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1. What scene added to the movies that wasn't in the books did you most enjoy?
Ummmm. I really can’t think of any. They haven’t made that film yet.
I guess the scene where the boys are making animal noises was kind of cute. That was in GoF, wasn’t it?
2. What scene added to the movies that wasn't in the books did you most dislike?
Oh dear. This is an unfortunate question. I cannot answer it without ranting in ways that my offend a particular section of HP fandom. Oh well..
The bizarro Hagrid love fest at the end of CoS is in first place. It is closely followed by that awfulness in the tent in GoF where Hermione dared to jump on and get her grubby icky paws all over Harry. That made me sick. Then there’s every time Hermione got one of Ron’s lines. Oh, and that stupid pink dress, and the way that scene was mishandled because Harry is noticing Cho there, it’s Ron who fancies and notices Hermione. At best, Harry notices Ron noticing. Oh, and then they left out the scene where Ginny is polite and well mannered and does the right thing (that girl was raised so right! In contrast to ... ) and turns down Harry for the Yule Ball because she’d already said yes to Neville, but that’s an omission, not something added. However, the part where Neville comes back late that implies he and Ginny were dancing or something til all hours irked me, because Ginny and Neville did no such thing in the books. Oh, and then there was Hermione being all Super!HermioneSue during the whole Time Turner-saving Sirius sequence in PoA, when in the books she’s just along for the ride, really. And she stole Ron’s “you’ll have to come through me,” line that was so massively important to his character development, because he says that on a broken leg, dammit, but the idjit making that movie had to have Little Miss Speshul Sue be the only character who looked good and gah! Why did they get me started on this?!?! See, ranting! Gah! Shut up Liz!
And things like this are why I don’t consider PoA or GoF movies part of the HPverse or in any way HP canon. They are sometimes cute movies with Dan Radcliffe in them, though.
No spoilers from this point on:
3. If you had to be trapped in a lift with one Potter character, who would you chose? Why?
Harry. Because ZOMG Harry!!
4. Which Hogwarts professor does your own personality reflect most? How so?
Flitwick. He seems to like to make his class fun and have a medium patience level. He doesn’t come off as too strict, and he’s big on experiential learning. That’s my own primary way of learning, so that’s probably what I would do, as well.
5. What do you imagine to be Draco's fate in Book 7? Do you see him rejoining the Death Eaters, joining the Order, or something else altogether?
I think Snape and Narcissa will have him in hiding at the beginning of the book. And I believe he’ll be alive at the end, though he’ll probably have to go through hell to survive. I also think he’ll play some critical role in the book, but I have no idea what.
1. What scene added to the movies that wasn't in the books did you most enjoy?
Ummmm. I really can’t think of any. They haven’t made that film yet.
I guess the scene where the boys are making animal noises was kind of cute. That was in GoF, wasn’t it?
2. What scene added to the movies that wasn't in the books did you most dislike?
Oh dear. This is an unfortunate question. I cannot answer it without ranting in ways that my offend a particular section of HP fandom. Oh well..
The bizarro Hagrid love fest at the end of CoS is in first place. It is closely followed by that awfulness in the tent in GoF where Hermione dared to jump on and get her grubby icky paws all over Harry. That made me sick. Then there’s every time Hermione got one of Ron’s lines. Oh, and that stupid pink dress, and the way that scene was mishandled because Harry is noticing Cho there, it’s Ron who fancies and notices Hermione. At best, Harry notices Ron noticing. Oh, and then they left out the scene where Ginny is polite and well mannered and does the right thing (that girl was raised so right! In contrast to ... ) and turns down Harry for the Yule Ball because she’d already said yes to Neville, but that’s an omission, not something added. However, the part where Neville comes back late that implies he and Ginny were dancing or something til all hours irked me, because Ginny and Neville did no such thing in the books. Oh, and then there was Hermione being all Super!HermioneSue during the whole Time Turner-saving Sirius sequence in PoA, when in the books she’s just along for the ride, really. And she stole Ron’s “you’ll have to come through me,” line that was so massively important to his character development, because he says that on a broken leg, dammit, but the idjit making that movie had to have Little Miss Speshul Sue be the only character who looked good and gah! Why did they get me started on this?!?! See, ranting! Gah! Shut up Liz!
And things like this are why I don’t consider PoA or GoF movies part of the HPverse or in any way HP canon. They are sometimes cute movies with Dan Radcliffe in them, though.
No spoilers from this point on:
3. If you had to be trapped in a lift with one Potter character, who would you chose? Why?
Harry. Because ZOMG Harry!!
4. Which Hogwarts professor does your own personality reflect most? How so?
Flitwick. He seems to like to make his class fun and have a medium patience level. He doesn’t come off as too strict, and he’s big on experiential learning. That’s my own primary way of learning, so that’s probably what I would do, as well.
5. What do you imagine to be Draco's fate in Book 7? Do you see him rejoining the Death Eaters, joining the Order, or something else altogether?
I think Snape and Narcissa will have him in hiding at the beginning of the book. And I believe he’ll be alive at the end, though he’ll probably have to go through hell to survive. I also think he’ll play some critical role in the book, but I have no idea what.