horcruxes

[apetersonhanson]

No: HPFGUIDX 179931

Alicia wrote:
> > I hated that Molly killed Bellatrix!  Harry should have to get
> > back at her for killing Sirius, or Neville to get back at her for
> > torturing his parents with the cruciatus curse.

Carol responds:
> The privilege of killing? You make it killing for revenge sound
> like some sort of reward.
> Carol, very glad that neither Neville nor Harry "earned" the
> "privilege" of killing anyone


alicia responds:

I am entitled to my opinion and FYI, I don't know what you meant
by "unlike in the movie" because I have not seen any of the movies
except the first 3.  Anyway, Neville does want to kill Bella.  In
ootp the BOOK, he tells Harry that he will take care of her (not in
those exact words, but that is the gist of it).  Also, I wanted
badly to see Harry kill her. Or Neville.  Molly was the worst
character in the book and it was so anti-climactic to see her
dispatch Bella.

Bella was (IMO) the #1 DE with only LV above her.
She killed Sirius, tortured the Longbottoms, and killed Dobby
inadvertantly as she threw her knife at Harry when he and Dobby
disapperated from Malfoy mannor.  Those are just 3 horrible acts she
commited. Bella didn't kill Fred (as someone reminded me), she did
threaten Ginny but didn't do her any harm. It would have been much
better closure, and a much better climax for Harry or Neville, hell
even Neville's grandmother to kill her. Actually she didn't have to
be killed.  Even if Harry or Neville, or yes even his grandmother
captured her and made sure she was taken to Azkaban that would have
been a better result than Molly Weasley killing her.

It doesn't matter to me what anyone thinks the "lesson" was or what
Harry "learned", it matters to me what would have been
entertaining/a good story.  Harry, Neville, or Neville's gram
killing/arresting/capturing, even torturing Bella would have been a
better result than having Molly Weasley get the honors.  And yes, it
is an honor. Not necesarily a privlege or a reward or revenge, but
an honor. I would be honored to avenge my godfather or parents and I
am sure plenty of others would be too. I feel like JKR robbed Harry,
Neville or even Neville's gram of this honor.  But I really
shouldn't be suprised. As much as I love the HP books, after reading
all of them and then re-reading them again in order one after the
other, I feel like JkR left too many loose ends, was ultimately
disorganized, and contradicts herself too many times throughout the
series.