Oyez, Oyez, the I Hate Horcruxes Society is Now in its Second Session

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 163337

Well folks, it is beginning to look like Horcruxes are the key to the 
seventh book, very unfortunately.  Personally, I strongly suspect 
that the "Deathly Hallows" of the title are none other than the 
Horcruxes themselves, which leads to all sorts of unfortunate 
corollaries.

The most unfortunate is that I think we will have to suffer through 
the hunting and destruction of all four of them -- each and every one 
in wearisome detail.  I don't think we are going to have relief from 
coincidences or "off-screen" developments.  I don't think two or more 
of the horcruxes are going to be hidden in the same spot.  I don't 
think the horcruxes are going to turn out to be unimportant after 
all.  And I don't think anyone off-screen, be it Snape, Regulus, 
Wormtail, or God in a Clown Suit, is going to destroy any of them. I 
think the heart of the book is going to be four mini-quests after 
four seperate "hallows," followed by a major confrontation at the end.

Now this leads to some opportunities.  Ron/Hermione could be 
developed in the course of the quests.  Also perhaps one of the 
Hallows is hidden at Durmstrang, which could provide an appearance by 
Victor Krum.  But much else we have been promised or kind-of 
promised, including a Weasley wedding and an Umbridge come-uppance, 
or that we desire, such as an end to Percy's arc, will have to be 
sandwiched among, around, and between McGuffin chases.  

Sigh. Thus we reach the end to find ourselves immersed in a video 
game -- or a rather familiar retelling of a plot device derived from 
Koschei and utilized in dozens of movies, role-playing games, and 
novels ever since.  As Alla, I believe it was, said, the worst thing 
about it is that it's all so ordinary -- and ordinary at a time when 
much more interesting and pressing issues are hanging.


Lupinlore, who fully expects a horcrux game for PS3 to hit the market 
very quickly