Prequel

[t0ra-chan.livejournal.com]

I hope it's okay if I post this here.

As some of you might have heard, JKR wrote a 800 words long Marauder prequel for charity. And you can already read it here:
Marauder Prequel

Warning, it's hand-written and very hard to read in some parts.

ETA: Thanks to r_ganymede we have a link to a transcript for easier reading:
Prequel Transcript

Anyway, here's my take on it.



So Sirius and James drive around on Sirius's motorcycle, get caught by the police, get oh-so-witty with the officers, attack some Death Eaters (I think) and piss off again.

What the hell was the point of that? Bad enough that she again couldn't keep her word about being finished with HP, but she broke it to write that? That's not only boring, it tells us absolutely nothing about the characters we didn't know. Heck, it's just more proof what irresponsible jackasses Sirius and James were. Again Muggles are portrayed as stupid and clueless and it's perfectly fine for wizards to have fun at their expense. And look, another chance to make jokes about fat people, haven't seen those in a while. Whatever, JKR.

Comments

[intotheaether.livejournal.com]

I couldn't understand the whole thing, since her handwriting is really bad, but from what I read, I agree. I would've appreciated it more if there had been some controversial new develop (even if I hated it, which I probably would have), just so I could have an opinion about the new canon, if you consider this to be! But it was nothing. Boring, really.