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

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No: HPFGUIDX 163391

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, SnapesSlytherin at ... wrote:
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>  Sarah said: I guess my question for those who are disappointed is, 
what was the
>  expectation? Is there a formula for the last book that you would 
have
>  been happier with? More of a war story, maybe?
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>   Oryomai (me!!!): Well...yes. I'm very afraid that DH (I still 
want to refer to it as Book Seven...) will turn into just finding 
Horcruxes. Harry isn't very...shall we say...good at multi-tasking? 
Once he gets an idea in his head, he goes with it -- we saw this 
during OoP when he HAD to rush to find Sirius and couldn't be 
persuaded to calm down for anything. I'm afraid he'll be running 
after Horcruxes and we'll just be following him. I would much rather 
the story be a war. That's what we're all waiting for. These books, 
for me, are a battle between good and evil. I think it would be an 
anti-climactic ending for there not to be a battle. I want OoP style 
battle! I want to see the characters we've watched grow up and 
develop their magic show what they can do. 
>   I think a battle would be the perfect place to show Harry that 
he's not alone. Even after all the time Ron, Hermione, Ginny, 
Neville, and Luna have helped him, he still thinks it's just him. He 
keeps telling Ron and Hermione, who have (for the most part) stood by 
him, that it's up to him to do this. The Boy Who Lived has a bit of a 
martyr complex as well. 
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>   Oryomai Who is fabulously happy to be back after a long college-
related absence and is celebrating the New Year by pretending she 
doesn't have any work to do!
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Jenni from Alabama responds: I've been disappointed ever since the 
end of HBP when Harry tells us what he is going to do. Arrrgh! It 
ruined any hope for surprise in the next book. I like to be surprised 
and JKR has always delivered. Now, I'm afraid that the surprises are 
over. I'm sure they'll be some twists, but for the most part nothing 
really mind-blowing will happen. I could be wrong - and I hope I am.

Jenni