My feelings

[klmtapir]

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Virginia:
> Now, I need your help, can please anybody help me to find the way 
> to see all of what happened with other perspective, with another 
> point of view that wont meke me feel as sad as I feel now?. I need 
> to be able to feel god about the HP world again, because it has 
> been a really good part of my life so far.


Hi Virginia (and everyone -- this is my first post) --

I felt just the way you do after I finished HBP a couple weeks ago. I found myself moping around (to the point that my husband, who doesn't read HP and thus DOESN'T UNDERSTAND, was telling me, "You know, it isn't real!"). I was especially upset about Snape's role in the last chapters -- I'm a big-time Snape lover (I think Alan Rickman may have helped that along), and I just couldn't believe that, after all this time, he'd been Ever So Evil.

So I came online and started looking for HP discussions that went a little deeper than "OMG I cant beleive Dumbeldor is rilly dead!!! I M so jellus of Ginny b/c Harry is my tru luv lol!" And I found Harry Potter for Grownups, and it's been awesome, if a bit overwhelming in sheer numbers of posts.

I'd suggest going to this group's web site, back to the posts that started on 7/16 or a couple days afterward and just plowing through (or looking for subject lines that catch your eye). I found a lot of great theories about why Snape isn't truly evil (my main concern) and reasons why the last book doesn't necessarily need to be a 
depressing bloodbath ending with the world blowing up. 

So, in summary, stick around, read past posts and find solace.

Kirsten