DH:34 - The Forest Again (Bloomsbury 2007) - 1pica_scribitSeptember 1 2007, 20:53:34 UTC
Italics are impressions from my first read, when I did not yet know what was going to happen.
1) First thought. Harry has willingly faced death many times before, but now he knows he must make himself go from a position of relative safety into certain death. That takes a very special kind of courage.
2) Harry contemplates his death. Harry counting his hearbeats and wondering how many more there would be and whether dying would hurt was heartbreaking for me, but he never even considers not doing it.
3) The empty portraits. Symbolic of Harry being alone at last, without help or comfort from the living world.
4) Harry perceives Dumbledore as cold and calculating. I still can't see it that way. I think that *somehow* Dumbledore was able to predict what would happen, just as it seems he predicted every other thing that happened in this book. But it was essential for Harry to believe that he was going to his death, and for him to willing choose it. I wish I could explain this better. Harry knows that Dumbledore chose rightly as
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Re: DH:34 - The Forest Again (Bloomsbury 2007) - 1pica_scribitSeptember 1 2007, 21:36:54 UTC
There isn't much there yet, I fear, but I'm hoping more people will start joining. Word of mouth is our best friend! I'm hoping to start a Neville/Harry/Ginny fic at some point in the not-too-distant future.
1) First thought. Harry has willingly faced death many times before, but now he knows he must make himself go from a position of relative safety into certain death. That takes a very special kind of courage.
2) Harry contemplates his death. Harry counting his hearbeats and wondering how many more there would be and whether dying would hurt was heartbreaking for me, but he never even considers not doing it.
3) The empty portraits. Symbolic of Harry being alone at last, without help or comfort from the living world.
4) Harry perceives Dumbledore as cold and calculating. I still can't see it that way. I think that *somehow* Dumbledore was able to predict what would happen, just as it seems he predicted every other thing that happened in this book. But it was essential for Harry to believe that he was going to his death, and for him to willing choose it. I wish I could explain this better. Harry knows that Dumbledore chose rightly as ( ... )
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I'm not much for writing fic either lol,working on it but I joined and I'll be sure to let other people know :)
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