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[va32h]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Maeg <chaomath at ...> wrote:
>> Not just the final novel, but the whole series. Specifically 
because JKR broke the promises she made with her readers in the 
earlier novels (e.g., it's our choices (i.e., actions) that define us 
& the world is not separated into good and evil). It was those themes 
that I found particularly redeemable, and now it's clear that I had  
totally misinterpreted how important they were. I feel like I was  
lied to.
> 
> And no, I don't feel that she had to demolish the house system to  
> achieve integration. The houses serve a useful purpose in allowing  
> each child a place, a home away from home where their talents will 
be cherished and expanded. Rivalry does not have to equal hate, and  
rivalry can actually unify the rivaling groups (if done properly).

va32h:

I agree - when I first finished the book I was left feeling shocked, 
betrayed, angry even. And since I read the leaked version (yes, bad 
me) I had actually quite convinced myself that it was just a hoax - 
that this could not be the real book, because if it was, I had 
completely misunderstood everything in the series. 

After all the effort that Dumbledore (and JKR) put into sparing 
Draco's soul in HBP - where the holy  heck is the payoff for that? 
Draco's just a stinking Slytherin so he can't appreciate their 
efforts?

Call me presumptuous - but I think a much better, meaningful ending 
to the the final Harry/Voldemort showdown would be for Harry to have 
never had his wand broken in the first place, and to have never taken 
Draco's wand. When Harry tells Voldemort that Draco is the true 
master, all eyes in the Great Hall turn to Draco...Voldemort says 
fine, he'll just kill Draco first, and turns to do so, and in that 
split second, Draco throws his own wand to Harry declaring "I 
surrender to you Harry Potter" and just misses the killing curse. 
Harry meanwhile catches Draco's wand and drops his own, Voldemort 
turns in a howl of rage at being thwarted yet again, and tries to 
curse Harry, and then the rest of it plays out as it did in the 
actual version. 

Later, during the whole "victory feast in the great hall", Harry 
would approach the Malfoys and lay Draco's wand in front of him, make 
eye contact, say a simple "thanks", and go on his way. Draco and 
Harry still loathe each other for personal reasons, but in the end 
Draco made the right choice - Harry's side over Voldemort's side - 
and even if he made it for purely selfish reasons, it's a damn sight 
better than the entire Malfoy clan being saved by Saint Harry's 
largesse. 

va32h