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Am teh sad. Nothing to be done. Just um...summertime blues?
Anyhoo, this Deathly Hallows spoof gave me lots and lots of good belly laughs. Even a guffaw or two. It goes without saying that it is spoilerific. And funny as Hell.
So, the last book. I basically started crying when Hedwig died and kept that going pretty much throughout the story. Seriously - all those targets and the only two the Death Eaters hit were Mad Eye and a small owl shoved in the bottom of a sidecar? No wonder a 17-year-old kid wins against these asshats! Dobby's death hit me pretty hard, but Fred was the one I was really in shock over. Not Fred! I had to stop reading at that point because. Hello?! Fred and George are like the best thing about this universe (just about). *sigh*
I was a pile of mushy goo throughout the whole Snape/Lily back story and when Harry makes up his mind to die, with the ghosts of his loved ones around him. I sobbed and sobbed. Totally right there walking with him. OF COURSE Snape was my favorite part of the book because I was TOTALLY VINDICATED! I knew he was Dumbledore's man! And loving Lily so much that he would protect (albeit grudgingly) the one person who was a daily reminder of his loss and pain and failure. *wibble* You know unrequited love totally makes me its bitch each and every time so every word of that chapter pwned me. Mmmm, can't wait to see Alan Rickman tackle that. There is no one else I'd rather see doing those scenes...let's hear it for the tragic anti-heroes!
Random: I love how Harry draws the parallel between Snape, Riddle, and himself: the abandoned boys. And also how Hermione made her parents forget she even existed to protect them. I cried pretty hard at that point as well. And yay, Ron and Hermione kissed! I thought that scene was well-written and charming. I also got a little teary when the trio visited Luna's home and her bedroom had portraits of them with the word "friends" written all around them. Odd, isolated little Luna. Wah! And Luna being so reassuring at the Malfoy Manor and Hogwarts and Neville turning out to be such a hardcore badass? Hell yeah! Oh and Neville's Gran FTW!
The only thing that really left me feeling kinda eh was the epilogue (although Albus Severus - how sweet is that?!). I wish that instead Rowling had done appendices or something. What happened to George? Luna? Dean? The other Weasleys? How about a little explanation as to how Lupin and Tonks died instead of just mentioning them briefly in the list bodies? Ah, well. If that's my only complaint, then I guess she did alright by me. ^____^
Snape. *sniffle*
I was a pile of mushy goo throughout the whole Snape/Lily back story and when Harry makes up his mind to die, with the ghosts of his loved ones around him. I sobbed and sobbed. Totally right there walking with him. OF COURSE Snape was my favorite part of the book because I was TOTALLY VINDICATED! I knew he was Dumbledore's man! And loving Lily so much that he would protect (albeit grudgingly) the one person who was a daily reminder of his loss and pain and failure. *wibble* You know unrequited love totally makes me its bitch each and every time so every word of that chapter pwned me. Mmmm, can't wait to see Alan Rickman tackle that. There is no one else I'd rather see doing those scenes...let's hear it for the tragic anti-heroes!
Random: I love how Harry draws the parallel between Snape, Riddle, and himself: the abandoned boys. And also how Hermione made her parents forget she even existed to protect them. I cried pretty hard at that point as well. And yay, Ron and Hermione kissed! I thought that scene was well-written and charming. I also got a little teary when the trio visited Luna's home and her bedroom had portraits of them with the word "friends" written all around them. Odd, isolated little Luna. Wah! And Luna being so reassuring at the Malfoy Manor and Hogwarts and Neville turning out to be such a hardcore badass? Hell yeah! Oh and Neville's Gran FTW!
The only thing that really left me feeling kinda eh was the epilogue (although Albus Severus - how sweet is that?!). I wish that instead Rowling had done appendices or something. What happened to George? Luna? Dean? The other Weasleys? How about a little explanation as to how Lupin and Tonks died instead of just mentioning them briefly in the list bodies? Ah, well. If that's my only complaint, then I guess she did alright by me. ^____^
Snape. *sniffle*
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Date: 2007-08-02 05:07 am (UTC)From:It kind of made up for the chapters of 'what are we supposed to be doing?' in the middle (I joked to Diffy that he could just skip to the chapter called 'The Deathly Hallows' and read from there.)
