Happy Birthday, afakeimage!
...I do check for birthdays sometimes. ^^;
Damn. I know I had something else besides the next bit to post, but I forgot!
Anyway, my fiance finished reading HP7 and we were discussing it over the phone. He, like many readers, myself included, believes that there should have been more to the revelation with Snape at the end. That it was all a bit rushed. And it did have that sort of feeling. He was telling me that Harry took the whole thing in too good a stride. That he accepted it without taking a moment to sit down and be like "Wow" or anything. He also make the best comparison to Star Wars, as though the infamous "I'm your father" scene had gone something more like this (quotes may not be exact due to a poor memory and lack of Star Wars geek-ness):
VADER: Your uncle never told you what happened to your father, did he.
LUKE: He did. He told me you killed him.
VADER: No, Luke. I am your father.
LUKE: ...Okay, that's cool.
VADER: Uh.. What? Are you sure you don't want to... search your feelings or something?
LUKE: No, I gotcha. It's cool.
Just too well accepted, you know? I thought it was funny.
Damn. I know I had something else besides the next bit to post, but I forgot!
Anyway, my fiance finished reading HP7 and we were discussing it over the phone. He, like many readers, myself included, believes that there should have been more to the revelation with Snape at the end. That it was all a bit rushed. And it did have that sort of feeling. He was telling me that Harry took the whole thing in too good a stride. That he accepted it without taking a moment to sit down and be like "Wow" or anything. He also make the best comparison to Star Wars, as though the infamous "I'm your father" scene had gone something more like this (quotes may not be exact due to a poor memory and lack of Star Wars geek-ness):
VADER: Your uncle never told you what happened to your father, did he.
LUKE: He did. He told me you killed him.
VADER: No, Luke. I am your father.
LUKE: ...Okay, that's cool.
VADER: Uh.. What? Are you sure you don't want to... search your feelings or something?
LUKE: No, I gotcha. It's cool.
Just too well accepted, you know? I thought it was funny.