Posted on 07/21/2007 5:18:11 PM PDT by JenB
Well, in Rowling's case it was James and Lilly's grandson.
I would think that that would be one of the first things Sirius said to Harry. “He’s just jealous that Lily loved your Dad and not him.” Especially during the scene when Harry confronts Sirius and Lupin at Grimmauld place.
LOL! You know, that doesn't bother me at all.
Regulus didn't tell him to do that.
that curse that Snape put on the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher seems to be a pretty potent one! Even Moody, who never actually filled the post, gets it.
You mean the curse that Voldemort put on the position right?
As I was re-reading, I noticed that Harry says Voldemort's name at least twice while in Grimmauld Place. Shortly after the first time, we hear of Death Eater's showing up. So, they did know that SOMEONE was there. Did they not know that Snape could get in? Why didn't they send Snape in after them?
We don't know Snape's method of contacting the Order then, do we?
I was convinced that the doe Patronus was from a girl. Fooled me with that.
Well, I rushed through "Half-Blood Prince" and didn't enjoy it as much as I could have, so I took my time. You'd be surprised by the things that you can miss by reading when you're too sleepy. I've had mornings where I reread 3 or 4 pages and only half-remembered what I had previously read!
Oh, I thought it was a given but got it figured wrong.
If he was evil, Ron or Hermione or one of the Order was going to take him out. If he was good, Voldy was going to do it.
Didn't see it coming that Voldy would kill him while believing that he was still loyal. At the very least, I was expecting that he would accuse Snape of having switched wands with DD or had somehow planted a fake.
... which is why he had to go, for the sake of the story, along with the Firebolt. For that matter, where was Ron's owl during all of this?
Actually, at some point, particularly when the wand broke, I thought that we'd see Fawkes again, serving as Harry's new owl (and so it could donate another feather if need be).
This is why I love the public library.
It was somewhat amusing to see the kids names. Hermione's are named for her parents and Harry's are named for his parents and 2 headmasters. Neither Ron nor Ginny named their own children after anyone in the Weasley family. Of course, there's still time to have more . . .
And the fact that Ginny was the first female Weasley in generations didn't play into it at all, except to allow harry to marry into the family. And then Ron has a girl, too. (So did Ginny, but she isn't a "Weasley" anymore)
OH, no wait. He's fine.
Yeah, I have to agree there. But grandpa is named for the devil and the father is named for a dragon, so being named for a scorpion is sort of a step in the right direction. Maybe in a few generations, one of them will be named "Flower". Or have a skunk named Flower. Or something like that.
Speaking of flowers, no mention if Draco ended up with Pansy or not.
But then Harry couldn't kill Voldemort. Go back to the prophecy, one must die at the hand of the other, not that they must kill each other. (And I didn't go for that talk that "the other" actually refered to a third person.)
I wouldn't have been happy if Dumbledore had actually been raising Harry to be a lamb to be led to the slaughter. But, apparently, he acted similar to another Lamb that I could think of, but won't mention in case the Fundamentalists are reading this thread. ;-)
After book 7 the best Draco could do was Eloise Midgeon.
Well, then the next people to die have to be the black guy, the guy from Brooklyn (played by William Bendix) and the blind, French girl . . .
Other than the Herbology professor, yes, I noticed that.
Actually, as soon as I saw "nineteen years later", I said, "Uh-oh". When something covers time so slowly (one book = one year) and then makes a bigggg jump, I get a little nervous. (Visions of Battlestar Galactica came to mind, actually.)
I actually put the book down, finished some chores and came back to it. Needed time to prepare.
I probably would've liked an epilogue that took place either 3-6 months later or maybe 5 years later. 19? Way too far off.
And, hey, how come the last word of the book wasn't "Scar"? Changed her mind, eh?
The book says that Lily cast a doe patronus, too.
Dobby = Gollum? I don’t see it. Maybe slightly in looks but definately not in character.
THat I expected. I somehow expected a little more out of the silver hand, being that it was silver, but instead, it just killed its owner.
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