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Harry Potter, major spoilers probably
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and i am somewhat annoyed that she didn't kill one of the big three. i mean, i really didn't THINK she would. but still. i was expecting a LITTLE more, um...emotion, maybe? i only hardcore cried when harry used the second brother's Hallow--and that's just a repeat of the part in GOF that gets me every time as well.
the travels of the big 3 reminded me a lot of star wars. i mean, i guess just a girl haning out with two guys, and the one who loves her is jealous of the one who's her brother (more or less)...meh.
harry post-talking-to-dumbledore reminded me a LOT of neo at the end of the matrix...lol. just being all invincible and all-knowing and bad-A and also kind of goofy.
(i posted more on the previous page, for those of you who care and hadn't seen...)
p.s. my new favorite spell: "erecto!"
the travels of the big 3 reminded me a lot of star wars. i mean, i guess just a girl haning out with two guys, and the one who loves her is jealous of the one who's her brother (more or less)...meh.
harry post-talking-to-dumbledore reminded me a LOT of neo at the end of the matrix...lol. just being all invincible and all-knowing and bad-A and also kind of goofy.
(i posted more on the previous page, for those of you who care and hadn't seen...)
p.s. my new favorite spell: "erecto!"
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love your avie... i must say though, i was particularly pleased with the redemption of severus. i knew he'd have to snuff it, but the lily stuff was a nice twist.
i would have definitely liked to hear more about teddy lupin in the epilogue. and how george got on... that one was the worst death for me; the twins were practically one person. heartwrenching indeed.
i would have definitely liked to hear more about teddy lupin in the epilogue. and how george got on... that one was the worst death for me; the twins were practically one person. heartwrenching indeed.
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I disliked the Epilogue. Too happy. I wanted to see Harry be some nutcase or recluse for a few years and then get laid.
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Yeah, I feel like there were all sorts of holes in the story of the Lupin family. But I suppose I wouldn't've really wanted the book to be any longer...
I just think the epilogue was an all-around bad idea. Now I'm stuck somewhere between a nice, normal, semi-open ending and absolute full closure...sooo many things they DIDN'T address in the epilogue that i'm like, if you're going to have it there anyway, why not...?
I just think the epilogue was an all-around bad idea. Now I'm stuck somewhere between a nice, normal, semi-open ending and absolute full closure...sooo many things they DIDN'T address in the epilogue that i'm like, if you're going to have it there anyway, why not...?
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but 17's legal in the wizarding world!
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you took the words right from my mouth.LibertyMarie wrote: but 17's legal in the wizarding world!
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So, how many Galleons are there in £20 million?
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Gln4 million or so, Rowling has said in the past £5 = Gln1.DeckardCain wrote: So, how many Galleons are there in £20 million?
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4016064 Galleons, 5 Sickles, and 10 Knuts.
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All this bad love for the epilogue reminds me of Crime and Punishment; people said the same thing when Dostoyevsky wrote an ending to that.
I loved the book, of course. I had already guessed at a few things - like Regulus being RAB, but I liked how Neville grew up. All the background information on Albus, making him a real person, was really cool too. I liked how Snape got kind of half-vindicated, too. It fits how he's been throughout the books; he really only cares about himself (and, apparently, Lily). He didn't do too good a job at keeping the kids safe at Hogwarts post-appointment, but I guess he did what he could (like sending the kids into the Forbidden forest).
I loved the book, of course. I had already guessed at a few things - like Regulus being RAB, but I liked how Neville grew up. All the background information on Albus, making him a real person, was really cool too. I liked how Snape got kind of half-vindicated, too. It fits how he's been throughout the books; he really only cares about himself (and, apparently, Lily). He didn't do too good a job at keeping the kids safe at Hogwarts post-appointment, but I guess he did what he could (like sending the kids into the Forbidden forest).
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Dunno if everyone's already seen this, but JKR has said there "probably will" be an encyclopedia-type book eventually. Link
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Anyone know what became of Ron and Hermione in Hogwarts, when Harry couldn't find them but somebody said they'd run off saying something about a bathroom...??!?
(I'm going to reread the book soon, sorry I don't remember more details [like, when exactly that occurred] right now.)
(I'm going to reread the book soon, sorry I don't remember more details [like, when exactly that occurred] right now.)
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They got into the Chamber of Secrets and took a basilisk fang to use to destroy Horcruxes, I believe. I need to reread it myself, but will have to wait until my brother finally finishes.
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riiiight, thanks. (I got the food for thought from a message board on one of the myriad DH facebook groups, lol...I knew there was a reason I hadn't pondered it myself!)
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Or St. Elsewhere.redliberte wrote: or like the last episode of dallas.
harry wakes up in the cupboard-under-the-stairs at the age of 11 to find that it wasn't real, he's not a wizard, there is no lord voldemort, and he's still got to cook dear duddy's eggs and bacon. great, huh?
Where the entire story was made up on the inside of a young autistic child's head after he/she saw a castle along with waaay too many Halloween decorations.
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i've seen that link, and i'm excited.DeckardCain wrote: Dunno if everyone's already seen this, but JKR has said there "probably will" be an encyclopedia-type book eventually. Link