All told, I did expect WORSE from the deaths.
I think in the end, the bodycount was 50, which seemed rather low, considering the Deatheaters were flinging about killing curses (or maybe I'm just assuming they were).
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
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***
Juliebird - Jul 23, 2007 11:32:25 am PDT #1534 of 3301
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Aims - Jul 23, 2007 11:42:10 am PDT #1535 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
wonders outloud
Whatever happened to Fawkes?
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 11:43:08 am PDT #1536 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think in the end, the bodycount was 50
Closer to 60, as at least 50 nameless students died in the Battle of Hogwarts alone.
considering the Deatheaters were flinging about killing curses (or maybe I'm just assuming they were).
Yeah, so was I. It frightened me, since it's a fucking one-hit kill.
Whatever happened to Fawkes?
A circle has no beginning.
megan walker - Jul 23, 2007 11:44:55 am PDT #1537 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Theodosia - Jul 23, 2007 11:45:02 am PDT #1538 of 3301
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Thank goodness, Deatheaters are no better shots than Imperial Storm Troopers.
sumi - Jul 23, 2007 11:47:18 am PDT #1539 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
ffawkes?
I bet Dumbledore's death freed him. . . or something.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 12:30:23 pm PDT #1540 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Mundane Spoiler Challenge. Very amusing. Some are quite clever: "Ron impresses Hermione with his tongue in chapter 31."
To get a taste, check out the mundane spoilers for HBP. Some are hilarious.
The first six books in 100 words or less:
BOOK ONE:
Harry: :D
BOOK TWO:
Harry: :)
BOOK THREE:
Harry: :|
BOOK FOUR:
Harry: :/
BOOK FIVE:
Harry: :(
BOOK SIX:
Harry: :'
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 1:20:24 pm PDT #1541 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For those who hated the epilogue, I suggest reading this post, which is slightly ficcish in that it's written from Harry's perspective, but I consider it more of an analysis of what else is going on in that scene that Rowling didn't touch on.
Ginger - Jul 23, 2007 1:55:03 pm PDT #1542 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My back had been going out anyway, but the hours of reading Harry Potter were the final blow. I just went to my chiropractor, who said I was the fifth person today attributing back pain to long hours with the Deathly Hallows. She's calling it the curse of Harry Potter. She's a friend, and the first thing she said was, "Don't tell me anything! I just got it yesterday."
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 2:05:02 pm PDT #1543 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha! I had neck pain yesterday.