Deathly Hallows uberwank: Chapter 35, King's Cross

[fera_festiva]

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"By the way, Harry, now that I'm utterly dead, it seems a good time to tell you that I was quite the arse-bandit in my youth. Do stop feeling compassion for that wretched flayed child under your seat." - air_and_angels, here
So there's this line in The Princess Bride about how death cannot

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[minnow_53]

What you've mainly done here is make me realise how great the King's Cross chapter would have been with a really intense discussion of Dumbledore's gayness. :D I won't quote back all your dialogue, but it was amazing, and yes, I lol'ed. Quite a lot. Especially at the following:

HARRY: So... wait, two men kissing and cuddling?

DUMBLEDORE: ... Yes, Harry. Two men, kissing and cuddling. But this is not important now. What is important is your bravery... the sacrifice you have made... true Gryffindor...

HARRY: No, wait, go back for a second. Buttsex?

I won't go into the alpine skiing. 0_o Breaks the ice at parties, I suppose... :/

Btw, I did realise that the flayed baby was Voldemort, though I was confused by him not actually being dead yet. Not sure that one worked.

Anyway, I really enjoyed, as usual. To the max, in fact. :D Looking forward to more Neville soon.

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[fera_festiva]

I did realise that the flayed baby was Voldemort

Ha - as I was writing that bit I was thinking, "Hey, I bet Minnow totally got that it was Voldemort". :D ♥

Your comment regarding ice being broken at parties does beg the question of what sort of parties you go to. I won't ask. ;)

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i interpreted that as lucius malfoy doesn't care much about draco purebloods being gay as long as he they still get married and produce little pureblood babies. they can have affairs on the side or whatever. it's probably one of those "things we don't talk about", but as soon as one of them gays says "hell no" to that, it's guaranteed ostracism. not very tolerant after all, ha

[fera_festiva]

Everything you said = yes. Especially:

i'm going to assume she meant modern-day britain. which probably means that there will be people who are cool with it, and people who aren't. but i still think there will be more people who aren't. it seems to fit more with the society she's created, imo...

Absolutely. I can imagine people like Harry or Hermione (i.e. muggleborns) being cool with it, but even families like the Weasleys would probably be a bit... iffy, especially someone like Molly. The wizarding world seems to be behind the rest of muggle Britain in a lot of ways, so it doesn't fit if everyone is 100% tolerant. Anyway, someone like Lucius Malfoy, in modern muggle Britain, would still be traditional aristocracy, not generally known for being progressive.

i wonder how lucius malfoy would feel about gay mugglebornsI imagine that would depend on whether he knew about one specific gay muggleborn who, as we know, is regularly fucking Lucius's son. :D

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I imagine that would depend on whether he knew about one specific gay muggleborn who, as we know, is regularly fucking Lucius's son. :D

but harry's a half-blood! heh.

[fera_festiva]

Good point. Hmm. Maybe Lucius Malfoy wouldn't make the distinction, though, as Harry grew up in the muggle world anyway, and anyone other than a pureblood is bad regardless...

Or whatever. The point is, H/D rules. :D

[shyfoxling]

HARRY: No, wait, go back for a second. Buttsex?

LOL, I loved this exchange. That's so how it would go down if Dumbles mentioned his gayitude even in passing.

And given the size of this fandom plus rule 34, girl!Snape/Grindelwald does exist somewhere, y/y?)

Like duh.

[fera_festiva]

Haha, I know - the likelihood of Harry noticing/understanding anything without it being spelled out in minute detail is pretty low. :D

Thanks for reading, I'm glad you liked. :)

[potter_freak515]

Regarding Dumbledore coming out in the book: I actually like you're idea of where it could have been placed, but I think the problem with that would be that it would distract readers from what Dumbledore is talking about.

What I mean is, if right after Dumbledore's death wasn't the right time for Tonks to throw herself at Lupin (and it wasn't; regardless of my own shipping preferences, it really, really wasn't), then right after Harry himself has been near enough killed might not be the right time for Dumbledore to introduce such a potentially weighty topic, especially if he's not sure how Harry's gonna take it.But according to Jo, it's not a weighty topic in the wizarding world. However, I have totally dismissed this information because, besides your point about wanting more purebloods, if homosexuality is okay even by pureblood standards, then there's no excuse for Sirius having pictures of Muggle girls all over his room

[fera_festiva]

it would distract readers from what Dumbledore is talking about

Yeah, I agree - it would certainly complicate matters. (Then again, he does go on about how Grindelwald's ideas "inflamed" him and therefore affected his judgement, and it wouldn't have been a great leap. I dunno - I actually don't feel too strongly either way, it's more thinking about how things could have been.)

I'm with you on the Voldebaby thing - it just doesn't add up. I hadn't thought of the other pieces of soul - perhaps they go to the same place as the souls of people who receive the dementor's kiss? Hmm.

I take your point on the elder wand legend - and now I think of it, I believe Dumbledore says something about how Voldemort wouldn't be interested in a children's story because he wouldn't consider it important. So I guess I'll let that one go. I suppose the problem is, there's a prt of me that feels I shouldn't need to ask that sort of question (although doing so is fun!).

And wizards don't have the Internet, so he can't just Google the phrase.Ha! Well,

[minnow_53]

Then again, he does go on about how Grindelwald's ideas "inflamed" him

Just butting in for a quick snigger... :D

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it sounds like grindelwald gave him an STD, sort of. :/

[iamstarmom]

Dumbledore led the trio through a dangerous wild goose chase was because Harry had to be able to handle the power. This really makes me crazy. I haven't found any place in DH where Harry finds out how to 'handle the power' of the hallows. It makes no sense. Kinda like how I hate when Glinda tells Dorothy that she always had the power to take herself home. I always want to have Dorothy punch her in the face at that point. "YOU BITCH WITCH!" Slam bam. Out for the count.

It's fine if our heroes have to grow and learn something. But to not SHOW us how this comes about is just lazy.

[fera_festiva]

I completely agree - if Harry did something with the hallows, actually used them, that would be fine, but he doesn't. If you removed them from the story it would make about as much sense, and as you say, we don't see Harry becoming any more powerful or anything like that. For all it matters, Dumbledore may as well have told Harry he didn't want them to find the hallows "until the end of the book" or something.

Heheh - Glinda annoys me too. She's so bloody self-righteous! :D

[air_and_angels]

Besides the fact that what Glinda says is manifestly untrue. Dorothy has learned that there's no place like home, but has learned NOTHING about how to get herself back there.
Gawd I hated this chapter. Thanks for the quote!

[fera_festiva]

Haha, that's cool - I just thought that line was the most perfect summary of this chapter. :D

I agree about Glinda as well - the way she's all "You had the power in you all along! Yes, you totally did! Even if I am pulling this out of my ass!" really winds me up. In fact, she has that in common with Dumbledore, doesn't she? :)