Ha ha ha ha ha
My sentiments exactly!
In other news, the French title for this volume is really much less subtle: Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
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***SPOILER ALERT***
megan walker - Jul 24, 2007 8:45:46 am PDT #1588 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Aims - Jul 24, 2007 8:50:43 am PDT #1589 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
With re: to Lily/Snape.
Where did Lily and Petunia and Snape grow up? Is Spinner's End close to Privet Drive, or is it another part of England altogether?
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2007 8:57:10 am PDT #1590 of 3301
brillig
It would be neat if Lily and Petunia turned up to have grown up in a moderately magical town and that fueled Petunia's dislike even more.
I think it's neat that there's so much unknown about all these things. JK has a quote saying fanfic is like people moving furniture around in her house. She doesn't mind that it's out there, she just doesn't want to see what people are doing.
tommyrot - Jul 24, 2007 9:14:56 am PDT #1591 of 3301
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Where did Lily and Petunia and Snape grow up?
For some reason, I'm picturing their childhood as the subject of some animated cartoon. Jim Henson's Wizard Babies, or somesuch....
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2007 9:19:20 am PDT #1592 of 3301
brillig
t am picturing Sev holding Lily's hand while waiting for the Hogwarts Express on that first day, and Lily's parents telling her to stick close to him . . . am tearing up
victor infante - Jul 24, 2007 9:37:48 am PDT #1593 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Shut up and read.
Heh. That about sums it up. I was saying on LJ that DH is where all the meandering of the previous books landed. Not all of it was vitally relevant, but I'm impressed at how it all came together.
Polgara - Jul 24, 2007 10:08:54 am PDT #1594 of 3301
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
There was a nod in there to Dean Thomas' backstory as well, which I think she said was cut from Book 2. He and his mother always assumed his father left them, but wasn't his father actually killed by Voldemort?
Where does it say his father was killed by Voldemort? I don't remember that part.
Dana - Jul 24, 2007 10:10:52 am PDT #1595 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's on Rowlings' site somewhere, apparently, but two minutes there drove me insane, so I couldn't find the link. There's always wikipedia, though.
Killed by Death Eaters, actually. I was close. And aha, wikipedia links to her site:
Polgara - Jul 24, 2007 10:17:43 am PDT #1596 of 3301
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Hmm. I really hate that there's canonical info that isn't included in the texts themselves. Apparently people already knew about Aberforth being the bartender of the Hog's Head before this book. Not fair!
megan walker - Jul 24, 2007 10:23:13 am PDT #1597 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Apparently people already knew about Aberforth being the bartender of the Hog's Head before this book. Not fair!
I thought we already knew that from the books?