So!! Who's finished Deathly Hallows??
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Um in the scene where he shows Dumbledore the patronus Snape specifically mentions he never uses it in front of anyone... so that's why no one in the order knew...and since he'd forbidden Dumbledore to say anything...
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Originally posted by msg:
Um in the scene where he shows Dumbledore the patronus Snape specifically mentions he never uses it in front of anyone... so that's why no one in the order knew...and since he'd forbidden Dumbledore to say anything...
Not in my copy he doesn't. Here's the full quote:
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"But this is touching, Severus," said Dumbledore seriously. "Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?"
"For him?" shouted Snape. "Expecto Patronum!"
From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe: She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.
And the scene shifted [...]
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I thought it was the best book in the whole series.
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Just had a thought. We never find out why Hagrid's "broken wand" works when no other broken wand will. I seriously doubt Dumbledore would snap it in half, were it up to him, but it probably wasn't up to him...
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
A troll's hair is still pointy, even when it's wearing a hat.
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Done (maybe I'm slow...but I had other stuff to do, too).
Honestly, I'm not disappointed with the book or the resolution to the story at all. Things fell out about like I expected them to. I do have to admit that this wasn't my favorite *book* of the series. My personal issues? First off, I felt like I could feel the hand of the author a lot in this book. Nothing to pull you out of the story quite like reading something and thinking "how in the hell does that fit here?" It made several of the plot advancements feel really forced to me. Second, much like in the beginning of OOtP, Harry spent the story on my last nerve as a whiny little -- something or other. I understood why the character had to react that way in OOtP, and it was part of the plot. At this point I just wanted Voldy to wax him so he'd shut up. While I'm on the topic, Dumbledore is a dick. Props to JKR for making a character that you can get behind so fully and then have her just filet the entire premise that you've been brought in on. I think she meant to redeem him some, but he still deserves a good kick in the jimmy in my book. Conversely, I never quite got on the Snape-haters bus as fully as I think I should have, and I'm sure he was supposed to be redeemed quite a bit as well, but he still deserves a good kick, too. Maybe just in the shins instead, though. The body count was weird for me. Yeah, people we know were dropping all over the place, injured or otherwise, but it almost like there was no outside world for the first time in the series. Minimal interaction with the wizarding or the muggle worlds, and it just felt really sterile to me.
Like I said, I like the books, and this one was pretty good, but some of the disappointments I found in it make me quite a bit less sad that the series is over.
Amiton.
P.S. - I believe JKR when she says she's going to steer clear of HP, or at least that she has honest intentions to. I don't think she's ever going to get clear of the spectre, and I don't think she's going to have near the success with her future works unless/until she relents and puts some work back out in the HP-verse. She's always going to have decent sales on anything she puts her name on just out of popular recognition, but she's going to lose a lot of the phenomenon status just because it's something different. I think if she actually goes with the western series she's been talking about for a few years as a follow-up, somebody is going to get their feelings hurt.
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Umm, Hagrids wand works about as well as Ron's did when Ron broke his and tried to spellotape it back together...
If ya noticed, Hagrid's spell throwing isn't exactly...umm, wellll... *giggle*
-F
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So then how come he never got a new wand? His name was cleared; seems like that would be the time to go get a not-broken wand. It's just one of the things that bugged me throughout the series, I thought it might get addressed. *edit* Also, Ron's wand behaved a good deal worse. It did things at random, backfired, etc. Hagrid's wand is very well-behaved in comparison, and he's admitted he was 'never great shakes at magic'.
Rowling has said she might write a Harry Potter encyclopedia type book, with profits going to charity like those of "Quiditch Through the Ages" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". Beyond that, I think she'll at least take a break from writing. She deserves it and she can afford it.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
A troll's hair is still pointy, even when it's wearing a hat.
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Okay, I've just got to post.
I finished the book around 3:30 Saturday afternoon, and ever since then, I've been in a funk. I'm physically depressed, as strange as that sounds. I loved the book, but I HATE the fact that it's over. I can't stand knowing that as it stands right now, there will be no more Harry Potter. Please tell me that I'm not the only one, and that I'm NOT crazy!!
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It is sort of like coming to the end of a long journey and thinking...what a great trip oh but I can't go forward
I thought Dumbledore's comment implied he hadn't seen Snapes patronus in a long time ( which would mean he didn't show it to the order) and I went back and can't find a single instance of Snape using it...
Ok and I thought that answer " Always" was heart wrenching...
Also..may I say Molly Weasley kicks ASS!!
"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs
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I'm sorry, Soul, but I'm happy with it now. The things I don't think were resolved satisfactorily could fill maybe ten pages, and that's really not a lot. I'm glad it stayed good (have to say I was worried she might be losing her touch a little after Order) and will remain forever good.
Maybe it's something only a bitter former X-phile feels, but it's better to end a story while it's still great than to keep forcing it just because it's successful. X-files and Star Wars both, actually, have proven that an entire story can be ruined if part of it is bad; it all seems pointless - even if parts of it were brilliant - if it ends (or begins) badly.
I'm not depressed. I'm not sorry it's over. I think it's as perfect as it will get, and forcing another book when she's done telling the story could possibly just ruin everything.
Be happy that it will always be perfect 
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
A troll's hair is still pointy, even when it's wearing a hat.
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