I didn't have a real strong attachment to the character, but that was still awfully sad.
That's totally it. Rowling took a character I really didn't like (I think the movie made him extra annoying) and made me feel for his death.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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***SPOILER ALERT***
Sue - Oct 03, 2007 5:19:01 am PDT #2912 of 3301
hip deep in pie
Trudy Booth - Oct 03, 2007 5:45:47 am PDT #2913 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
Count me among the "never knew how much I cared until he was gone" re: Dobby.
Yanking a wand out of somebody's hand seems a pretty low bar for changing ownership. If disarming with a spell counts, then wands have been changing ownership all over the place.
I totally agree with these sentiments. Ah, well.
Yeah. Me too. Maybe some wands are more fickle than others. Or, at first the want choses you and it SEEMS like love...
But after a while the bloom goes off the rose and the little things that used seem cute -- like scratching your head with it during potions -- become very annoying to the wand "I'm nothing but a tool to you... ok, fine, I AM a tool, but I'm not a damn head scratcher..."
Then one day in a DA meeting you end up flung and it feels like a relief...
Like that.
Laga - Oct 03, 2007 11:00:26 am PDT #2914 of 3301
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I really disliked Dobby but that "free elf" inscription very much made my allergies act up.
Vortex - Oct 03, 2007 12:51:03 pm PDT #2915 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I cried when Dobby died. I didn't care one way or the other about him, but that was a well written scene.
Ginger - Oct 03, 2007 1:12:19 pm PDT #2916 of 3301
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I would have bet good money that she couldn't make me care about Dobby, and I found myself sobbing uncontrollably.
Gudanov - Oct 04, 2007 5:22:16 am PDT #2917 of 3301
Coding and Sleeping
Well Voldemort has the Elder Wand now. This doesn't seem like a big deal since Harry isn't going to beat Voldemort in a duel anyhow. This means they are after the horcruxes now, starting with the one in Bellatrix's vault.
They also are working out a plan with Griphook for getting into the vault. The price of the sword is quite the problem, I don't have a good feeling about how that's going to work out. A big part of the reason I don't have a good feeling is Bill's warning about Goblins. Bill does seem to pretty much know what is going on. The plan hasn't even started yet and things are already not going as planned.
There was also the visit by Lupin with the news of the new baby. It's really heartwarming when Lupin asks Harry to be the Godfather. Too bad it means that Lupin is a dead man.
The plan has started with Hermione as Bellatrix. I enjoyed her 'Good Morning' slip. I've gotten to the part where Harry has imperioused the Gringott's Goblin and Trevers. Good thing that Griphook was there to spur Harry into action. This plan took weeks to come up with? Well, actually I can see it taking up weeks to brainstorm ideas and shoot them down until they are left with a plan that doesn't involve a lot of moving parts. Anyhow, they have moved from a plan to winging it.
Volans - Oct 04, 2007 5:25:39 am PDT #2918 of 3301
move out and draw fire
It's really heartwarming when Lupin asks Harry to be the Godfather. Too bad it means that Lupin is a dead man.
Ha! I thought EXACTLY the same thing at that part.
Emily - Oct 04, 2007 5:38:39 am PDT #2919 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I too had a bad feeling about the Gringott's plan, although mainly because of the goblin-cheating.
Miracleman - Oct 04, 2007 5:42:26 am PDT #2920 of 3301
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Yanking a wand out of somebody's hand seems a pretty low bar for changing ownership. If disarming with a spell counts, then wands have been changing ownership all over the place.
I totally agree with these sentiments. Ah, well.
MY POINT EXACTLY!!
Makes those D.A. sessions sort of uncomfortable doesn't it? "Expelliarmus! Hah, Neville, I guess your wand is mine now!" "Yeah, but...didn't you just let me 'Expelliarmus' your wand? Does that mean we have to trade wands now?" "Um. Shut up."
Theodosia - Oct 04, 2007 10:08:01 am PDT #2921 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"
Perhaps the wand-taking has to have the taker voluntarily/explicitly taking the wand -- there's a necessary element of intent, not just a technical defeat, as in practice.