DH reread CH 6-7

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No: HPFGUIDX 186311

"He had never been inside it before. It was small, but bright. There was a large poster of the wizarding band the Weird Sisters on one wall and a picture of the Gwenog Jones, Captain of the all-witch Quidditch team the Hollywood harpies on the other. A desk stood facing  the open window, which looked out over the orchard where he and Ginny  had once played two-a-side Quidditch with Ron and Hermione, and which now housed a large, pearly-white marquee. The golden flag on top was level with Ginny's window.
Ginny looked up into Harry's face, took a deep breath and said, "Happy seventeenth".
"Yeah
 thanks."
She was looking at him steadily; he, however, found it difficult to look back at her; it was like gazing into a brilliant light.
"Nice view," he said feebly, pointing towards the window.
She ignored this. He could not blame her.
"I couldn't think what to get you," she said.
"You didn't have to get me anything"
"She disregarded this too.
"I didn't know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn't be able to take it with you."
He chanced a glance at her. She was not tearful; that was one of the many wonderful things about Ginny, she was rarely weepy. He had sometimes thought that having six brothers must have toughened her up.
She took a step closer to him.
"So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you meet some Veela when you're off doing whatever you're doing."
"I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest."
"There's the silver lining  I've been looking for," she whispered, and then she was kissing him as she had never kissed him before, and Harry was kissing her back, and it was blissful oblivion, better than Firewhisky; she was the only real thing in the world, Ginny, the feel of her, one hand at her back and one in her long, sweet-smelling hair-

The door banged open behind them and they jumped apart.
"Oh," Ron said pointedly. "Sorry."   P.98-99


Alla:

Sorry, I did all this typing only to say that this scene rather shocked me upon reread, in a good way I mean. Not that I forgot it, but I got it so deep in my head that romance  writing is not JKR's strong point after HBP that I think I may have read through it rather fast when I read it before and more than once lol.

I love this scene, I think it is very beautifully done, I think it is romance done well. We have here sweet nostalgia, passion, and seventeen year old being happy that his girl is not weepy (and I am remembering RL love story where another seventeen year old kept telling me how good it is that his girlfriend (my SIL now) is not weepy, when we were leaving Ukraine). I am very very impressed.




"Because Snitches have flesh memories" – she said. – p.108.

Alla:

Ok, come on now, is there **anything**  in the world Hermione have not heard of? She is not a Quidditch fan. I mean, yes I know she has two best friends who are Quidditch fans and goes to the games sometimes. But, **they** do not know that and she does? 



"I know, but surely he wouldn't have singled you out in his will just to help us turn out the lights" – p.112. 

Alla:

Metaphoric, huh? To help them see the light about their quest in general?


"Why did he want Harry to have the sword?" 
`And why couldn't he just told me?" Harry said quietly. "It was there, it was right there on the wall of his office during all our talks last year! If he wanted me to have it, why didn't he just give it to me then?" – p.113

Alla:

I know, Harry, I know – I am scratching my head too here. No, seriously, why didn't he just give it to Harry back then? Please do not answer because it was needed for the plot for Snape to put it in the lake for Ron to take out. I do get this part. But I am glad JKR at least realizes how very absurd it looks and makes fun of plot needed thing IMO.

I mean, really Dumbledore, I know it is really hard to just give it to Harry and tell him that he may need it later
 NOT.


"And as for this book," said Hermione, "The Tales of Beedle the Bard
 I've never even heard of them!" – p.113

Alla:

Oh, ooops my bad, there is a book Hermione have not heard about before. But for some strange reason she did not hear about the book of fairy tales every wizard kid seems to know about, but she DID know about snitches.  Yes, I know Hermione is a muggle born and she could not have read this book while growing up, of course not!

But Hermione IS a book lover and while I would never measure other kids in the book by her, I can certainly measure her against her if that makes sense? She would take Hogwarts a history for light reading, but would not pick up fairy tales book, out of curiosity if nothing else?