Apologies for perhaps being obnoxious… but can you taboo “cliffhanger” for me, what do you mean by it?
I think that people tend to use that word so much that it has lost all communicative meaning. For me a cliffhanger is something where in the next few minutes of in-story action someone is in deadly danger—like someone hanging off a cliff, you know. This isn’t the case here.
Ah. To me, a cliffhanger is ending on any dramatic moment—any point where you’d say “But what does he do neeeext?!” Which for me at least is the case here: I’d at least like to see Harry’s reaction.
That would be a reasonable view in most cases, but after the first five or so paragraphs I can’t really think of any point in MoR, end of chapter or otherwise, that didn’t inspire me with intense curiosity about what’s next...
There’s a difference in degree there. Compare, say, the end of Ch 63(TSPE Aftermaths) with Ch 54(TSPE 4, where Harry is walking in Azkaban with no Patronus). It’s not a bright line, but it’s definitely different.
Apologies for perhaps being obnoxious… but can you taboo “cliffhanger” for me, what do you mean by it?
I think that people tend to use that word so much that it has lost all communicative meaning. For me a cliffhanger is something where in the next few minutes of in-story action someone is in deadly danger—like someone hanging off a cliff, you know. This isn’t the case here.
Ah. To me, a cliffhanger is ending on any dramatic moment—any point where you’d say “But what does he do neeeext?!” Which for me at least is the case here: I’d at least like to see Harry’s reaction.
I take a slightly broader view: a device in which the final elements of the piece inspire intense curiosity in the reader/viewer.
That would be a reasonable view in most cases, but after the first five or so paragraphs I can’t really think of any point in MoR, end of chapter or otherwise, that didn’t inspire me with intense curiosity about what’s next...
There’s a difference in degree there. Compare, say, the end of Ch 63(TSPE Aftermaths) with Ch 54(TSPE 4, where Harry is walking in Azkaban with no Patronus). It’s not a bright line, but it’s definitely different.
Point taken.