Post by Linaeve on Jul 23, 2007 18:58:59 GMT -5
*bounds in gleefully*
Alright, lets just add a huge Spoiler Warning up here, because I'm going to spill quite a bit. This is a spoiler forum, after all, and if you want to discuss anything otherwise you're free to do so in Generals with a no spoiler warning. But as long as you're in the spoiler thread, it's your own fault if you hear something you didn't want to.
Anyways...
- I have to admit that I was more anguished over the loss of Hedwig than of the loss of Moody. Why why why did she have to go? Although I agree that it would have been quite hard, even for Hermione, to keep Hedwig in the purse without her freaking out, and even if the owl did survive, then the Death Eaters would have tracked her back to Harry.
- Okay, we lost Moody. Not too unhappy there, as we've only seen bits and peices of him. Rowling built up a connection to Moody in the fourth book, but then we learned that he was an imposter in possesion of great quantities of Polyjuice, which broke the connection. When we finally got around to seeing the real Moody in books five and six, they were only little clippets of him at a time, not enough to rebuild a sense of trust and fondness for the character. So when he died, it was at more cost to the characters who knew him through the Order than the readers themselves.
- Ted Tonks... I actually felt pretty bad for him, given the pageage he was shown in. I think it was the scene by the riverbed with Dean and the goblins that made me feel a little more sympathy towards him, though I don't know why. Then again, he was Tonk's father, one of my favorite characters (more on said point later).
- Eeeehhh poor ickle dragon D: I nearly started crying when they described the Gringotts dragon. I'm worse than Hagrid.
- George cracked me up. No matter how severe the situation is, he and Fred always push through with a little joke. "I feel saintly!" Bwahahaha xD
- FRED. WTH. NO. *clings* I actually howled aloud at the end of that chapter, I was so infuriated. He didn't deseve to be kiled off, but at least he died laughing ;_;
- Lupin... meh... I liked his character, but I didn't feel that strongly for him, especially after the row with Harry. I was sad to see him go, but his death paled in comparison to Fred's and Tonk's.
- TONKS NUUUU. ;_; I kept telling myself that Rowling better not kill her off, that if she was still alive I would be happy, but LOOK. RAWRAWRAWR. I just squeaked a little bit when I read that part, because their deaths were just thrown in so casually into the text that I nearly didn't notice it until I reread the section. Nonononono, not Nymph. She was such an awesome character, one of my favorites.
- When Harry died I felt a little teary-eyed. I really thought it was over, but then a little finger tapped me on the shoulder and a little voice said, "Hey, Chels - If Rowling really did kill him off for good, she might get murdered by ravenous fanpeople." So I kept reading, and as soon as Dumbledore started talking I let out a little squeak of excitement, which alerted Mirabelle who had been in the room. She, of course raised an eyebrow and went, "Let me guess. Harry Potter died, but he's coming back to life?" And I said, "Sort of," because I was only just beginning to read Albus's long string of explanations.
- All in all, there were two deaths I was really unhappy about - Snape's, and Dumbledore's. At the end of the last book I was full-out bawling and pretty much hated Snape with such fervor that I would've gone into the book and cursed his head off if I could have. I felt really satisfied when he died, but after the next chapter there was this Oh. feeling, and I wanted him to come back.
- Umbridge should have gotten killed in this book, really she should have.
- The ending was perfect - energetic and lighthearted, but not altogether forgetful of the past events. And I don't think that it was entirely too happy, Raenia, there were after all plenty of deaths in the wake of Moldyshort's brief reign of terror.
- I'm glad the book went as it did. All along I speculated that either Ron, Hermione, or Ginny would die in this book, because they were the three people closest to Harry. Think about it, throughout the books, the people who die get progressively closer to Harry, their relationships progressively stronger to him. First Oliver - a classmate but not much more, then Sirius - a loving godfather but one that he knew very little, and then Dumbledore who had been his mentor and guide ever since the first book. I was almost positive that one of his extremely close friends would die this time around. I think Rowling made up for the severity of killing off a main character by killing off a whole slew of minor ones.
Anyways, no more rambling. The plotline was fascinating and I felt immersed in the story the entire way through! I can't wait for Rowling's next work, whether it be fantasy or otherwise.
