HBP Poll

[author_by_night]

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[akashasheiress]

Apparently, I voted that Ron is not going to surive the series - I meant to vote the opposite, sorry!

[author_by_night]

Ooh, okay!

[akashasheiress]

Did the same with Hagrid, apparently.:P

[author_by_night]

What will I do with you? ;) Nah, just kidding, I do it all the time.

[a_t_rain]

Re: Snape. I can, in the sober light of one year later, see a plausible argument that he's Dumbledore's man through and through (although I'm reserving judgment on whether I believe it), but my first answer was "none of the above." I think he's been serving the good side for the better part of six books, but that doesn't change the fact that he was always a man doing the right thing for the wrong reason, and I don't think this exactly makes him "good" in JKR's worldview. I also think there's a very good chance that he does fall under the spell of the Dark Arts once again during his term as DADA teacher.

Basically, I think he's the Dark Arts equivalent of a dry drunk, if that makes any sense.

[author_by_night]

Interesting.

[a_t_rain]

Oh, and count me as astonished that there's only one other person who thinks Harry is going to return to Hogwarts as a student. I will be shocked if he does not, frankly -- what he intends at the end of HBP and what he's actually going to do are two very different things, and I think fate has a few curve balls in store for him over the summer.

[author_by_night]

Maybe - I don't think he'll desert Hogwarts completely, but he does have to look for Horcruxes. That's the only problem.

[pennswoods]

Oh man. This takes me back. I remember having two very strong reactions while reading HBP and both involved Snape. The first was pure astonishment at his verbosity in Chapter 2: Spinner's End. I mean, seriously, who was this guy and when did he become such a blabbermouth? Then he goes and kills Dumbledore, taunts Harry a bit, and runs off with Draco. I really had to take a moment after finishing that chapter, but all I could think was Oh poor twisted and misunderstood Snape. Good or evil, there's no going back now.

And then of course, the book ended and I was really drained, so I settled back to watch POA on DVD to remember happier times.

[author_by_night]

Hm... well, no offense, but I don't like Snape in PoA either. GoF was the one book where I felt some sympathy.

I generally think he's his own man, but that's just me.

[icon_metaphor]

Your polls make me happy :).

~Meg~

[author_by_night]

Aw, thanks! :)

[jan_aq]

Amy, do you use cuts on *anything*? :P

[author_by_night]

Not when rich text screws it up. I do feel bad about it, I really do, but when I use rich text it goes all weird. :/

[jan_aq]

How come you use rich text? Journal program?