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Finished Deathly Hallows. Spoilers under the cut.
Don't
Read
Unless
You've
Finished
I think that's good enough.
First off, Molly Weasley killed Lestrange. That was totally awesome.
Kreacher rallying the house-elves. In fact, the whole Kreacher subplot. And REGULUS, omg, am I right in suspecting that it was Voldemort's treatment of Kreacher that pushed him over the edge? *hearts Reg*
Harry's friends generally, plus Harry himself.
Loved the Snape backstory. LOVED. And I was pretty sure he was still one of the good guys-- though I thought he cut off George's ear to make it look like he was trying, rather than on accident.
Wasn't so sure about the Dumbledore backstory. It was a little... too much, you know? I liked the closeness between him and Grindelwald, and that letter seemed, actually, very much like him. A younger version who hadn't learned humility, but him. I guess the Ariana part seemed like too much to me. The sickly, half-crazy younger sister whom he neglected would have been fine, but... I don't know, it got to be too extreme. Also, I have to wonder why Ariana's magic didn't help her against those boys in the first place, but I guess she could have been too scared or something.
The epilogue was awesome. I'm still not a quite fan of Harry/Ginny, but I like them as a family-- especially with their kids. The naming-the-kids-after-every-acquaintance-who's-ever-died was a little disorienting (figuring James' middle name was Sirius, but I can't remember if it came up), but I can see why she needed to do it. And naming the kid with Lily's eyes partly after Snape was very sweet, an absolutely wonderful gesture, and somehow very like Harry.
Don't
Read
Unless
You've
Finished
I think that's good enough.
First off, Molly Weasley killed Lestrange. That was totally awesome.
Kreacher rallying the house-elves. In fact, the whole Kreacher subplot. And REGULUS, omg, am I right in suspecting that it was Voldemort's treatment of Kreacher that pushed him over the edge? *hearts Reg*
Harry's friends generally, plus Harry himself.
Loved the Snape backstory. LOVED. And I was pretty sure he was still one of the good guys-- though I thought he cut off George's ear to make it look like he was trying, rather than on accident.
Wasn't so sure about the Dumbledore backstory. It was a little... too much, you know? I liked the closeness between him and Grindelwald, and that letter seemed, actually, very much like him. A younger version who hadn't learned humility, but him. I guess the Ariana part seemed like too much to me. The sickly, half-crazy younger sister whom he neglected would have been fine, but... I don't know, it got to be too extreme. Also, I have to wonder why Ariana's magic didn't help her against those boys in the first place, but I guess she could have been too scared or something.
The epilogue was awesome. I'm still not a quite fan of Harry/Ginny, but I like them as a family-- especially with their kids. The naming-the-kids-after-every-acquaintance-who's-ever-died was a little disorienting (figuring James' middle name was Sirius, but I can't remember if it came up), but I can see why she needed to do it. And naming the kid with Lily's eyes partly after Snape was very sweet, an absolutely wonderful gesture, and somehow very like Harry.