Don't be confused. Be happy. At least your Ron didn't die. :)

Yeah, but does he ever tire of Hermoine, and long for the days of Griffindor dormitory action???

No, I don't think so. Only the real sword could have destroyed Nagini, as it was infused with basilisk venom. The real sword will come to a true Gryffindor in a time of need by way of the sorting hat.

I gave up on ever getting the book from Amazon and bought it at Target last night (ty MW). I started it last night. I just finished it.

While I am pleased that everything came out the way it did, I just didn't feel anything. It was well written and a good read, but it just didn't pack the emotional punch I was expecting.

Slytherin had the locket. It was the horcrux that made Ron nutty while they were camping.

swanie

I don't know, but for awhile he had a bent wand.

:D

Hmmm, and Harry had a broken wand at one point. Considering J.K.'s rather obvious comparison of wands to, er, wands (on page 415) ... I wonder if there's some deeper meaning to be found in Harry and Ron's damaged wands.




Ok, the locket. Er, that wasn't a Slytherin House thing, was it? Or was it?



Another question:

A lot of folks have bemoaned that the Prophesy as revealed in the MOVIE version of Order of the Phoenix is only half of it, and not sufficient to understand what's going on. So my question is: What part of the prophesy unstated in the movie was necessary to the understanding of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?

Off the top of my head, I can't think of any. I think the only part that proved relevant to the story was that neither Harry nor Volemort could live while the other survived. What else was there in the prophesy, and did any of the parts revealed in the OotP book (but not the movie) play out in the conclusion of the epic story??

The locket was Salthazar Slytherins - and passed on to eventually be worn by Tom Riddle's (Voldemorts) mother. She sold it to Burkes & Borgin when she was preggers for cash. Then it was bought by the crazy lady Tom killed and took all the valuables from including the hefflepuff cup. Then Regulus stole it after Voldemort made it a horcrux but died before he could open it leaving it in the care of Kreacher who couldn't ever open it either. Then Mudungus stole it from the house and tried to sell it in Diagon Alley. But Umbridge caught him and made him give her the locket. Then Harry stole it and killed it with the Griffendor sword (the real one not the fake one).

The only part that wasn't included was the possibility that it could have been Neville- since they don't allude to that, they no longer have to go into any sort of explanation as to how Voldie sealed the deal with Harry by jumping the gun.

At one point, in some interview somewhere, Rowling said she cried her eyes out when she killed off a certain character in this book or the last one. Who was she crying over? Anyone?