Where is the BANG? - Re: DH rant

[evil_sushi2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 172690

DH was a real disappointment.

On the plot: Everything seemed obvious or redundant.

-Harrycrux idea had already been suggested.
-RAB is Regulus Black - who would have thought.
-Snape loving Lily was so obvious I was hoping against it.
-Snape/Dumbledore euthanasia thing due to dead hand can also be found
discussed in posts.

There was no "BANG wow, why didn't I realise that" moment:
  
-PS has Quirrel!Voldy - the clues were there.
-CoS Ginny/Diary!Riddle - some clues here too.
-PoA Lupin!Wolf, Scabbers!Pettigrew etc - how did we miss this?
-GoF Moody!Crouch - JK had us fooled again.
-HBP JK subtley does the pair of chests, which we hear about when
Harry first uses floo powder then again when Fred and George do
something with a toilet and a Slytherin (memory fails me a bit here
but will find cannon) and we even see it in Borgin and Burkes - I was
left slapping myself for not thinking of it! 

In DH was it supposed to be "Oh no I didn't realise that Snape was
actually a [kind of] good guy"? - because I'd have never guessed that...

The diadem - when I read that Ravenclaw had a tiara I thought
brilliant, it was right in front of Harry all along - Murial's tiara -
 brilliant plot twist. Then it turned out to be some bit of junk that
was mentioned once. Harry's memory not failing him he instantly
remembers this lone encounter.

The hallows plotline didn't fit well - Voldy has just returned and
what does he do? Instead of personally going after Harry he decides to
find himself a more powerful wand to defeat him with. Why not just
overcome the duel cores by getting one of his loyal death eaters to
disarm Harry before he finishes him off - problem solved.  

Ron parseltongue - how can anyone defend JK for that?

Also since when does Mundungus come up with brilliant ideas involving
polyjuice potion - isn't this just a little suspiscious? Why doesn't
the OOP look into how the DE knew Harry was being moved? 

And why do HHR decide not to go to Godric's Hollow and then end up
going there anyway? If they went straight away it would have saved a
lot of hiding away doing nothing. If Harry doesn't have a plan why
doesn't he make one?

Then there were some bits that just confused me

-What was the Snape/Lily thing anyway? Snape loving her from afar due
to some kindnesses I could understand - but best friends? It seemed a
bit implausible really. 
-Lily portrayed just a bit too perfect - what happened to all the
shades of grey JK makes a point of us seeing in James and Sirius? 
-Snape's love for Lily seemed all off. (Not the fact that he loved
her, more the love itself - I get what JK is trying to do, I just
don't think that it worked).


Some of Neri's points seriously summed up exaclty how I felt when JK
destroyed my favourite character (paraphrased).

1. The Snape and Harry confrontation/interactation we've all been
waiting for never happens. 

2. Harry's reaction to the truth finally learns the truth
 about Snape and about his mother (the big surprise every Potter fan
 has been speculating about since the first or second book)is lame. He
doesn't even *think* about it at all because JK has given him other
things to deal with.

3. Snape doesn't do much in DH. -Gets sacked and killed. He sends the
sword to Harry for DD. 

4. Worse, Snape's character hasn't developed at all since the first
chapter of the first book. No saving Harry's life or another big
redemption moment. 

5. Snape's death is a bit pointless - Snape's character arc ends with
nothing - doesn't even die fighting, isn't killed because he was DDM 
 

6. Too much CHEESE. Poorly written epilogue.

Just some thoughts from ES who thought overall DH sucked and wanted
more humour - to see Snape survive and be loved by someone (anyone!)
would have been brilliant because a Snape without a scowl on his face
 (or a Snape with a pretend scowl on his face when everyone knew he
was pretending) would have tickled me!

The only bit I actually enjoyed was the Potterwatch program!
*~ES