Bill had nothing to do with the break-in, though. I think you're right and she was setting the break-in up from PS/SS but the follow-through fell through.
If she was just trying to give atmosphere by having goblins and house elves and (half-)giants and etc., that's one thing - I can see them in the background. She tried to bring them into the plot, which was a mistake if set-dressing was all they were there for. I could have lived with the Gringotts goblins in the background even if Bill worked for them - shadowy and undeveloped with their own culture but working with wizards for their own gain as well as, or in spite of, the gain for the wizards. We all have people on our periphery that we interact with in limited ways but don't understand - pollsters come to mind in my case. ;) I think you're right that she burned out on the story and anything "real" she was going to do just fell by the wayside and we were stuck with the long and boring camping trip because that's all that would surface in her burned-out mind.
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Date: 2008-12-23 12:17 am (UTC)If she was just trying to give atmosphere by having goblins and house elves and (half-)giants and etc., that's one thing - I can see them in the background. She tried to bring them into the plot, which was a mistake if set-dressing was all they were there for. I could have lived with the Gringotts goblins in the background even if Bill worked for them - shadowy and undeveloped with their own culture but working with wizards for their own gain as well as, or in spite of, the gain for the wizards. We all have people on our periphery that we interact with in limited ways but don't understand - pollsters come to mind in my case. ;) I think you're right that she burned out on the story and anything "real" she was going to do just fell by the wayside and we were stuck with the long and boring camping trip because that's all that would surface in her burned-out mind.