend to lean that way because frankly, Rowling always has been a solidly mediocre, sloppy writer. When the series started out, this wasn't as obvious because there weren't as many characters or plot threads to juggle, but the more the series progressed, the more complicated it got and she clearly wasn't great at keeping the plot organized so that it always made sense.

[(Anonymous)]

This is so true. When things were more simple in the beginning, it was easy to keep things straight and cohesive. Then, as the story become more involved and expanded, and the threads needed to be woven together, it started to fray instead.

[(Anonymous)]

I suspect after the series got mega-popular she was a lot more able to push back on her editors, as well.

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt - Likely. It's also an industry-wide phenomenon. Editors and editing costs time and money in publishing. When publishers realize that you don't need to do such a thorough job of it and it doesn't seem to dissuade people from buying books, well... that's that start of the downhill slide, right there. Rowling's popularity meant that the next book in the series was a guaranteed bestseller, so the faster you can get it to the presses and on the shelves, the sooner the money starts pouring in.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

HP has a lot of inconsistencies and moments that feel OOC (though IDK whether that's the right word when it's literally canon, I guess I mean "doesn't fit with previously shown characterization and wasn't adequately explained in the story for me"). I think JKR is a plot-focused writer trying to hit the plot beats of an entertaining story, and sometimes details got lost along the way. That's speaking as someone who enjoyed the books for what they are. The plot holes IMO can usually be explained by "JKR wanted the story to go this way and didn't always pull off the scene convincingly."

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I was just coming down to say the reason is that JKR is not that good of a writer.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe, but as I recall it, that whole subplot was kind of superfluous? Removing Molly's overly credulous reaction would have made the book a bit shorter and had no other effect.

... I can't even say it was to play into the series's reputation as doorstoppers because that started with GoF.

maybe jowling is kind of a bad writer or something idk