And then the mice ate the ropes!

I just re-read this part.

And then the mice ate the ropes!

and now I'm laughing through my tears.

I don't get it.

It's an Aslan (of Narnia) reference.

Ooooh, right.

The moment Dumbledore told Harry that it was the fact that he died willingly that was key I knew it was only a matter of time before someone said Harry pulled an Aslan.

There's a lot of standing around, a bit of Voldemort contemplating Harry, and lots of Bellatrix panting. Then Voldemort manages to not kill Harry again which lands Harry in purgatory station.

I assume that the flailing thing also there is the fragment of Voldemort's soul that was in Harry and is now dying. Then Dumbledore shows up. So, is this the real Dumbledore or Dumbledore as constructed by Harry's mind? The writing makes it sound like the actual Dumbledore since there is information that it seems is not in Harry's head. I was thinking Harry wouldn't be killed because the killing curse just strips away one soul and Voldemort's fragment was by far the weaker. However it appears that instead it was the blood that Voldemort used to construct his body. Ummm..... oookay. I guess that tied Voldemort and Harry together so that neither could die while other survived. It also sounds like that connection is now broken somehow. I can get why the soul part is broken, but not so much the blood part. So, not as simple as I thought.

Then there is the matter of Harry's wand and it's mysterious actions during the chase in the first part of the book. Yeah, okay that's a bit convoluted, but I can see how that worked.

Now they are talking about he Hallows and Harry is defending Dumbledore from Dumbledore himself. It's interesting here how I can see that Harry is the stronger person of the two despite the depiction of Dumbledore throughout the books.

I've left off with them talking about the Hallows.

I can get why the soul part is broken, but not so much the blood part.

Well, it's rather traditional, and it harkens back to Dumbledore's mysterious look of triumph when he learned how Voldy reconstituted himself.

Then, of course, there's the wisdom of William the Bloody:

Blood is life, lackbrain. Why do you think we eat it? It's what keeps you going. Makes you warm. Makes you hard. Makes you other than dead. 'Course it's her blood.

Which is not to insinuate that Harry is made of Buffy. Because that would be wrong.

Ha. Came across this in someone's Facebook profile:

Before Neville punched it, it was called "Horizont Alley."

Errr... remind me: What did Neville punch?