[the_old_crowd] Thank God someone else is done with the book (SPOILERS!)

[silmariel]

On 7/22/07, Oryomai at ... <Oryomai at ...> wrote:
> SPOILER SPACE!!!
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> I finished the book at 515am on Saturday, and none of my friends are done yet (which made for an awkward night last night!).
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> Deaths

Problem is, main characters have an all free pass and that renders the
whole body count unrealistic to me, the bit of resurrected Harry
doesn't help. One of the trio or Ginny should have fallen.

I think the character who wasn't supossed to survive is Hermione, and
Dobby's burial scene was set for her.

> Theories
> YES!!? SEVERUS IS DDM!!!
> I hatehatehatehatehatehatehate LOLLIPOPS.? I'm sorry to those of you who love it, but I think it's lame.

It's archetipical, like the 'I am your father' thingy. As it also
happens in RL, is an easy resource to use. I think Blackwidower!Snape
would've been quite interesting, but then, it wouldn't be everything
about Harry, and Snape wouldn't be half the grey he has remained.

Because, that love is obsession and not of the best type - this part
doesn't bother me. He didn't mind what could happen to the husband and
the child - this part does. Why do I find obssesion and stalking is a
romantic thing, well, ask Hollywood. Female stalkers are usually
depicted as disturbed, but we have lots of romantic films where the
lead male character keeps insisting on unrequited love till the female
lead sees the light and gets in love - even when she's engaged she'll
see the light and drop the bf, so I think the Snape/Lily is something
like that but with another end.

On the other hand, I think it is delivered smoothly. Could have been a
lot worse, seeing rowling isn't a master of romance *cough*.

It is the lack of emotional reaction in Harry as he learns the story
or after that, I find so bad writting. He just turns Snape into Saint
Snape, eww.

And how did lily end with james? No idea, that remains a mistery to me.

> Random
> WTF was that epilogue?? I was hoping to hear about what happened to the characters who lived.? Instead, we get a confusing chapter with too many different names and it has nothing to do with the book.? Thanks JKR, but no thanks -- I don't want to hear about you next series yet.

Such a deception, the epilogue. So fluffly and baby boom, so devoid of
information.

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> Overall Thoughts
> I was disappointed with it.? I felt that she took the easiest way out of every situation.? She couldn't think of anything better than LOLLIPOPS for the reason Severus turned to the good side?? Horcrux!Harry?? Lame.?

More than lame, I'd say unsurprising doing to overuse. I don't know if
it has reached the point of being called cliché.


>The Deathy Hallows?? If that isn't a last ditch effort to add
something to the plot (and a reason to kill Severus randomly), I don't
know what is.

Uff.

I don't even know why she had to do that. She had plenty of material
to work with without having to add more plot coupons, it certainly
would have helped giving closure to things like Fawkes.

Phyllis:
<I didn't think it worked to have Ron open the Chamber of Secrets to
obtain the basilik fangs - either you know Parseltongue or you don't -
how could he fake it?  If that were the case, presumably Dumbledore
could have made his way into the Chamber in Book 2.>

It appears not a question of knowing parseltongue but of being able to
repeat the correct password. If DD didn't know the exact wording, he
couldn't produce it at will. It's a stretch having Ron remember the
sounds Harry produced five years ago to open the chamber, but it can
happen, and understanding the words depends on the IA of the door
chamber.

Silmariel