Chapter 27 :: The Lightning-Struck Tower

[monkeyshine4616]

Sorry about the timing. Too much on my plate at the moment. I completely forgot that I had a summary to do until I saw Chapter 26 on my f-list. So so sorry. *begs for forgiveness*Harry apparates himself and Dumbledore back to Hogsmeade after the adventure in the cave. Harry notices Dumbledore isn't feeling so hot, so he tells Dumbledore that they'

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[pilly2009]

I assume the shock value is more about who killed Dumbledore, rather than Dumbledore's death in itself. I don't know a single person who wasn't convinced that Dumbledore would die sometime before the end of the book. And yes, it was something that so much of the fandom wanted to see...while being at the same time something that all of fandom was not expecting (hence the 95403548435 theories of how "Snape is SO NOT EVIL!!"). A lot of people wanted Dumbledore to die, but very few wanted it to be Snape who killed him, especially when we're in such doubt over his true loyalties.

mauvaise foi

[woman_ironing]

Malfoy is just fabulous in the tower scene. Ensnared by fear, pride and ambition, poised to take the final step to evil. What will make him decide? He doesn't seem to have anything inside him to guide him. He doesn't know what to do, what he wants, or what he is. The opposite of Harry.

There's a great essay about Malfoy by puritybrown at http://www.livejournal.com/community/hp_essays/86380.html#cutid1, called Dragon of Bad Faith: Draco Malfoy and Existentialism.