Deathly Hallows, Chapter 30: The Sacking of Severus Snape

[oneandthetruth]

This is another of Rowling’s “let’s trash Snape and his fans” phrases. To sack somebody means to fire them, but Snape isn’t fired; he quits. Besides, the only one with the power to fire him is Voldemort, and he doesn’t fire Snape. Take that, Rowling!

Luna Stuns Alecto, and Alecto falls so hard she rattles the glass in the bookcases. (Funny; I don’t

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[aikaterini]

/To sack somebody means to fire them, but Snape isn’t fired; he quits

[vermouth1991]

*checks his copy of DH*

Actually, the wording is that

As Amycus spun around, Harry shouted, “Crucio!”

The Death Eater was lifted off his feet. He writhed through the air like a drowning man, thrashing and howling in pain, and then,
with a crunch and a shattering of glass, he smashed into the front of a bookcase and crumpled, insensible, to the floor.

There's an example from an episode of Buffy which I never saw but was burned into my brain: when the demon was proved unable to be exorcised from Ben's body, Giles suffocated him to death. He knew that somebody must do it, and Buffy and Xander would never do that themselves.

So yeah, Harry hates Dudley the worst--no, he hates Draco the worst--no he hates Snape the worst, but never tries to fling anything halfway harmful towards Voldemort, who is supposedly Hitler and Satan rolled into one.

The power of love, ladies and gentlemen.

-- David W. from thehpn

[aikaterini]

Oops, sorry, you're right. Haven't read the book in a while, so I forgot. But as Oneandthetruth pointed out in the scene with Xeno Lovegood, Amycus's torture isn't prolonged like Hermione's in this book and Harry's in GoF. I think that the crash not only tries to make the moment more dramatic, but cuts off any budding pity we might have felt for Amycus. Oh, he’s in so much pain, it’s really bad, but then - bam! He’s out cold. He's not suffering anymore, so let's just forget about it.

/never tries to fling anything halfway harmful towards Voldemort, who is supposedly Hitler and Satan rolled into one./

Which is really weird.

[oneandthetruth]

So yeah, Harry hates Dudley the worst--no, he hates Draco the worst--no he hates Snape the worst, but never tries to fling anything halfway harmful towards Voldemort, who is supposedly Hitler and Satan rolled into one.

And who killed his parents, thus making Harry an orphan who had to be raised by his abusive relatives. This is really messed up.

[vermouth1991]

Remember the scene from 1984 (this community has long since discovered the dystopian nature of HP, hasn't it?) where the rally speaker recieved a "This just in: Oceania is at war with Eastasia, Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia" note, and he changed his tune *mid-sentence* without even breaking synthax? That's how cheap emotions can be.

Jo made a genuinely good point about her books never being too bright and shiny when she pointed out that "Duh, the premise of book one chapter one is a double homicide." But the series didn't really live up to that, in many ways.