( continues...) name he gave himself.

Hee. That was pretty nice. And he was like, "HOW DARE YOU??"

Actually, I think just the scar is the Horcrux. Maybe I'm wrong about that. They are all intermingled with the blood and whatnot.

See, I kind of thought that too, but he still has the scar at the end. I thought he'd lost it when he died, since he didn't have the scar in King's Cross.

It was specifically the Expelliarmus that gave him away, so the others could've been using stuns and stupefies.

Isn't the Stunning Spell Stupefy ?

1. Diary, Harry 2. Ring, Dumbledore 3. Locket, Ron 4. Cup, Hermione 5. Diadem, I don't remember? Draco? No, Crabbe with the fire. 6. Snake, Neville 7. Harry, Voldemort

Niiiiice. That's actually fucking awesome. This was truly a team effort (even though, sure, Harry could have done the locket, cup, and diadem himself if he'd wanted to).

Three cheers for Hermione!

She was fucking awesome in this book.

Plus, Hedwig was still mad at Harry when she died, which just made me SO sad.

And the last words Harry ever spoke to Lupin were in anger, calling him a bad father, basically.

Overall, I loved it. Not going to unseat POA as my favorite, but I loved it more than OOTP and HBP. I am looking forward to re-reading the series at some point.

And he was like, "HOW DARE YOU??"

Yep. Although it was more, "YOU DARE?" "Yes I dare!"

One thing that doesn't seem to be a major point of discussion anywhere: what the fuck was up with the Deluminator? It...hears voices and teleports you now?

It...hears voices and teleports you now?

Evidently, Dumbledore foresaw Ron's temper tantrum, and wanted to give him a way back.

He's tricky, that Dumbledore.

I love that they can send messages with the patronuses. (Patroni?)

two things - i really like the epilogue - not so much on its own merits, but because I hated 'and they lived happily ever after' as a kid. I always wanted to know if they had kids , etc. - So as a kid I would have loved it. As an adult - it ends the series. I think it is possible to write more books in the Hogworts universe, but it won't be harry's story.

As for ron, isn't it obvious that he was going to have harder time with any difficulties that had to be faced? He had a safe , world, with a safe place. His view of the world was conservative ( in the why change - this is the way it has always been ) . It makes sense to me that he was the easier target for the Horcrux.

Deluminiator - light - light is often a guide? that was what I assumed

Yeah, but it's the Deluminator. It takes away light. It should make you LOST. Heh.

I hated 'and they lived happily ever after' as a kid

That was something I wondered. At 17 or 18, I wouldn't have cared about them getting married and having 5 kids. I would have thought it terminally saccharine. Now I'm closer to the age that they all are when the book finally ends, it has a bit more resonance to me. But I've been going with the basic assumption that the books are targetted at a readership basically Harry's age--is that wank or meta-canon?

I'm glad that Harry saved the day with fucking Expelliarmus! That's awesome.

Which he was taught by Snape! I just put that together.

And the last words Harry ever spoke to Lupin were in anger, calling him a bad father, basically.

Good thing the Resurrection Stone brought him back so they could smile sadly at each other and be okay. Poor Hedwig. It's hard out there for an owl.