Why do I love OOTP so much?

[cubfanbudwoman]

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Bonnie asked:
> > Why do I love OOTP so much?
<snip list of reasons>

Tonya added:
> I feel his pain when he losses his Godfather.
> 
> I love how his defiance of Umbridge grows and during OWLS when he
> sends his patronus at her.  LOVE THAT!!


SSSusan:
There were certainly things I didn't like about OotP (Grawp, the 
battle in the DoM [which I thought was pretty laim], Molly's losing 
it with Sirius, Hermione's foolhardiness with SPEW, Sirius' death, to 
name a few), but I find lots of reasons to love OotP as well.  Among 
them:

1) Snape & Harry in Occlumency -- GOOD stuff there

2) The return of Lupin

3) Sirius' insistence upon giving Harry some *answers* for once!

4) Ginny's "reminder" to Harry that he's NOT the only one to know 
what's it like to have been taken over by Voldemort

5) The presence of Amelia Bones in the Wizengamot

6) McGonagall's & Snape's interactions with Umbridge

7) The twins' departure from Hogwarts

8) Harry's realization, after McGonagall was hit with the stunners, 
that "he had always expected Professor McGonagall to be there, 
irascible and inflexible, perhaps, but always dependably, solidly 
present..."

9) Peeves punting students across the swamp [imagining *both* 
possibilities for "punting"]

10) McGonagall's walking stick being unavailable to her because 
Peeves was using it :-)

11) Things coming to a head between Harry & DD and everything *not* 
going perfectly in that moment

12) "It unscrews the other way"

Siriusly Snapey Susan