And yes, Luna and Neville <3. I was expecting Neville to do something like that given the prophecy.
I think it would be better without the epilogue though I wouldn't have minded an appendix. A friend of mine says they're ready for another 17 books to get to the epilogue... another points out quite accurately that the epilogue is a little fanficky.
*goes off to read parody*
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Date: 2007-08-03 12:47 am (UTC)From:Heh - when I got to the part when they mention it is March, it hit me that hello?! The trio had been living in a tent for over 6 months and had only come across what was it? Two horcruxes?!
Yeah, all the scenes in Hogwarts were tear-worthy, but when McGonegall issued orders to the statues and armor, "Hogwarts is threatened! Man the boundaries! Protect us, do your duty to our school!" Oh, yeah - the sobbing was in earnest! *^_^*
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Date: 2007-08-04 04:45 am (UTC)From:http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/7/30/j-k-rowling-web-chat-transcript
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20001720/
I was a little upset at first that all of Harry's kids are named things that Harry would want, like Ginny, his wife, is just a tack on without any desires of her own. I suppose we can imagine the middle names came from Ginny but well they still need to work Remus, Nymphadora, Sirius, uh... Dobby... Hagrid even though he's not dead, etc, into the honorary kid names. Maybe after Ginny retires from Quidditch she follows the family tradition of 7 kids.
Of course, I think if anything we can count on Percy to follow the family tradition of 7 kids and like the good little son he is, name them all after important Weasley names like his parents would have wanted him to.
Oh poor Dobby Hagrid Potter. That's gotta suck at school. Same for Nymphadora Hedwig Potter. (I wonder what Wizarding elementary schools are like.) Well, hopefully they will name the dog Mad Eye and not another son.
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Date: 2007-08-05 07:43 am (UTC)From:LOL..."Nymphadora Hedwig Potter." Just rolls off the tongue, ne?
Maybe Ginny and Harry did rock/paper/scissors to decide who names the kids? >___
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Date: 2007-08-02 07:38 pm (UTC)From:b) ZOMG, parody FTW! I only had time to read the very first section and was already snorting to myself, hee!
c) *nods so much* Yes. Double-yes. Triple-yes to absolutely everything you said. Hedwig was the first of many blows to come. I didn't cry, only because my brain went into auto-denial mode there.
Dobby — oh god, Dobby. Y'know, it wasn't even his actual death that triggered the sobs (I was stupefied with horror and the terrible unfairness of it all); it was when Ron started taking off his shoes so Dobby could be buried with them. *breaks* And then everyone else began donating items of clothing. *breaks again*
Also, Fred? Oh, man. *meep* But! Here's my quasi-quibble: Did you feel like that was almost an unnecessarily harsh thing to do? Like, Rowling felt like she needed to kill someone in the inner circle for the sake of killing someone in the inner circle?
And yes, Snape and Lily and the unrequited love and the pain and the distance ground me (are still grinding me) into tiny pieces. I cannot wait to see Alan Rickman's performance because the man *is* Severus Snape. *g*
Ack, "the abandoned boys" — such a fantastic point and OMG, Neville! *bounces* AND HIS GRAN! *bounces some more*
All right. I have to stop or this comment will never end.
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Date: 2007-08-03 12:54 am (UTC)From:Yeah, I figured she would kill someone from the inner circle, but I thought it would be one of the younger kids. I wonder if she just drew a name out of a hat? >____< The thing is, with all the heavy, dark material, killing one of the funniest characters was like killing two normal people. Er, if you get my drift. It just hurt more for some reason. Who is George going to play off now? *heart hurts*
Yes, yes, and YES! I live for HP on the big screen for Alan and Alan alone. Mmmmm...tasty angst-cakes with a side of bitter unfulfilled love-juice.
Okay, stopping now. LOL!