Hallows

[swatkat]

So. Am done. Computer is broken and I failed to copy my really long DH post to a CD, so this short reaction post will have to do for now.

Non-spoiler-y reaction: Um. Wow. That was epic. More epic than OotP and HBP and a wonderful, fitting ending to the series.

I was spoiled by a so-called friend (I don't blame her now, anymore, because this spoiler was posted in the front page of a newspaper, and was making the rounds everywhere), who said: Ron will die. And I went into the book wholly expecting it to happen. And it didn't. And I'm SO HAPPY, God. Because I've realised now - the Trio is THE best part of the book for me. Oh, Ron. *huggles him*

HERMIONE MODIFIED HER PARENTS' MEMORY. All by herself. Because she wanted to keep them safe. She had a handbag. A HANDBAG. And then she helped rescue her friends while being HORRIBLY TORTURED by Bellatrix Lestrange. I... I don't think I have words for how much I love this girl.

I love Harry Potter.

Dumbledore. Oh, Dumbledore. *whimpers* Dumbledore/Grindelwald is my new OTP.

And Snape. Snape/Lily! It made me so very happy - that Harry didn't know about Lily's best friend because he was right there, in front of him, loving her and hating James and lovinghating Harry for such a long time. Oh Snape. Dumbledore's man through and through.

NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM. Leader of Hogwarts resistance! Killed Nagini with a sword! NEVILLE!

'NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH.'

Remus. Tonks. I *wish* their plot had been better handled, even though I enjoyed that

Harry/James/Lily/Sirius :: Teddy/Remus/Tonks/Harry
Trio :: MWP(P)

And Harry won't be what Sirius was, because he has learnt to recognise that Sirius was a reckless (awesome) man, and the Trio won't be MWPP because they've learnt better than that.

The epilogue was... actually cute (I like cheese. More wine, everyone?), and of course we shall ignore it forever.

Comments

[merelymine.livejournal.com]

I AGREE WITH THIS ENTIRE POST.

Well, except for the being fooled about Ron bit, because thankfully, that didn't happen to me.

But I thought the book was amazing, and really didn't hate the epilogue. I read it just knowing it would have to be ignored, but with it ignored? OH the wonderful stories that will be written!!

[plazmah.livejournal.com]

Dumbledore/Grindelwald is my new OTP.

There's a comm for that. Two actually. And one for Albus Severus/Scorpious, as it were. LOL slash. :)

Harry didn't know about Lily's best friend because he was right there, in front of him, loving her and hating James and lovinghating Harry for such a long time.

Best breakdown summary ever. Also explains why Snape wanted to look at Harry before he died, so he could see those green eyes. LOLOL slash. ;D

I'm just kinda happy that the Trio, Luna, Neville, and the Weasley parents didn't die. I actually dreamed last night that I was back in school and Luna was my best friend. HEE!

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

I wish the Remus/Tonks plotline had been better handled too. I get the impression most people do. But at least Remus got to be calculatingly cool (chapter 5) and responsibility-dodging (chapter 11) before he died, so that's not too bad.

[sk56.livejournal.com]

We had a bunch of 13 year olds here on Friday night before the book came out, and I made them all write their predictions of how the book/series would end. Almost all of them got the "Harry is a horcrux" bit, but no one managed to nail the whole package. It made me wonder about the balancing act that an author does of setting the right stage for the ending and not telegraphing the future -- very tricky.

And yes, I thought the weakest part of the whole book was the Tonks/Remus arc.