Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
God, it feels like the end of an era…
When me and my friends were queueing, we listed most of the characters and gave them marks out of 10 for how likely we thought they would be to die. My rankings were as follows:
Snape: 9
Lupin: 4
Harry: 8
Ron: 3
Hermione: 3
Hagrid: 9
Ginny: 3
Fred: 2
George: 2
Lucius: 9
Bellatrix: 9
Neville: 9
Luna: 2
Peter: 10
How wrong was I? Tonks wasn’t even on the list! Awwwwwww, I get depressed just thinking about it now. :( I think Fred was the worst. I would never have predicted that, much too horrible. I know that’s what it’s like in war, that it is horrible, but still. Wah. :(
Anyway. I strongly suspect that Draco was the character given a ‘reprieve’, and I was actually quite glad to see him alive at the end. I’d never have said that towards the beginning of the series, but still. And I’m really quite pleased that Narcissa got one ‘good’ moment. And that some progress was made on the Slytherins Are Not All Evil front.
Did not like what Hermione did to her parents. Not at all.
Liked the epilogue alright, although I think I may be the only one…
Oh, and ‘NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!’ is the best line in the whole series.
We were at Waterstones in Milton Keynes. It was awesome. And we weren’t too far down the queue either- I was number 298. And there was coffee and people selling t-shirts and cookies and it was jolly good, indeed.
Which reminds me- moving away from HP for a sec- before heading to Waterstones, me and a friend went to see Hairspray, and it’s REALLY good. See it if you can!
Anyway- I had my camera, here’s some pictures:
People milling around
Me sticking my tongue out
The queue. Bear in mind that that tree is on the other side of the building from Waterstone’s…
The queue just after midnight
The books, at last. :D
And now…I’m gonna sit back and watch the explosions.
July 22, 2007 @ 9:04 pm
…I’m sure Hermione’s meant to have brought her parents back eventually, like between the war and the epilogue that’s years later… right? And it just broke my heart about Remus and Fred. And Snape, too: I just find it so incredibly sad that the whole Marauders generation is wiped out. I had not expected all those characters to die. Lastly, I actually kind of happy with the epilogue, too. Like, I think it’s sweet to see the next generation growing up happily, as Harry never got to. It would have been nice to tie up a few loose ends and say what Harry, Ron, etc are doing careerwise, but I was actually ok with the kids (and the kids’ names), so you’re not totally alone.
July 24, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
Ah, I know. Memory modification charms just bug me, toying with someone’s mind and all that. Unless she was meant to have got their permission before doing it to them. I can’t remember. :p Good good. ;) Albus Severus seems like a reasonably sensible name compared to some of the other Wizarding names. ;)
July 23, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
Sounds like we had similar weekends on opposite sides of the Atlantic, I also saw “Hairspray” (loved it) before getting the book. Too emotionally drained to comment on DH yet, though.
July 24, 2007 @ 12:57 pm
Cool! :D I know the feeling. ;) *hug*