Long live the Harry potter series

[bdclark0423]

No: HPFGUIDX 181528

> Funkeginger:
>
> I know since the DH most people have expressed a dislike to the
> series as a whole, but to think that the series might not speak out
> to the next genaration is rubbish.  I think the series will go
> down in history as one of the best ever.

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bdclark0423:
Ok, Ok.  I'm going to go into one of my big spiels here and so feel
free to do a **big snip** here, since I'm most likely preaching to
the choir.  BUT in reference to what Edna (grednam2000) says, I do
agree...too many people judge the series on what they can
immediately see on the screen (as sad as that is), and after OOTP
came out, the reviews were
"eehhhh
it was ah'right, but it [Harry
Potter] definitely has lost its Disney Magic"

Oooooh, I wanted to slap these people back to the end of the line on
the  `it's a small world after all' ride.  It's not Disney:  it's
never been about some princess who finds her prince charming, blah
blah blah **song here** blah blah ***song there*** blah blah blah
***figurine endorsement*** blah blah .....  It's about someone in
their adolescence becoming a mature adult responsible for their own
actions.

I do admit myself, that the book reads a lot differently than the rest of hers, but not only are we seeing Harry, Hermione, and Ron develop, we see JKR do so as well.  Alla has done great job of bulleting these:  and most especially the Dobby burial scene.  How powerful was that?!?!?!

The rest of the plot only shows how Harry has developed into someone
that attacks his goals strategically and most beneficially.  He even
strategizes with McGonagall on how to `hold the fort' so what needs
to be done to the very end so that the whole thing will cause as
little damage to others as possible.

Then to play into Volde's demand of Harry's self-sacrifice, Harry
does so only because he knows it is absolutely necessary to end the
struggle.  You don't see that happening in most of us today, nor
most of the stories we know of...and if that's not what a Noble
story is, then  I have no idea what a noble story should be...Winner
of American Idol?.....Housewives of OC?....Top Model???

My stance has always been, the Harry Potter series shows us that we
cannot lose our ability to love, it's the theme from beginning to
end.

bdclark0423