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villagechick

Deathly Hallows

Jul 21, 2007 20:08

Comments 17

a_just_society July 22 2007, 00:43:37 UTC

I was really disappointed by the Lupin/Tonks deaths. She didn't write them - their bodies were simply lying their next to Fred, several pages after she mentioned that they were out duelling. circe_tigana is going to be livid - he is her favorite.

It's funny, but the death that upset me the most was Hedwig's. It came so suddenly, and somehow seemed the most cruel.

What I want to know is who JK considers to be the "two" major characters who died. It was a bloodbath - and I assumed that Moody was #1, until the carnage really began.

On the whole, I thought it was really well done, and it made up for what I thought was a dreary book #6. The epilogue was sneaky - it leaves the door open for Albus Potter and the whatever of whatever, but probably puts Harry to rest as the central figure - at least until he's well into his thirties.

villagechick July 22 2007, 01:20:14 UTC

One has to be Snape but I'm at a loss as to who she considers the other one.

Canidates
Hedwig
Dobby
Lupin
Fred (Or was it George?)

a_just_society July 22 2007, 01:28:41 UTC

I'm assuming that Voldemort was #2. But it is surprising that she would class the others as minor.

Poor Colin Creevy...

a_dawn July 22 2007, 01:04:55 UTC

I could use a little clarification about Harry's not death too, but whatever.

They totally never said who raised Teddy, which annoys me for some reason.

I KNEW SNAPE WAS GOOD!

(Sorry, had to get that out).

a_just_society July 22 2007, 01:08:52 UTC

Given that Harry was supposed to be Teddy's godfather, it should have been him, although she's nebulous about that, and I'm not sure why.

a_dawn July 22 2007, 01:10:04 UTC

I thought so too, but it doesn't sound like he did.

villagechick July 22 2007, 01:18:44 UTC

Yeah, my reaction to it was...

"he should move in"

What? He wasn't living with them already? Who the hell raised him then?

But maybe she wanted Harry to have time to enjoy early adulthood, instead of saddling him with more responsibilty... But I would have liked that spelled out, along with Luna's fate. I'll just picture her settling down with Neville.

Although my favorite fanfic ever had Neville and Malfoy shacking up. :)

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queenvish July 24 2007, 02:20:43 UTC

I have been devastated by Fred Weasley's death.

Completely devastated.

FRED dies but Dolores goes on happily ever after? WTF!? Where is the suffering?

megglesmcgoo July 27 2007, 06:44:14 UTC

I was presuming Umbridge spent the rest of her life in Azkhaban myself. All that trying and torturing of Muggle-born wizards bound to be Nuremberg like trials to sort out who was imperiused and who wasn't.

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