Feeling lost and empty after Deathy Hallows...

[puffapuffarice]

I just can't shake the feeling of loss that came with finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

On general terms, I was content with the book, the plot, and the climax. It was definitely not my favourite Harry Potter of the 7, but I enjoyed reading it.

Too many deaths, though. Far, far too many deaths.

A handful of characters that I cherished

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[pink_siamese]

I thought that epilogue bit the hogleg.

[kittymay]

I knooow! I did the full midnight all nighter thing and read it all, but I do confess my disappointment, somewhat. Though there were some heart-wrenching moments, I can't shake the feeling that so many loose ends were not tied up as I would have liked. But it is JK's story, I suppose, and only she can tell it, so as a fellow writer, I must try and respect that, however I feel..
Still,on the subject of denial, there was no PROOF that Beckett really died anyway, so we are *allowed* to deny it, right? Mostly because it didn't happen... (has 'Misery' style Kathy Bates moment)
; )

[puffapuffarice]

LOL, that last line made me laugh myself silly.

I choose to believe that Beckett is alive too (although, in my PMSy moments, I admit that I tend to sit and sob over the fact that he couldn't possibly have survived being consumed in a fireball and catapulted from an exploding ship). But that only happens once a month so I don't have to think about it too often...

No one wants their chosen beloved characters to die. So, in the case of Cutler Beckett, and of Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledore, Cedric Diggory and all other parties generally referred to as "the deceased", I choose to scream from the treetops....

DENIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0:)

[pink_siamese]

And this is the joy of fanfiction. In our fics, they do live on. We change the tragic ending

[ansketil_rose]

Yes, 'Deathly Hallows' was sort of like - "Oh. Right. Now we get on with our fantasies."

As I work in a bookshop, I dressed up - as SNAPE! Twas most cool. I'll post a photo for you when I get home. It was great swooping around the shop and being nasty to customers (every retail assistant's dream).

But the book itself unrolled with this kind of heavy inevitability that just made me sigh.

I love dear Severus and his death hit me hard.

And thus we must continue to praise those lost to us in fanfiction, by making them fornicate with other characters and relieve our pain at their loss.