an author who makes magic about sacficing something to make something happen.
I've not read a lot of fantasy, but I'm partial to the old ideal of 'three times three' of whatever energy you send out, you have to be prepared to recieve it back. With HP, I always prefer the even numbered books, one of those being CoS, which everyone else seems to hate; but in particular, I'm fond of the broken wand. It's just a great tool for true (and cruel) justice, which isn't present often in the series. No bias, you just get back what you put out. (I suppose there are little hints of the rule in other parts of the books - the wands locking, Harry and Draco cursing each other's friends in GoF, the train hexing reversal in HBP, the SNEAK hex..., but it's all pretty exaggerated and infrequent.)
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Date: 2006-04-28 07:36 pm (UTC)I've not read a lot of fantasy, but I'm partial to the old ideal of 'three times three' of whatever energy you send out, you have to be prepared to recieve it back.
With HP, I always prefer the even numbered books, one of those being CoS, which everyone else seems to hate; but in particular, I'm fond of the broken wand. It's just a great tool for true (and cruel) justice, which isn't present often in the series. No bias, you just get back what you put out.
(I suppose there are little hints of the rule in other parts of the books - the wands locking, Harry and Draco cursing each other's friends in GoF, the train hexing reversal in HBP, the SNEAK hex..., but it's all pretty exaggerated and infrequent.)