What things that you wanted did you get?

[zeldaricdeau]

No: HPFGUIDX 175557

> Siriusly Snapey Susan

> Anyone else care to bite?


zeldaricdeau:

Isn't it funny that, in this thread, one person can write about 
something that happened in the book that they wanted to see and 
someone else can write about the same thing as something that they 
wanted to see but which did *not* happen (or vice versa)? I never 
expected a book which would hinge so much on interpretation :).

Anyway on to my response.


What I got that I both expected and wanted:

A flawed but ultimately heroic DDM!Snape 
A flawed but good DD
A DD who was dying through HBP and asked Snape to kill him
A Snape who loved Lily and eventually became a better person because 
of it.
A horcrux!Harry who was willing to die to destroy the horcrux inside 
him.
A defeated Voldemort


What I got that I didn't expect but still wanted:

A living Harry (torn on this one because part of me thinks it would 
have been interesting, if terribly heartbreaking, for him to have 
died)
A living Hagrid (YAY!)
A living Ron AND Hermione (I was convinced that if she didn't kill 
Harry she'd kill one of them)
A brave and important Neville
A more believable Harry/Ginny
A return to the issues of House Elf rights
A redeemed Percy


What I didn't get and didn't expect but still wanted:

A glimpse of House Unity or some semblance thereof
A return to the Dept of Mysteries and the locked door
A chance at Harry/Luna
A living Snape (*cry*)


What I wanted, expected, and didn't get:

A satisfying Hermione character arc (*grumpy mumble*)
A conclusion not tied up with a bunch of magical artifacts we've 
never heard of before


-ZR