Re: Pearlette to 00sevvie
(Anonymous)
Which suggests that his unhappiness is directly tied to the fact that he can't go out and run wild has he has done before whenever he used the cloak.
But an equally likely reading of Lily's simple statement in that letter is that James wished he could get out of the house so he could fight on behalf of his wife and kid, do Order stuff. Obviously the right thing was for him to stay put, but he could hardly help feeling anxious and twitchy about it.
But again, I think JKR's tone shifts might be part of the problem here.
Well, OK. I'm not bothered by tone shifts in a book which sometimes has humour in order to lighten the darkness. But I, personally, don't see it as a problem. This is a fantasy setting, so I'm not inclined to disapprove of a magical mother who allows her magical baby to fly around on his broomstick.
-- Pearlette
But an equally likely reading of Lily's simple statement in that letter is that James wished he could get out of the house so he could fight on behalf of his wife and kid, do Order stuff. Obviously the right thing was for him to stay put, but he could hardly help feeling anxious and twitchy about it.
But again, I think JKR's tone shifts might be part of the problem here.
Well, OK. I'm not bothered by tone shifts in a book which sometimes has humour in order to lighten the darkness. But I, personally, don't see it as a problem. This is a fantasy setting, so I'm not inclined to disapprove of a magical mother who allows her magical baby to fly around on his broomstick.
-- Pearlette