Deathly Hallows Book Discussion **LoTs Of Spoilers**

[Gemini Cricket]

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?

[tracilicious]

I think Fred would be a good guess.

(And Ron destroyed the locket.)

[lindyhop]

I was quite happy with how things were wrapped up in this book. I was really afraid that it would be too devastating emotionally but even with all the deaths I was okay though sad. But the aftermath of Dobby's death was the saddest part of the book and that really got to me.

[katiesue]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I think Fred would be a good guess.

(And Ron destroyed the locket.)

Right you are it was Ron.

[Gemini Cricket]

There's something about the scene where Ron having just destroyed the locket is standing there in the tent before Hermionie with the sword. *Sigh*

[innerSpaceman]

If J.K. Rowling is like the rest of us humans, she would have cried her eyes out after killing Dobby.



And yep, loved the scene where Ron destroys the locket horcrux and that aftermath.


I really hope the movie version has the wherewithal to show us the counterpart scene where Hermoine destroys the Cup Horcrux.



But, huh? Gryffindor has a Sword, and Slytherin has a .... locket??? WTF?


Oh, and why is Ravenclaw's mascot an eagle, and not a raven?

And why is Gryffindor's mascot a lion and not a gryffin? Hogwarts is messed up!

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, and why is Ravenclaw's mascot an eagle, and not a raven?

And why is Gryffindor's mascot a lion and not a gryffin? Hogwarts is messed up![/size]

I think the bird is a raven, but is sometimes shown in gold so it looks eagle like. Otherwise every picture I could find was a black raven.

A lion represents bravery- the trait of Gryffindor House. A lion best suits that (Gryffindor is not a literal Griffon)

Hufflepuff is a badger- so what does one have to do with the other?

Slytherin matches snake very well- of course.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

I think the bird is a raven, but is sometimes shown in gold so it looks eagle like. Otherwise every picture I could find was a black raven.

Nope, it's an eagle. Looked it up. What with how J.K. names her characters, I'm just surprised the interpretation of house mascot wasn't more literal.

Originally Posted by Nephythys

A lion best suits that (Gryffindor is not a literal Griffon)

Ah, but what a wasted opportunity, in a place with centaurs and unicorns, not to have the mascot be a griffin. Just sayin'.

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Ok, what with Snape's final communication to Harry being his death-throe thoughts viewed in a pensieve, I'm now thinkin' the choice in the Order of the Phoenix movie to change the Snape kidhood flashback from the book's pensieve to a simple mind invastion during Occlumancy lessons will prove, in the long run, to be a poorly chosen time-saving device.

Doesn't J.K. fill the filmmakers in if they're going to make a decision that bodes ill for future episodes??

[Gemini Cricket]

I hope Rowling doesn't continue the series somehow. I also home Scholastic doesn't try to continue it after she's dead.


I would have liked to have seen a cool Muggle be some sort of hero in the HP stories. She discussed equality between Goblins and Wizards and Elves etc but dissing Muggles was rampant.

[wendybeth]

I read today that she might compile an encyclopedia, filled with all her copious notes on the characters and such that were omitted from the books. (Such as Dean Thomas's story, which she said is good).