So, the wait is finally over, and Deathly Hallows has hit the shelves, and lots of us now know how the story ends and what the fates of our favourite characters were
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Dead or Sleeping?
anonymous
July 23 2007, 17:33:21 UTC
I'd like to take a quick poll.
How many of you thought, like I did, that when you first read that horrible, awful little sentence, that Remus and Tonks were actually only sleeping? I don't know what stopped me and prompted me to go back, but I did, and after re-reading it about 3 times and it SLOWLY starting to sink in, the waterworks began.
To me, it was just adding insult to injury. Not only were the deaths of my two favourite characters revealed in such a seemingly-offhand way, but misunderstanding the sentence on top of all that... Cruel.
Re: Dead or Sleeping?lady_bracknellJuly 23 2007, 20:50:45 UTC
I think that was one of my biggest frustrations with the book as a whole - lots of the plots set up from the previous books just seemed to drift into nothingness. The Inferi, the werewolf plot - even Hagrid's mission with the giants.
That and a couple of little niggles, like I really wanted to see Mrs Figg and some of the other very minor Order members again.
Re: Dead or Sleeping?shimotsukiJuly 23 2007, 21:09:12 UTC
lots of the plots set up from the previous books just seemed to drift into nothingness -- Yeah, I felt like DH was a more satisfying read taken on its own than as the culmination of the whole series. It may have been inevitable that a lot of threads got dropped, but I can still wish...
Re: Dead or Sleeping?bway_loveJuly 24 2007, 03:20:39 UTC
I think that was one of my biggest frustrations with the book as a whole - lots of the plots set up from the previous books just seemed to drift into nothingness.
WORD! It seemed like rather than resolve things, she just gave as heaps of new information. And since my expectations of DH were based on what I already knew not what I couldn't possibly know yet, I was disappointed by that, even though the new information was mostly a really great read.
Re: Dead or Sleeping?lady_bracknellJuly 24 2007, 09:16:50 UTC
I think that's the thing - if I'd only read this, I'd have thought 'wow', but because I was waiting for things from the other books to come to a conclusion, I always felt a bit distracted.
Re: Dead or Sleeping?lady_bracknellJuly 24 2007, 16:03:11 UTC
Really?
I made it toying with a new technique (I'm addicted to Photoshop), and since DH, I've just really liked using it because it's so colourful it cheers me up, lol.
Re: Dead or Sleeping?katyscarlett76July 24 2007, 13:54:43 UTC
I think that was one of my biggest frustrations with the book as a whole - lots of the plots set up from the previous books just seemed to drift into nothingness.
Yes! I think that's something I'm struggling with. On the whole I think she did fantastic with Harry's story but I do feel that she dropped off with the sub-plots. It's left me wondering why she gave us such a complex world with intriguing characters and sub-plots when she didn't take them to their conclusions.
Re: Dead or Sleeping?bway_loveJuly 24 2007, 03:22:56 UTC
I believe molly_coddles is working on a theory where they've actually faked their own deaths using a time-turner... and they don't look happy and peaceful so much as smug that they've pulled it off. OMG POINT ME TO THAT FIC! :D
Re: Dead or Sleeping?an_fhanaiJuly 23 2007, 19:03:36 UTC
I wasn't sure what to think, but I certainly went back and read it a few times, to see if maybe the bit of my brain that said "OMG WHAAAT??" was wrong. I agree it was cruel.
And then I tried to convince myself that Harry was going to try and bring them back, after Dumbledore explained about the Hallows and called Harry the Master of Death.
How many of you thought, like I did, that when you first read that horrible, awful little sentence, that Remus and Tonks were actually only sleeping? I don't know what stopped me and prompted me to go back, but I did, and after re-reading it about 3 times and it SLOWLY starting to sink in, the waterworks began.
To me, it was just adding insult to injury. Not only were the deaths of my two favourite characters revealed in such a seemingly-offhand way, but misunderstanding the sentence on top of all that... Cruel.
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That and a couple of little niggles, like I really wanted to see Mrs Figg and some of the other very minor Order members again.
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WORD! It seemed like rather than resolve things, she just gave as heaps of new information. And since my expectations of DH were based on what I already knew not what I couldn't possibly know yet, I was disappointed by that, even though the new information was mostly a really great read.
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I made it toying with a new technique (I'm addicted to Photoshop), and since DH, I've just really liked using it because it's so colourful it cheers me up, lol.
Thanks :D.
You seem cool. Would you mind if I friended you?
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Well, you may be disappointed with how cool me or my journal actually are :P But I'd love if you friended me. I'll friend you right back!
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Yes! I think that's something I'm struggling with. On the whole I think she did fantastic with Harry's story but I do feel that she dropped off with the sub-plots. It's left me wondering why she gave us such a complex world with intriguing characters and sub-plots when she didn't take them to their conclusions.
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I wish she hadn't taken this one to a conclusion. :-(
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And then I tried to convince myself that Harry was going to try and bring them back, after Dumbledore explained about the Hallows and called Harry the Master of Death.
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