Dude, I've been re-reading those books for years. by
Iximaz
on 2014-12-19 00:03:00 UTC
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Even now, there's always something to find.
Fun fact, I borrowed my brother's copy of GoF at school the other day because I'd left mine at home and was quite stumped when my memory seemed to be completely reversed: in his copy, during the Priori Incantatem scene, James came out of the wand before Lily. I could have sworn it was the other way around in my copy, and when I got back home, I checked and sure enough, it was.
Turns out Rowling made an oopsie in regards to the reversed order of deaths. So there was a reprinting.
I was so ridiculously pleased to have found a new bit of writing, even if it was just a retcon.
The same thing happened in regards to the first book: in my copy, a witch outside the apothecary in Diagon Alley is complaining about dragon liver being seventeen sickles an ounce, whereas in my brother's copy, it's sixteen. That one was because the original is pretty much like someone saying a candy bar costs a hundred cents.
But, um, I got a little OT. Reprintings aren't quite the same. So lemme get back to the subject:
I feel so incredibly derpy to not have noticed it until maybe my seventh time reading OotP (post-DH; it was probably like my twentieth time total. I'm way too obsessed.), but there's a mention of Aunt Petunia saying she heard 'that awful boy' telling Lily about dementors years ago. And then it hit me that she meant Snape, not James like Harry had assumed. Major OH MY ROWLING moment for me. I had to put the book down to laugh/cry.