[the_old_crowd] Various very spoilerish responses and a further question

[Susan Albrecht]

SPOILER 

SPACE

IN WHICH I CONFESS

THAT I'VE NOT

YET READ ALL 

THE OTC POSTS

BECAUSE I ONLY FINISHED

THE BOOK LAST EVENING AT 8:00.

PLEASE INSERT USUAL "Forgive me if..." REMARK

AT THIS POINT



elfundeb wrote:
I thought "Spinner's End" took a lot of the surprise
out of the death scene.  As it was, as soon as Snape
showed up, I knew he would fulfill the vow, which
somewhat deprived the scene of its emotional
intensity.

SSSusan:
Did you realize, Debbie (others?), that the vow was
about killing DUMBLEDORE?  If you did, I'm amazed.  In
my case, I assumed all along it was a vow to help
Draco kill Harry.  

As for Spinner's End [and *when* did she add in that
blasted apostrophe that was throwing us all off for
months?!?], I just didn't like the chapter at all.  It
could be that it was 2:45 am and I was sleepy, but it
just didn't read like JKR to me.  In fact, I felt like
I was reading -- in style and content -- somebody's
(rather unremarkable) fanfic.  

Wormtail cowering on the steps of Snape's house? 
Narcissa clinging to Snape, begging his help?  Bella
asking all the oh-so-convenient questions and Snape
answering them in order ["Tick, that takes care of fan
complaint one; tick, that takes care of fan concern
two; tick, ...."] That hokey-feeling ceremony?  Ugh. 
I just had real reservations at that point.

In the end, I thought she came around nicely and gave
a story I could really enjoy and sink my teeth into,
but I was worried after chapter two.


Jo:
> Or one house elf? Nope my money is on Black and 
> Kreacher.

Debbie:
I like this!  But how much do you think that Kreacher
knew about the locket, or about its hiding place?  

SSSusan:
Is there a reason we should assume that Regulus (if
we're right about that, and I think we are) *didn't*
destroy the locket?  


Debbie:
So, assuming it was Regulus, exactly what did
Voldemort
discover about him, and is it important?

SSSusan:
I guess I imagined it that Regulus made his decision
to leave Voldy and wanted to do something big to
thwart him before doing so.  Hence the switcheroo on
the lockets and (I'm assuming) destruction of the real
locket.  I don't think it's necessary for Voldy to
have discovered that Regulus did this, but just that
he knew Regulus was disloyal and planned to leave, so
he had him killed for that alone.

Siriusly Snapey Susan