JKR v. Eddings
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timepiececlock10 Reasons Why Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince Would Have Been Better If David Eddings Had Written It
1. The campyness of the HPverse would still be cute and campy, but the dramatic parts would be more dramatic.
2. The jokes would be funnier.
3. They both over-use adverbs, but Eddings makes better use of adjectives.
4. The Half Blood Prince would have turned out to be a character like Silk, and in two weeks he'd have the Order of the Phoenix running like a proper covert spy organization. Meaning more spying and less dying. And in three months he'd have recruited 3/4 of Voldemort's spies to work for the the Order instead. And in six months the Dark Lord would wake up one day to find all his financial assets had disappeared, all his magical items of power had been stolen down to the wand under his pillow at night, nearly every Death Eater had been bought off by the other side, and someone had tied his shoelaces together.
5. If Ginny were Ce'Nedra, she'd never put up with this Angel from Buffy season 3 shit. She'd call him on his idiocy and manipulate him into running in circles for daring to dismiss her.
6. Ginny would have a personality.
7. The mystery of HBP's identity would have been more interesting, and actually mattered to everything else that happened in the book.
8. Neville wouldn't have been forgotten about after being the most awesome character in book 5.
9. Luna would have had a an actual plot purpose instead of being forgotten about too.
10. Dumbledore would have had a more impressive end than waiting around for a Draco of all people to kill him.
EDIT: Half Blood Prince spoilers in comments, vague Belgariad/Mallorean spoilers too.
1. The campyness of the HPverse would still be cute and campy, but the dramatic parts would be more dramatic.
2. The jokes would be funnier.
3. They both over-use adverbs, but Eddings makes better use of adjectives.
4. The Half Blood Prince would have turned out to be a character like Silk, and in two weeks he'd have the Order of the Phoenix running like a proper covert spy organization. Meaning more spying and less dying. And in three months he'd have recruited 3/4 of Voldemort's spies to work for the the Order instead. And in six months the Dark Lord would wake up one day to find all his financial assets had disappeared, all his magical items of power had been stolen down to the wand under his pillow at night, nearly every Death Eater had been bought off by the other side, and someone had tied his shoelaces together.
5. If Ginny were Ce'Nedra, she'd never put up with this Angel from Buffy season 3 shit. She'd call him on his idiocy and manipulate him into running in circles for daring to dismiss her.
6. Ginny would have a personality.
7. The mystery of HBP's identity would have been more interesting, and actually mattered to everything else that happened in the book.
8. Neville wouldn't have been forgotten about after being the most awesome character in book 5.
9. Luna would have had a an actual plot purpose instead of being forgotten about too.
10. Dumbledore would have had a more impressive end than waiting around for a Draco of all people to kill him.
EDIT: Half Blood Prince spoilers in comments, vague Belgariad/Mallorean spoilers too.
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Date: 2005-10-12 06:16 am (UTC)Now that I think about it, I remember more being in love with the thief boy who was gonna be a knight and an emperor of thieves and then get trapped into marriage by the goddess child.
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Date: 2005-10-12 06:42 am (UTC)When I'm re-reading the books and caught up in the story, I think it's cute that he's going to be trapped into marriage by the goddess child. When I have time between re-readings of the books to think about it, I want him to run like hell
even though there is nowhere he would be able to escape.no subject
Date: 2005-10-12 07:32 am (UTC)And they wouldn't let me watch R-rated movies. HAH! I read fantasy books and horror books that were plenty R-rated enough. And my parents would just let me wander willy-nilly around a library for hours. ::happy nostalgic sigh:: I'm going to let my kids do that. I'll make them book addicts then unleash them upon libraries to corrupt or teach themselves as they see fit.