Blogging The Deathly Hallows: Prelude and Chapter 1

[albalark]

 Today and for the next 36 posts, the subject of this space will be a chapter of, what is for me the most problematic book in the entire Harry Potter series:  The Deathly Hallows.  I am not going to write these posts pretending that I can un-know what I know, so on the remote chance that there are are any of my flisties who *haven't* read DH and

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[lash_larue]

We went to the midnight thing at Barnes and Noble. Surprisingly, we were not the oldest ones there.

I predicted Snape, and the reasons for it, but thought the scar as horcrux was a bit hokey for some reason. Got R.A.B. and the locket.

I was never able to take Tom seriously as a villain because of the transparent bullcrap of his stance on "purebloodedness". Villian please, you're as much a mutt as anybody in the story, and your mama dressed you funny.

I don't believe that I have thought about the books as much as you have, but that would kind of follow naturally, since I tend not to think any more than I can help.

The epilog didn't bother me, I ignore whatever of it I don't like and carry on perverting her characters. But I buy all the books, movies, and whatnot because I think she deserves to be rich.

Better her than Donald Trump or Rupert Murdoch.
L

[lash_larue]

PS:

We always bought at least two books...
L

[albalark]

Surprisingly, we were not the oldest ones there. Or local store saw a few that could have been Dumbledore's contemporaries . . . amazing that the books have such broad appeal, isn't it?

I predicted Snape, and the reasons for it, What tipped you off that Lily was the reason? Or was it just a hunch? I can make it plausible after The Prince's Tale, but I just never saw it before then.

I was never able to take Tom seriously as a villain because of the transparent bullcrap of his stance on "purebloodedness". Villian please, you're as much a mutt as anybody in the story, and your mama dressed you funny. LOL! But Adolf Hitler wasn't exactly your Aryan god, either. In truth, it seemed to me that he was manipulating the pure-bloods to get them to do as he wanted them to - he was really all about Tom and ruling the world.

I don't believe that I have thought about the books as much as you have, but that would kind of follow naturally, since I tend not to think any more than I can help. I live in my head . . . I can't help myself! ::g

[lash_larue]

Snape's attitude towards Harry and his reaction to Lily defending him, and yes, I had a feeling about it.

We thought that the stuff Dumbledore was saying after drinking the potion was Snape's memory of pleading with Voldemort not to kill Lily, and that that memory was why Dumbledore trusted him.

All of which may have come after The Prince's Tale, I can't remember chapter names, or what book they were in.
Can't remember who sang what for the most part, either. Bad wiring.

I live in my head on occasion, there is so much room to ramble around since it's not cluttered up with inconvenient facts.

L

[albalark]

his reaction to Lily defending him It seemed to me that it could have been *anybody* she was defending. I have myself leapt to the defense of people being bullied without having any connection to them other than humanity and a hatred of bullying. She certainly did not behave as though he was anyone special to her . . . at least it seemed so to me

[squibstress]

... it seemed to me that he was manipulating the pure-bloods to get them to do as he wanted them to - he was really all about Tom and ruling the world.

Yes, me too. I thought he just felt himself superior to everyone, and that hinging his political philosophy on blood-status was just a way to ensure the rich, powerful folks (and their Galleons) were working for him. He played them like a cheap violin by using their insecurities and prejudices, just like a proper sociopath should.

[albalark]

That's it exactly, I think. :-)