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?
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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 9:53:36 am PDT #1511 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
victor infante - Jul 23, 2007 9:57:22 am PDT #1512 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
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.
sumi - Jul 23, 2007 9:58:30 am PDT #1513 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
I love that they can send messages with the patronuses. (Patroni?)
beth b - Jul 23, 2007 10:06:57 am PDT #1514 of 3301
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
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.
beth b - Jul 23, 2007 10:08:02 am PDT #1515 of 3301
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Deluminiator - light - light is often a guide? that was what I assumed
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 10:09:18 am PDT #1516 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, but it's the Deluminator. It takes away light. It should make you LOST. Heh.
§ ita § - Jul 23, 2007 10:09:32 am PDT #1517 of 3301
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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?
-t - Jul 23, 2007 10:10:03 am PDT #1518 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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.
-t - Jul 23, 2007 10:13:51 am PDT #1519 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've been going with the basic assumption that the books are targetted at a readership basically Harry's age
Or a bit younger, I'd say. The way that, say Seventeen is really read by girls under 15. Not that I know that is reality, of course, but that's the way it seems to work.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 10:18:24 am PDT #1520 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Which he was taught by Snape! I just put that together.
Ha! Nice!