OOP: What impressed and disappointed me

[pickle_jimmy]

No: HPFGUIDX 63503

Where do I start:

Let me say that I think JK is brilliant. How many of us had guessed 
the passing comment from Dumbledore regarding the room full of 
chamber pots would be significant in book 5?

And, the amount of grey areas (things that have been raised and 
discussed ad infinitum) that are Canonised in Book 5 just in passing 

   Did Snape realy want to be DADA teacher or was it 
   just student rumour? He says he *has* applied for the job.

   Will Dumbledore die and return as a Ghost? Probably
   not, as he doesn't *not* want to die

   Is Mrs Figg a witch? No, she's a squibb

   Is Dudley really a wizard without knowing? Not unless it
   is without the Ministry knowing, Harry is in trouble for
   performing magic in front of a Muggle.

   Would the new DADA teacher be Mrs Figg or Fleur? Mrs Figg -
   no, to squibby; Fleur - no, she had a job at gringotts.

   And even stupid ones like - Crookshanks could be Mrs Weasley.
   (Yes, I know it was obvious before book 5)
   They appear together in the same scene at Grimmauld Place.

   The list goes on...


And the humour:

   Dumbledore saying to Fudge - 'Well - it's just that you seem to be 
labouring under the delusion that I am going to - what is the 
phrase? - come quietly.'

   Trelawney's prediction regarding Harry, that "Harry was not going 
to suffer an early death after all, but would live to a ripe old age,
become Minister for Magic and have twelve children."

   Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves, who was 
determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier, and could have sworn he 
heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, 'It 
unscrews the other way.'

   Umbridge's ban on the Quibbler ensuring everyone read it, and the 
Teacher's treatment of Harry.

   And Hermione's elf hats :-) Dobby (and maybe Winky) being the only 
elf to be benefitting from all her hard work.
 

Now some things that ticked me off:

   Cho: why didn't Harry reconcile with her in the end? What was her 
part in Book 5 anyway? Will she play a bigger roll in book 6, because 
other than adding to Harry's emotional rollercoaster she didn't add 
to the story

   Percy: Why didn't we see his reaction to the reality of 
Voldemort's return, and see him either eat humble pie or continue in 
denial

   OWLS: Why do we have to wait till book 6 to see how they went in 
their OWLS

   Luna: A little to wacky to be introduced at this stage in the 
story and not play a more significant roll - I felt she needed to 
have more to offer

   Umbridge: She survived! Uninjured! So, her pride was stepped on, 
but I was hoping that her person would have at least suffered a 
little under the hooves of the centaurs. I couldn't believe that 
after the detention punishment she dished out that she didn't at 
least get a few scars of her own.

   Sturgis: If he was under Malfoy's control when he broke in to the 
ministry, surely he now doesn't deserve Azkaban - has he been 
released?
 

So... Please feel free to disagree, like's and dislikes are a 
personal thing, but I just wanted to start a thread that was less 
about the specifics of the book, and more about what people enjoyed 
or didn't enjoy - A Critique

Cheers

Pickle Jimmy