Yes, on the one hand obviously she's not interested in writing a war story so she should write what she is interested in. It's just that that also starts to show because she created a busy world around the hero and then just used it for a backdrop. In DH the Order is puttering around grimly acting as if they're resisting something but they're not--and Voldemort's forces just can't sustain the idea of an entire war. They grow and shrink depending on what's needed for the plot. And there was no need for anybody to talk to anybody--the rest of Europe is barely interested in what's going on, so the diplomacy show of GoF wasn't necessary. There's no armies of giants of werewolves with troop movements or anybody taking over anything. It all comes down to killing this one guy and the rest melt away.
You're also right about Lily/Snape--Since we don't see much it's easy to imagine any number of types of relationship until they truly fell out with each other. And many in the school might not have really known about it either. Presumably Lily mostly hung around with girls in Gryffindor when she was there. The Marauders may never have connected any dislike she had of them to things they did to Snape (that maybe she just heard about). Though in SWM Lily already likes James and is fighting to hide a smile at his antics with Snape even before Snape calls her a Mudblood iirc. Their relationship seems to have already become strained with Snape getting more possessive any time Lily appeared to be leaning towards James, like when after the Prank she's saying James saved him.
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Date: 2008-04-06 03:49 pm (UTC)You're also right about Lily/Snape--Since we don't see much it's easy to imagine any number of types of relationship until they truly fell out with each other. And many in the school might not have really known about it either. Presumably Lily mostly hung around with girls in Gryffindor when she was there. The Marauders may never have connected any dislike she had of them to things they did to Snape (that maybe she just heard about). Though in SWM Lily already likes James and is fighting to hide a smile at his antics with Snape even before Snape calls her a Mudblood iirc. Their relationship seems to have already become strained with Snape getting more possessive any time Lily appeared to be leaning towards James, like when after the Prank she's saying James saved him.