I was happy with Remus's death. That sounds really callous; I was upset - as I said in my post, the part where I really started bawling was when Sirius and Remus's ghosts were described. But I thought the death worked very well from a narrative standpoint. I agree with you that I'd have loved to see it on-screen. But we have fanfic for that :).
I completely panicked when Neville attacked Voldemort! I really thought that was it. Phew!
Maybe I need to read it again more slowly. I was still reeling from Fred's death when I got there and then suddenly Remus & Tonks were dead too, and I was all "What?! What?!!". It just seemed to go by so fast, almost as an afterthought. As I say, it made me sad that she seemed to let Remus die in such a brief, offhand way.
But yay for Neville! And Herbology professor too :) *smooches Neville*
I was upset with the off-stage deaths as well, at first - but now I'm sort of thinking that that's what it must have felt like to Harry, too (which is the point of view we have in the book). Big battle, lots of friends dying, and you're not even *there* to watch them die? He must have thought 'what what what?' as well, at that point.
But yes, poor Tonks got completely glossed over.
(and that point in the book was also where I completely lost it, after a few sniffles earlier, when Dobby died. Oh, and I'd felt really sad about Hedwig, too - I kept hoping she wasn't dead, much more than with Dumbledore!)
You make a great point about Harry's feelings and his POV - I really hadn't thought about that. I will muse on that a bit now, and see how I feel about poor Remus' method of departure on a second reading.
Poor Remus. I suppose I just think he deserved a little longer to be happy, you know?
That's a very good point about Harry's POV - thanks! It fits with the way he didn't look at the other bodies, because he just couldn't face knowing who else had died.
I completely panicked when Neville attacked Voldemort! I really thought that was it. Phew!
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But yay for Neville! And Herbology professor too :) *smooches Neville*
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Big battle, lots of friends dying, and you're not even *there* to watch them die?
He must have thought 'what what what?' as well, at that point.
But yes, poor Tonks got completely glossed over.
(and that point in the book was also where I completely lost it, after a few sniffles earlier, when Dobby died. Oh, and I'd felt really sad about Hedwig, too - I kept hoping she wasn't dead, much more than with Dumbledore!)
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Poor Remus. I suppose I just think he deserved a little longer to be happy, you know?
*sniffs*
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http://www.alice.dryden.co.uk/ho_for_hoggwarts.htm
This made me laugh like a drain :)
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