Alright, lets just add a huge Spoiler Warning up here, because I'm going to spill quite a bit. This is a spoiler forum, after all, and if you want to discuss anything otherwise you're free to do so in Generals with a no spoiler warning. But as long as you're in the spoiler thread, it's your own fault if you hear something you didn't want to.
Anyways...
- I have to admit that I was more anguished over the loss of Hedwig than of the loss of Moody. Why why why did she have to go? Although I agree that it would have been quite hard, even for Hermione, to keep Hedwig in the purse without her freaking out, and even if the owl did survive, then the Death Eaters would have tracked her back to Harry.
- Okay, we lost Moody. Not too unhappy there, as we've only seen bits and peices of him. Rowling built up a connection to Moody in the fourth book, but then we learned that he was an imposter in possesion of great quantities of Polyjuice, which broke the connection. When we finally got around to seeing the real Moody in books five and six, they were only little clippets of him at a time, not enough to rebuild a sense of trust and fondness for the character. So when he died, it was at more cost to the characters who knew him through the Order than the readers themselves.
- Ted Tonks... I actually felt pretty bad for him, given the pageage he was shown in. I think it was the scene by the riverbed with Dean and the goblins that made me feel a little more sympathy towards him, though I don't know why. Then again, he was Tonk's father, one of my favorite characters (more on said point later).
- Eeeehhh poor ickle dragon D: I nearly started crying when they described the Gringotts dragon. I'm worse than Hagrid.
- George cracked me up. No matter how severe the situation is, he and Fred always push through with a little joke. "I feel saintly!" Bwahahaha xD
- FRED. WTH. NO. *clings* I actually howled aloud at the end of that chapter, I was so infuriated. He didn't deseve to be kiled off, but at least he died laughing ;_;
- Lupin... meh... I liked his character, but I didn't feel that strongly for him, especially after the row with Harry. I was sad to see him go, but his death paled in comparison to Fred's and Tonk's.
- TONKS NUUUU. ;_; I kept telling myself that Rowling better not kill her off, that if she was still alive I would be happy, but LOOK. RAWRAWRAWR. I just squeaked a little bit when I read that part, because their deaths were just thrown in so casually into the text that I nearly didn't notice it until I reread the section. Nonononono, not Nymph. She was such an awesome character, one of my favorites.
- When Harry died I felt a little teary-eyed. I really thought it was over, but then a little finger tapped me on the shoulder and a little voice said, "Hey, Chels - If Rowling really did kill him off for good, she might get murdered by ravenous fanpeople." So I kept reading, and as soon as Dumbledore started talking I let out a little squeak of excitement, which alerted Mirabelle who had been in the room. She, of course raised an eyebrow and went, "Let me guess. Harry Potter died, but he's coming back to life?" And I said, "Sort of," because I was only just beginning to read Albus's long string of explanations.
- All in all, there were two deaths I was really unhappy about - Snape's, and Dumbledore's. At the end of the last book I was full-out bawling and pretty much hated Snape with such fervor that I would've gone into the book and cursed his head off if I could have. I felt really satisfied when he died, but after the next chapter there was this Oh. feeling, and I wanted him to come back.
- Umbridge should have gotten killed in this book, really she should have.
- The ending was perfect - energetic and lighthearted, but not altogether forgetful of the past events. And I don't think that it was entirely too happy, Raenia, there were after all plenty of deaths in the wake of Moldyshort's brief reign of terror.
- I'm glad the book went as it did. All along I speculated that either Ron, Hermione, or Ginny would die in this book, because they were the three people closest to Harry. Think about it, throughout the books, the people who die get progressively closer to Harry, their relationships progressively stronger to him. First Oliver - a classmate but not much more, then Sirius - a loving godfather but one that he knew very little, and then Dumbledore who had been his mentor and guide ever since the first book. I was almost positive that one of his extremely close friends would die this time around. I think Rowling made up for the severity of killing off a main character by killing off a whole slew of minor ones.
Anyways, no more rambling. The plotline was fascinating and I felt immersed in the story the entire way through! I can't wait for Rowling's next work, whether it be fantasy or otherwise.
