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Remus and Tonks, and the Deathly Hallows

Jul 23, 2007 11:32

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 ( Read more... )

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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.

- ishandtwofourths

Re: Dead or Sleeping? katyhasclogs July 23 2007, 22:37:05 UTC

My initial thought was, "Oh phew, they're with the injured people, not the dead people", and then some reference to Fred made me realise...

Re: Dead or Sleeping? psychicnagger July 24 2007, 00:21:55 UTC

My initial thought was, "Oh phew, they're with the injured people, not the dead people",

That was my exact reaction too. I had to read the line a couple more times before I realized that they were actually dead. It just wasn't well-worded at all.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? lady_bracknell July 24 2007, 09:21:11 UTC

Or it was excellently worded, and that's exactly what you were supposed to think....

Would she be that cruel? I think on current evidence, I'm inclined to think yes.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? scarlett71177 July 23 2007, 23:33:12 UTC

I don't know about sleeping, but I was praying for stunned, or they were other people Polyjuiced as Remus and Tonks or something!

Re: Dead or Sleeping? dramaturgy July 23 2007, 23:40:03 UTC

I totally thought sleeping.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? fantasticjackie July 23 2007, 23:41:18 UTC

I was looking for them on the page as Harry was looking for them in the Great Hall. I found their names - saw that they looked peaceful - and breathed a great sigh of relief. I was excited and went back reading; they were safe!

Then I read the actual sentence. "No, no, no... They're sleeping," I said aloud. Read it again, and I swear my heart stopped.

I do agree that it was a cruel way to kill them - so much worse than Sirius who simply fell through a mysterious veil.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? duh_i_read July 24 2007, 03:39:09 UTC

after 3 re-reads of that cruel, anti-climatic sentence, i started to cry.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? fantasticjackie July 24 2007, 04:34:24 UTC

That's the worst thing for me: I was so shocked and numb that I couldn't cry. I wanted to, but I was so numb... I wasn't able to cry for another 8 or so hours.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? jesspallas July 24 2007, 12:14:17 UTC

That's how I felt too. I didn't manage to cry until the next morning when I read Fernwithy's fic "Pointless" and that set me off. And then I started work on a denial fic of my own to try and fix canon with disrupting it, which is something I swore I'd never do but am now finding a necessary challenge...

Re: Dead or Sleeping? fantasticjackie July 26 2007, 01:21:42 UTC

I know what you mean; many people who go against canon have been somewhat of an annoyance to me - depending on what it is.

This won't be the first time that I've brought characters back from the grave, but there's something about having to do it for Remus and Tonks that makes it seem..... I dunno. It's just weird. I never thought I would have to, but now that they're gone, I feel compelled to do it. - It's more than just an agitating plot bunny.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? lauramcvey July 24 2007, 15:59:31 UTC

That was exactly my reaction. I thought "oh, they're just asleep, it's been a long day." And then- wait a minute . . .
*sob*

Re: Dead or Sleeping? victorialupin July 24 2007, 18:18:09 UTC

I thought the same thing. :(

Once I realized they were dead, and took 15 minutes to cry my eyes out, I knew I couldn't really deny it. As much as I just wanted them to be stunned, anybody could have revived them in an instant. Sigh.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? adamolupin July 24 2007, 20:20:08 UTC

Unfortunately, not me. When he said that they looked like they were sleeping I immediately had an image flash in my head of those old Victorian pictures of the dead with their hands folded on their stomachs, their eyes sort of sunken in their skulls with sallow looking skin. Harry's reaction just confirmed that they were dead.

Re: Dead or Sleeping? anonymous July 25 2007, 14:36:09 UTC

YEp tought oh thank the everything! They are only sleeping... then I went back, sleeping, why what ... *enters comprihnsion state* *sobs*

Re: Dead or Sleeping? anonymous July 25 2007, 17:52:45 UTC

Ditto big time. I convinced myself they were sleeping for a paragraph or so. Then I had to put the book down and yeah, I cried...

We were treated unfairly, I feel.I'm gutted.

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