Well, I think there's only so much leeway in the story at this point, since it's really unlikely that it'll work out as Voldemort Wins and Harry DIES!
I agree that Voldemort Wins is unlikely, but the Harry DIES could still happen.
I think she's also laid out the events well enough, and set enough foreshadowing precedent, that there are things that simply need to be paid off (and usually in a farily limited number of optional ways)
HP VI Clearly DD was a goner -- there is too rich a history of the older mentor dying before the hero does his final battle.
I thought the Snape storyline interesting. I do think there's another twist coming and his is not quite the evil person he is portrayed at the end of HPVI.
I liked the spider/web images in HPVI. Snape lived at Spinners End. Slughorn is a bit like a spider -- stretching out, spinning his web and "catching" those he wants/needs into his Slug Club.
I should go over the genealogy section of OotP again. Bellatrix and Narcissa are sisters, but how is Sirius related there? Did the Potters show up in that diagram anywhere? Are the Potters a pureblood family?
Bellatrix and Narcissa are sisters, but how is Sirius related there?
Sirius is their cousin, along with the third sister, Andromeda. Andromeda married a Muggle and is Tonks' mother.
Did the Potters show up in that diagram anywhere? Are the Potters a pureblood family?
The Potters are not mentioned as being related to the Blacks. I had thought that this was odd since I thought that James was a pureblood and the books said more than once that pureblood families tend to be interrelated at some point. Perhaps James is not a pureblood, or pureblood enough (maybe his parents were a witch and wizard but one or more of their parents were muggles?)
There's been talk (and no one seems to have objected) to moving the HP discussion to the Book Club thread, and not whitefont. So, I'd move that we do that.
Perhaps James is not a pureblood
Remus said he was during the Christmas dinner in HBP.
ETA: I agree with the move to the Book Club thread!
I agree with the move to the Book Club thread!
I've announced it in Press.
