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Prudence · 07-26-2007, 11:27 PM

The whole Wizard of Oz series. Over and over and over and over again.

keith - SuPeR K! · 07-27-2007, 12:36 AM

I found the whole death of Dumbledore in 6 to be much more sentimental than any of the deaths in 7. I cried through the whole end of 6 and for some time after. Dobby and Fred dying did make me tear up a bit, but it was no comparison to the sentiment I felt when Dumbledore was gone.

Gemini Cricket · 07-27-2007, 10:22 AM

So, who's the real hero of this book? Harry or Snape?

Snowflake · 07-27-2007, 10:41 AM

Oh, and speaking of having a very potter weekend, ayone care to join me for a back to back screening of films 1-4 at the Castro Theater over Labor Day Weekend? I'm thinking about it, could be fun.

Morrigoon · 07-27-2007, 11:02 AM

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Oh, and speaking of having a very potter weekend, ayone care to join me for a back to back screening of films 1-4 at the Castro Theater over Labor Day Weekend? I'm thinking about it, could be fun.

Tempting. Unlikely, but tempting.

Snowflake · 07-27-2007, 11:53 AM

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Tempting. Unlikely, but tempting.

Party pooper, if ever there were a venue in which you could wear a really splashy tiara, this would be it.

Alex · 07-27-2007, 11:15 AM

One thing that I must say I find disappointing in the epilogue is a trope common to YA lit. It isn't a huge knock since it is pretty much a given for the genre but I'd be happy to see it sidestepped.

That is the assumption that the romantic feelings of teenagers are permanent and significant. Of course, sometimes they are, but not often. I'd be happier to read of Harry taking the kids to the platform and he's having a conversation with Ginnie but it both turns out that they're married to other people and just remain good friends.

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-27-2007, 11:20 AM

I didn't find book 6 OR 7 dry. But that's just me.

Here's something that hasn't been brought up here (I don't think.) If the three fairy-tale-but-real brothers who received the original hallows passed them down as family heirlooms... and Harry is the heir who received the cloak... and Riddle is the heir who received the stone... then way, way back, they're related!

I know JKR denied that Harry and Voldemort are related a la Empire Strikes Back, but it rather seems to me that it *is* a recreation of the Spaceballs "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

innerSpaceman · 07-27-2007, 11:40 AM

Hahahaha, that's true.

Oh, and I'd find Snape the hero ... if he had more "screen" time in the book (and hopefully the movie will give more time to "off-screen" stuff such as events at Hogwarts under Snape's headmastery, and Hermoine's destruction of (and likely torment by) the Hufflepuff Horcrux).

Snowflake: Oliver Wood is my biggest Potter crush, 'cause I was hooked on him for two of the movies. I have to print a correction: The unlikely, but

name of the actor who played Wood was Sean Biggerstaff ... not Jack Biggerstaff (which was obviously a freudian mistake on my part).

Snowflake · 07-27-2007, 11:55 AM

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Snowflake: Oliver Wood is my biggest Potter crush, 'cause I was hooked on him for two of the movies. I have to print a correction: The unlikely, but

name of the actor who played Wood was Sean Biggerstaff ... not Jack Biggerstaff (which was obviously a freudian mistake on my part).

Oh, bwahahahahaha. Poor Sean, now forever rechristened on LoT, Olver Wood as played by Jack Biggerstaff.

Laughing all the way to the bank on that one!

07-26-2007, 11:27 PM	#1
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keith - SuPeR K! Community Fruit Join Date: May 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 547	I found the whole death of Dumbledore in 6 to be much more sentimental than any of the deaths in 7. I cried through the whole end of 6 and for some time after. Dobby and Fred dying did make me tear up a bit, but it was no comparison to the sentiment I felt when Dumbledore was gone.
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07-27-2007, 11:15 AM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	One thing that I must say I find disappointing in the epilogue is a trope common to YA lit. It isn't a huge knock since it is pretty much a given for the genre but I'd be happy to see it sidestepped. That is the assumption that the romantic feelings of teenagers are permanent and significant. Of course, sometimes they are, but not often. I'd be happier to read of Harry taking the kids to the platform and he's having a conversation with Ginnie but it both turns out that they're married to other people and just remain good friends.
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07-27-2007, 11:20 AM	#8
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	I didn't find book 6 OR 7 dry. But that's just me. Here's something that hasn't been brought up here (I don't think.) If the three fairy-tale-but-real brothers who received the original hallows passed them down as family heirlooms... and Harry is the heir who received the cloak... and Riddle is the heir who received the stone... then way, way back, they're related! I know JKR denied that Harry and Voldemort are related a la Empire Strikes Back, but it rather seems to me that it is a recreation of the Spaceballs "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate." Last edited by LSPoorEeyorick : 07-27-2007 at 11:48 AM.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Hahahaha, that's true. Oh, and I'd find Snape the hero ... if he had more "screen" time in the book (and hopefully the movie will give more time to "off-screen" stuff such as events at Hogwarts under Snape's headmastery, and Hermoine's destruction of (and likely torment by) the Hufflepuff Horcrux). Snowflake: Oliver Wood is my biggest Potter crush, 'cause I was hooked on him for two of the movies. I have to print a correction: The unlikely, but name of the actor who played Wood was Sean Biggerstaff ... not Jack Biggerstaff (which was obviously a freudian mistake on my part).
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