Deathly Hallows uberwank: Chapter 31, The Battle of Hogwarts

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LANDO CALRISSIAN: [Seeing the Death Star is operational] Home One, this is Gold Leader.
ADMIRAL ACKBAR: We saw it. All craft, prepare to retreat.
LANDO CALRISSIAN: We won't get another chance at this, Admiral.
ADMIRAL ACKBAR: We have no choice, General Calrissian! Our cruisers can't repel firepower of that magnitude!
LANDO CALRISSIAN: Han will

Comments

[cristiline]

Jo said some Slytherins came back "with reinforcements" later, so they were just protecting themselves. I don't actually recall anyone except for Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, and Slughorn, but whatever. And I still don't think that's an accurate representation of Slytherin.

If nobody had found the diadem in all those hundreds of years of it being hidden in an Albanian tree, why didn't he put it back there once he'd made it into a horcrux? It's clearly a good place to hide things.

He was afraid of deforestation?

And I think the reason he didn't realize anyone else had found the Room of Requirement was that he thought all the junk was there just so he could hide the diadem more easily. Although, did he even know about the Room of Requirement as a place that changes for you, or did he just think it was a store room? Because if it was the latter, then you'd be right, but if he actually knew about the RoR, did he use it for other things? And either way, you could still point out that he's just being arrogant when he assumes that no one else would ever find it.

I completely agree with you on the Parseltongue. And I think the Mandarin Chinese example has got be really accurate since snakes can only make a limited number of sounds.

I'm still amazed Hermione never mentioned the Fiendfyre to Harry and Ron. I can see the logic (that Harry and Ron are dumbasses and would screw something that dangerous up), but as you pointed out, they spent months in the forest doing nothing. Surely she could have tried it in a really isolated area or something?

You know, the idea of one of the twins dying had occured to me, but I automatically dismissed it as too dark for Harry Potter. I was right, however, in predicting that one of the Weasleys would die.

And thanks for all the TV Tropes links in this and previous chapters. I have spent way too much time on that site.

[cristiline]

I think it was the PotterCast interview. But I agree that she should have made it clearer in the books. The way she talked about it, it seemed like she had put some Slytherins in, but I don't really remember that.

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In the headmaster's office right at the end, the Phineas Nigellus portrait is banging on about how Slytherin played an important role or something - but that's the only indication we get. *eyeroll*

[air_and_angels]

She couldn't be bothered to tell us Dumbledore was an enormous homosexual either.
Considering how fat the book is and how much of it is taken up with useless self-pitying camping chapters, it's amazine how much she couldn't find room for!

[fera_festiva]

Word to that. I'm going to wank over this later but in the chapter where Harry is effectively dead, there doesn't seem to be any kind of time limit, so why not throw it in there? *eyeroll*

[air_and_angels]

'By the way, Harry, now that I'm utterly dead, it seems a good time to tell you that I was quite the arse-bandit in my youth. Do stop feeling compassion for that wretched flayed child under your seat.'

i lol'd

[fera_festiva]

Can I quote that when I do that chapter? That's pretty much the best summary of Kings Cross I've ever heard. :D

Re: i lol'd

[air_and_angels]

Feel free. Thank you! I consider that quite a compliment.

[fera_festiva]

Oh my god, TV Tropes is so addictive, isn't it? Hours of my life have been wasted on there and I will never get them back. Although they were mainly wasted while I was at work, so it's not like I'd have been doing anything more important or interesting, ;)

He was afraid of deforestation?

HAHAHAHA. That would be amazing, if Voldemort was really environmentally aware despite being a maniac.

Harry and Ron are dumbasses and would screw something that dangerous up

Yeah, you (and Hermione) have a point there. The book would have ended around page 300 with the trio dying in the biggest forest fire Britain has ever known. Still, she could have mentioned it, even as something they discussed but all rejected on the grounds of being too evil or dangerous or whatever. Actually, it's surprising it didn't come up, as JKR does tend to mention spells/potions etc early in each book, and then they become important later.

*Shrug*

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voldemort the eco-terrorist!

[fera_festiva]

Man, I wish I was any good at Photoshop - there need to be pictures of Voldemort with dreadlocks and a dog on a string. :P

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your icon=LOL