I don't think V wins, but I do think (hope) Harry dies. I'd like to have it end that way.
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Aims - Aug 08, 2005 8:34:46 am PDT #985 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DebetEsse - Aug 08, 2005 8:36:22 am PDT #986 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
It would be nice, but, IMO, highly unlikely. Like Snape-is-actually-evil unlikely.
Wolfram - Aug 08, 2005 8:39:47 am PDT #987 of 3301
Visilurking
I'm thinking Snape isn't evil, and Dumbledore ordered his own hit. And from the whitefont in Literary that I skimmed, it looks like that's almost the consensus of this board. Do you think the typical Whedonverse villian path of redemption has ruined us?
Beverly - Aug 08, 2005 8:40:48 am PDT #988 of 3301
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I actually went back and re-read all the books but Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets. I didn't finish Order of the Phoenix until HBP had been out a few days, and while I was reading it I realized I'd forgotten most of Goblet of Fire, so before I reread that, I reread PoA. The re-reading really enhanced and unmuddled a lot of OotP, which was still very fresh in mind, and I fairly raced through HBP.
I do still feel that OotP was terribly muddly, though, unecessarily so. I know there was a lot of ground to cover, but I don't think it was as linear as it could have been. It was like following a rat through a maze at times. I'm not sure a re-reading would actually be all that beneficial, either. Even if I was so inclined.
Scrappy - Aug 08, 2005 8:43:32 am PDT #989 of 3301
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Aimee, why do you want it to end that way? I've heard a couple of people say that and I am interested in what is satisfying about that ending?
Glamcookie - Aug 08, 2005 8:44:48 am PDT #990 of 3301
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
SNAPE KILLED DUMBLEDORE!!!
Sorry, I've been wanting to shout it for days and can't cause I'll spoil my peeps. I definitely think it was planned between S and D. Poor Snape. Poor Dumbledore. Poor Harry.
DCJensen - Aug 08, 2005 8:47:36 am PDT #991 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
I am fairly certain that Snape is going deep undercover. I can also see Snape's influence could be used to carefully fan the spark of decency in young Malfoy.
Is Dumbledore really truly dead? hmmm. We shall see. I like that Harry is planning to not finish school, although I doubt that plan will come to pass.
Anne W. - Aug 08, 2005 8:48:02 am PDT #992 of 3301
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I really want the veil thing at the Department of Mysteries to make a reappearance. It seemed too important to have just been a way of disposing a character for HSQ purposes.
Glamcookie - Aug 08, 2005 8:49:31 am PDT #993 of 3301
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I think Dumbie is truly dead but will probably still make appearances in the next book. I don't really want Malfoy redeemed. I enjoy hating him. I like McGonnagal (sp?) becoming headmistress. Cool.
Connie Neil - Aug 08, 2005 8:53:40 am PDT #994 of 3301
brillig
I'm on the "Dumbledore was begging Snape to follow through on the promise he made" bandwagon re: the killing. Either Dumbledore was afraid of the death that was waiting for him (lingering, painful, losing his mind most likely) or he was afraid they'd just capture him. Draco probably headed up those stairs thinking, "Finally, a chance to get my own back," then he was staring down his wand at a real person who he'd known for years. 16 (are they 16? 17?) is a little young for most people to have developed the ability to slaughter people you know.