Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160820125814/@comment-1916997-20160821044006

Eskaver wrote:

I never read Harry Potter, but if Harry defeated Voldemort in book 1, 3, in the early part of 5, it would get old. Then, have Hermoine show interest in Ron, then break up, then get back together in the next book, then to break up 2 books later, just to get back together at the end. Voldemort also survives Book 5, then stays in the background until he's redeemed in book 7. Since I never read it, I don't know, lol. However, I think anyone can see what I'm getting at. Ironically, some of the things you mentioned do kind of happen. Voldemort is kind of defeated in Book 1 (after already being kind of defeated by Harry when he was a baby). He is then defeated in Book 2 (which we later find out is a horcrux, aka a piece of Voldemort's soul that grants him immortality until all of them are destroyed). He's not in Book 3, but he is "reborn" at the end of Book 4, and slowly takes over the British Wizarding World's government, while gathering followers, etc., over Books 5, 6, and 7, before he is finally killed by Harry at the end of Book 7. Similarly, Ron and Hermione do have relationship drama. First we have the awkwardness between them in the first couple of years, then we have them falling for each other in Book 4, and then we have them not dating but being jealous over dating other people in Books 5 and 6, and then in Book 7 we have them being a couple, but then Ron thinking Harry and Hermione are trying to get together and Ron gets mad at both of them, before coming back later in the book, and then staying as a couple. Point is, yes, stringing people along with drama is exactly what serialized things do. XD