Trust the Prince
So, Mark has finally got the "The Lightening Struck Tower" in Half-Blood Prince and he's totally destroyed. What I find great is that he has totally fallen for JK's misdirection (just like in the 3rd book when he was hating on Sirius Black) and thinks Snape is the biggest villain ever.
I can’t believe I am upset over the death of a fictional character and I even knew he was going to die. I find it pretty ironic that I misjudged the date of the spoiler, because this entire time, I kept thinking, “It won’t be that bad. He’ll make it. He doesn’t die until Deathly Hallows.”
I was so wrong. Dumbledore was wrong. Oh my god, Dumbledore was wrong. That in itself is more heartbreaking than anything else. He trusted Snape; we don’t know why, but he was so vehement in his defense of him. And he was betrayed in the worst way possible. He paid the price for his trust with his life.
This was the only father figure Harry had left. His father was murdered, Sirius was murdered, and now the one constant in this series, the one person who always has a plan, who always errs on the side of compassion and love, who always wants to do everything to help and protect those around him, the one who gave us a steady, constant sense of assurance, is dead.
This is so dreadful and appalling. I don’t want it to be real.
I want to write about how this completely changes how I think about Snape and Draco, but I’m simply too goddamn sad to say anything. Fuck this. This is so awful. It’s not getting any easier to think about it.
Fucking hell, guys. Snape kills Dumbledore. Fuck. Source
Man, I remember reading this and just being completely devastated. I actually still cry when I read this chapter. I also remember poring through the book, looking for any clue that would justify Snape's actions because I believed so strongly that Dumbledore was not wrong about him. I had a sticker that said, "I Trust the Prince", which is now bookmarking the Snape-memory chapter of Deathly Hallows.
If I haven't said it before, let it be known: Harry Potter is a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, which touches on every important emotional, political and social issue and is better than anything you will write, ever.
I can’t believe I am upset over the death of a fictional character and I even knew he was going to die. I find it pretty ironic that I misjudged the date of the spoiler, because this entire time, I kept thinking, “It won’t be that bad. He’ll make it. He doesn’t die until Deathly Hallows.”
I was so wrong. Dumbledore was wrong. Oh my god, Dumbledore was wrong. That in itself is more heartbreaking than anything else. He trusted Snape; we don’t know why, but he was so vehement in his defense of him. And he was betrayed in the worst way possible. He paid the price for his trust with his life.
This was the only father figure Harry had left. His father was murdered, Sirius was murdered, and now the one constant in this series, the one person who always has a plan, who always errs on the side of compassion and love, who always wants to do everything to help and protect those around him, the one who gave us a steady, constant sense of assurance, is dead.
This is so dreadful and appalling. I don’t want it to be real.
I want to write about how this completely changes how I think about Snape and Draco, but I’m simply too goddamn sad to say anything. Fuck this. This is so awful. It’s not getting any easier to think about it.
Fucking hell, guys. Snape kills Dumbledore. Fuck. Source
Man, I remember reading this and just being completely devastated. I actually still cry when I read this chapter. I also remember poring through the book, looking for any clue that would justify Snape's actions because I believed so strongly that Dumbledore was not wrong about him. I had a sticker that said, "I Trust the Prince", which is now bookmarking the Snape-memory chapter of Deathly Hallows.
If I haven't said it before, let it be known: Harry Potter is a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, which touches on every important emotional, political and social issue and is better than anything you will write, ever.