britishpassion replied to your post: britishpassion replied to your post: Things that...
Yeah, I understand your point, but again it had JUST happened, you know? I think the first reactions for everyone is to be too shocked to do anything else. That’s why I wouldn’t imagine everyone screaming and sobbing just like that.
I think that being shocked would lead everyone to screaming.
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You know that this part was from Harry’s in-shock POV, right? And one of things he was noticing was the girls screaming and crying? Also, does the phrase “the boys were screaming, sobbing hysterically” sound like a non-WTF description?
For one thing, I think that in Harry's in-shock state would not really enable him to make the distinction between girls' voices and boys' voices - everything he's taking in is very vague, and for the most part she says various sounds, voices blending together, etc. If everything is kind of blurring together, I don't think he would specifically identify the gender of the voices.
And I don't think she should've said "Boys were screaming, sobbing hysterically." That would most definitely have been weird. I think she should've said people, or voices. I don't understand why it was necessary to state the gender of the people screaming and crying, when I imagine it would be the entire crowd, and either way I don't think Harry was in any state to identify their gender.