I enjoyed it too (though over half of the fun came from being bitten by a thousand ravenous plot-bunnies as I was reading). Especially the bits with Neville and Luna (I had my doubts about either of them making it). I was fully and willing spoilered beforehand (I didn't download the Carpet Edition myself but I read the epilogue and all the summaries on spoil_me_dh), but I still found it an entertaining read (though I have to say that I do prefer the first four books in the series to the final three - but that's probably because the earlier stories had a slightly pratchettesque air about them that the later ones don't
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I am so, SO glad both Neville and Luna made it, and their stories were so cool. (I got a little misty over Luna's kindness to Ollivander and his response. Awwww)
I had managed to mostly avoid spoilers, which is an achievement in itself, but none of the major deaths surprised me really. "If you are prepared..." well, I was. It surprised me how dismissive Remus's and Tonks's deaths were...bzuh? The Snape/Lily angle, I was surprised by how much emphasis it got. It turned into quite a moving story, I thought--that they knew each other as kids, before Hogwarts, wow.
I LOVE the fact that there are two communities devoted to AS/S already. OH, fandom, is there anything you can't improve on? :D
I thought Lily was very mature all the way, right down to her breaking up with Snape because of the company he kept.
I don't think she ever felt for her husband what she felt for Snape. James didn't have the history with her, he was merely some cocky kid bordering on being a jerk. Actually, I'm surprised she didn't fall in love with an marry Lupin. She seemed best matched to his temperament, out of the four Marauders.
That's a lingering unresolved thing for me - what made her fall for James? I don't doubt that she did love him, I just want to know how. Maybe she and Lupin were too well matched-maybe it was almost siblinglike with them and he was in love with Sirius anyway.
It surprised me how dismissive Remus's and Tonks's deaths were...bzuh?
That had me scratching my head a little too. It made me wonder if maybe JKR had originally written death scenes for them, but decided to edit them out. Mind you, the feeling that I got from the whole Tonks/Remus relationship was that they were initially intended to have a larger - or at least slightly more central - role in the plot.
It turned into quite a moving story, I thought--that they knew each other as kids, before Hogwarts, wow.
When I saw the spoilers I wasn't sure how I felt about the whole Snape/Lily backstory, but on reading the book I definitely liked how it was executed, even if it was so very sad.
I LOVE the fact that there are two communities devoted to AS/S already. OH, fandom, is there anything you can't improve on? :DHehe, me too. I was writing it two days before the book came out (though in my defence I had read the epilogue, so it wasn't entirely a case of writing without knowing the canon :D). With a moniker like AS/S or the even kinkier
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The Snape/Lily angle, I was surprised by how much emphasis it got.
I seriously wonder if JKR has been reading HP fanfic, gleaning for ideas.
Surely the question of Snape's relationship to Lily had to have been burning in the minds of fans, even more so since the first scene of Snape's memory showing him being tormented by James and Sirius.
It goes into so little detail about the nature of the James/Lily relationship! There wasn't a whole lot of time for her to fall so completely in love with him, especially if she saw him as an "arrogant toerag". There's a gold mine of speculation there. What prodded her to take the plunge and marry James? After reading this book, I'm not sure she had deep loving feelings for James at all. She definitely was physically attracted to him, and may have had a burning desire for children. But I think above all, she was seized with the same drive that prompted a lot of couples to tie the knot right after 9/11: the mixture of fear and sudden appreciation for family, friends, and loved ones.
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I had managed to mostly avoid spoilers, which is an achievement in itself, but none of the major deaths surprised me really. "If you are prepared..." well, I was. It surprised me how dismissive Remus's and Tonks's deaths were...bzuh? The Snape/Lily angle, I was surprised by how much emphasis it got. It turned into quite a moving story, I thought--that they knew each other as kids, before Hogwarts, wow.
I LOVE the fact that there are two communities devoted to AS/S already. OH, fandom, is there anything you can't improve on? :D
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Believe it or not, saw that one coming.
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I don't think she ever felt for her husband what she felt for Snape. James didn't have the history with her, he was merely some cocky kid bordering on being a jerk. Actually, I'm surprised she didn't fall in love with an marry Lupin. She seemed best matched to his temperament, out of the four Marauders.
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That had me scratching my head a little too. It made me wonder if maybe JKR had originally written death scenes for them, but decided to edit them out. Mind you, the feeling that I got from the whole Tonks/Remus relationship was that they were initially intended to have a larger - or at least slightly more central - role in the plot.
It turned into quite a moving story, I thought--that they knew each other as kids, before Hogwarts, wow.
When I saw the spoilers I wasn't sure how I felt about the whole Snape/Lily backstory, but on reading the book I definitely liked how it was executed, even if it was so very sad.
I LOVE the fact that there are two communities devoted to AS/S already. OH, fandom, is there anything you can't improve on? :DHehe, me too. I was writing it two days before the book came out (though in my defence I had read the epilogue, so it wasn't entirely a case of writing without knowing the canon :D). With a moniker like AS/S or the even kinkier ( ... )
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I seriously wonder if JKR has been reading HP fanfic, gleaning for ideas.
Surely the question of Snape's relationship to Lily had to have been burning in the minds of fans, even more so since the first scene of Snape's memory showing him being tormented by James and Sirius.
It goes into so little detail about the nature of the James/Lily relationship! There wasn't a whole lot of time for her to fall so completely in love with him, especially if she saw him as an "arrogant toerag".
There's a gold mine of speculation there. What prodded her to take the plunge and marry James? After reading this book, I'm not sure she had deep loving feelings for James at all. She definitely was physically attracted to him, and may have had a burning desire for children. But I think above all, she was seized with the same drive that prompted a lot of couples to tie the knot right after 9/11: the mixture of fear and sudden appreciation for family, friends, and loved ones.
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