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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration  

This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.

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***

  • **Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows lie here. Read at your own risk***


Aims - Jul 26, 2007 5:52:36 am PDT #1822 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I want to know all of those things, too!

I'll bet he marries Pansy. Cause ya know - he IS one.


Dana - Jul 26, 2007 5:53:31 am PDT #1823 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I vote for Ginny being a professional Quidditch player.


Aims - Jul 26, 2007 5:54:42 am PDT #1824 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Hmmm. I kinda like the idea of her being the charms professor. But pro-quidditch works for me, too.

OR, she goes into the shop with George and Lee.


le nubian - Jul 26, 2007 6:08:03 am PDT #1825 of 3301
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I was under the impression that Harry survived because of the Deathly Hallows.

He had the cloak. He'd just had possession of the Resurrection Stone. And, as we find out later, he was "master" of the Elder Wand.

According to the story, that makes him the Master of Death, able to choose whether or not to die. And Dumbledore offers him that choice in King's Cross. Harry chooses to go back for his friends' sake.

I really thought this was where JK was going in the plot: That because Harry possessed the stone and the cloak that he was not able to be killed. But since there was a discussion about it at King's Cross, I figured my speculation was DUMB. I thought to myself around 2/3rds of the way in: THAT'S why Dumbledore wanted him to get the Hallows. This is the only way he would defeat Riddle!


le nubian - Jul 26, 2007 6:11:13 am PDT #1826 of 3301
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

BTW, Amazon is selling a box set of all seven hardbound books. The set is in a suitcase with a lock and goes on sale in September.


Aims - Jul 26, 2007 6:15:49 am PDT #1827 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I've seen it and I really really want it, but I'm going to be saving my pennies because what I REALLY want, is a set of UK books - all first edition.


Polgara - Jul 26, 2007 7:10:25 am PDT #1828 of 3301
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS

If My F-List Had Written DH--Omigod so hilarious!

I was under the impression that Harry survived because of the Deathly Hallows.

I was under the impression that the "master of death" aspect of the Dealthy Hallows was the fairytale part of the legend, and that the three Hallows were just really powerful magical objects that people were trying to collect for the sake of having the complete set.

a set of UK books - all first edition.

  • gasp* Seriously? They're for sale?


-t - Jul 26, 2007 7:20:16 am PDT #1829 of 3301
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yeah, I kind of wanted something spectacular to happen when the Hallows were all in one place, but am also pleased that nothing did.


Pix - Jul 26, 2007 7:21:01 am PDT #1830 of 3301
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

More evidence that Luna=Jilli:

Luna Lovegood, the eccentric Ravenclaw who was fascinated with Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Umgubular Slashkilters, continues to march to the beat of her own drum.

“I think that Luna is now traveling the world looking for various mad creatures,” Rowling said. “She’s a naturalist, whatever the wizarding equivalent of that is.”

Luna comes to see the truth about her father, eventually acknowledging there are some creatures that don’t exist.

“But I do think that she’s so open-minded and just an incredible person that she probably would be uncovering things that no one’s ever seen before,” Rowling said.


Trudy Booth - Jul 26, 2007 7:21:16 am PDT #1831 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I think it was left a bit mysterious intentionally.