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

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Remus/Tonks is absolutely unoforgivable. Really, a couple more pages, JKR? Who killed them? How? Why?

How did the kids react to the book? A lot of people are saying it's too dark for them, but I wouldn't know. I read everything I could get my hands on, and my parents were mostly fine with that.

[sk56.livejournal.com]

I haven't talked to the kids since they got the book, so I'm not sure what their reactions are. My guy, who is both sentimental and a slow reader, wants me to read the last one out loud for old times sake (I've read almost all the others out loud) So he's finishing #6 first.

This particular bunch has grown up having the books read to them to start and then reading them themselves. They started with the first ones close to when they came out, so they've gotten older and more self-reliant as the characters in the books have. We've read them as they've been released, since I think #3, but I know my nephews, who are 8 and 10, haven't been seeing the films -- too vivid. The 10 yo is reading the last book now, but the 8 yo will wait a couple of years.

We've let Iz read whatever he's been interested in, but when I read him The Golden Compass when he was in first grade I did edit some, mostly just for length.

My objections about big media events were more agitated at the last cycle of Star Wars films. When #1 came out, my son was five, just entering kindergarten, and really wanted to see it, since the hype was so universal. He and most of his friends spent that entire summer playing Star Wars, and they all wanted to be Anakin. I was absolutely furious at George Lucas making him such an attractive character, since I knew where he was going, and I knew how many boyish hearts would have to break as Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. I'm still a bit peeved, now that I think of it...

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

My guy, who is both sentimental and a slow reader, wants me to read the last one out loud for old times sake (I've read almost all the others out loud) So he's finishing #6 first.

That's so sweet. *g*

The Golden Compass in first grade? That's impressive. I love that book (then the sequel bored me so much that I ended up never reading the third one, though my sister has a copy). Also, Northern Lights is a prettier name.

My objections about big media events were more agitated at the last cycle of Star Wars films. When #1 came out, my son was five, just entering kindergarten, and really wanted to see it, since the hype was so universal. He and most of his friends spent that entire summer playing Star Wars, and they all wanted to be Anakin. I was absolutely furious at George Lucas making him such an attractive character, since I knew where he was going, and I knew how many boyish hearts would have to break as Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. I'm still a bit peeved, now that I think of it...

Oh man, that would've been heartbreaking indeed. *I* was heartbroken when the cute boy in SW I turned into the whiny teenager in SW II. (Yes, it was Phantom Menace that convinced me to see the earlier trilogy *facepalms*)