What things that you wanted did you get? (was: Killing Harry)

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 175491

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<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
> Anyone else care to bite?

va32h:

You know it's funny. I have been very critical of DH since its 
release, and on other forums I was really taken to task for that. The 
main accusation being "you're just mad because you didn't get what 
you wanted." Except that I did get a lot of the things I wanted.  

Harry lived
Ron and Hermione lived
Hagrid lived
R/Hr and H/G pairings
Snape killed DD at his request 
DDM Snape
Neville heroic
Voldemort definitely, permanently dead

And there were many things I suspected, but didn't have a strong 
feeling about, which did happen.

A Weasley would die (just not Ron)
RAB is Regulus
Snape/Lily
Moody would die
Lupin would die
Snape would die
Harry visits the afterlife and talks to dead people

And ironically, pre-DH I HATED the Harrycrux idea and really did not 
want it, but was actually pretty satisfied with the way JKR handled 
it.

And yet I'm still deeply critical of the book, because (aside from 
Harrycrux) it wasn't what happened but the way it happened that 
mattered to me. JKR's ideas aren't what I disliked in DH, it was her 
execution. 

va32h