[HPforGrownups] Re: Average Harry?

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 18851


--- Amy Z <aiz24 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> For my part, I don't for a moment think that Harry can't be hurt by 
> Voldemort.  I think if V had skipped the duelling drama and just cut 
> Harry's throat while he had him bound to the tombstone, that would 
> have been the end of the story.  

I always felt that GOF ended rather...er...lamely. I was biting my
nails all through Wormtail taking Harry's blood and bringing back
Voldemort. My eyes were glued to the page during Voldemort's little
speech. I was expecting something big to happen and then...what?
Voldemort unties Harry, gives his wand back, and says "Let's have a
duel"? Huh? At that point I'm thinking "Has Voldemort gone nutters? I
thought he was a smart villain, not a dumb one". And then there's the
whole mess with the wands connecting and the spells showing up in
reverse. Finally, Harry *gets away* when he plainly shouldn't have (in
my opinion). I finished the book shaking my head in frustration.

I *know* there are good explanations for everything that happened, I've
read them in the short time that I've been on the list. But I still
feel deep inside that the last couple of chapters just didn't live up
to the build-up. It wasn't that I was expecting a happy ending, I was
just expecting something...different.

I'm also of the camp that hopes that Harry doesn't have "Great
Phenomenol Cosmic Powers". If there's anything I'm convinced of, its
that a writer should never give any more help to their character than
is strictly necessary. I'd rather he have regular wizarding powers, or
even be a little deficient in that area. Let him use his head, his
flying skills, his friends, or his heart to defeat Voldemort. Don't let
him be a little powerhouse of energy.

~Amber
 

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