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faded_laceAh! Finally, finally, I have finished Harry Potter six. I don't really feel any better than when I started, save for the fact that I can say I've read it and know what everyone's going on about now. If it wasn't so popular, I might go so far as to say that was a considerable waste of time -_-; But hey. Now I can reflect on the storyline for a little while before promptly forgetting eerything that happened (I went through the whole book having not a clue what went on in the 5th book, or what Occulamency or Legilimency or whatever were...I can't remember much about the 5th book at all! XP;;;))
Now, for some reflections. Spoilers for HBP. You have been warned.
Okay, so, fist off, I'd like to say that I was expecting way more Ron/Hermione in this book. They didn't talk to eachother for like half the book, and it was irritating! They made a huge deal about it, so why not actually let it happen?
Secondly, it really, really irks me how Harry is always right. Like about Draco. And Snape. And LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE FRIGGEN UNIVERSE. He's all "I'm so modest~" but he's so not. He's got a huge ego, and he's always so sure he's right because he always is! He needs to be wrong about things occasionally, because it's not right that he's always the right one.
Thirdly, why did Dumbledore trust Snape in the first place? I really didn't get that part. Am I to believe that the most powerful good wizard in all of the wizarding world is actually just a senile old manlike Noriko Ukai's husband? That just doesn't seem right. Snape really displayed no signs of being overly loyal or trustworthy, so why was Dumbledore so sure that he was good, especially since Dumbledore was so wrong. I Just don't get it. I mean, all that Snape did was be all "I'm being a spy for you." (you have to imagine the voice of snape from Potter Puppet Pals, or it doesn't have the same effect. xD;)
Additionally, I think Dumbledore was a bit OOC in this entire book. I know that's not entirely fair to say, because, after all, it is Rowling's choice what she does with her characters, but I had the feeling he was a little too on-edge with Harry, especially because, in certain cases, such as with Draco, he had taken Harry's ideas into consideration. Granted, Harry was being a prat and would bitchslap him if I was Dumbledore, but it just seemed odd for Dumbledore to go all "SHUT UP LOSER" (again, imagine the Potter Puppet Pals voice) on him. The part where he went all Asian-parent on Harry for not getting the memory was a bit amusing, though. xD
Fourthly, the Draco Malfoy character seemed a bit dead in this book. For all that Harry worried and stalked and obsessed about him, he really didn't do anything all that important. Ok, so he was working for Voldemort. Big whoop-de-doo. He had maybe 20 lines of dialogue in the whole book and interacted with Harry all of three times. I, personally, liked Draco! I get that he was holed up in the ROR most of the time, but, really. Couldn't they add a little more of him in? He had like no personallity! He wasn't even arrogant or anyway! If anything, the majority of the time, he seemed firghtened! And he blew off Harry like twice. What's with that. Srsly.
Fifthly, I really wasn't very upset when Dumbldore died. It was a little weird, because I cried when Cedric died, and I was pretty sad when Sirius died, but when Dumbledore died, I was like "Well, saw that coming," and that was it. I was a lot more worried that Hagrid was going to die when the Death Eaters lit his house on fire. xD;;; I don't know why this was, maybe it was the inaffectiveness of the author to portray Dumbledore's death as saddening, or maybe I'm turning into an unfeeling lump. Or maybe I just don't care anymore. I don't know. But it was weird.
All in all, I had the feeling that this book went on and on and on and nothing really happened until the last 3 chapters. The life story of Voldemort was a nice touch, but it was hardly enough to take up 27 chapters. And most of the chapters were either Professor Slughorn being annoying or romantic problems. I also don't think they went into the whole Half-Blood Prince thing enough. After all, that is what the book is called. It was more Hermione was like "O, btw, guys, Snape is teh HBP, lol." And they were like "lol." And then that was it. IT seemed a bit blunt after all the goings-on. *shrug*
As an after-thought, the only things I'm really concerned about for book seven is if Hogwarts reopens (I would be sad if that didn't happen), if so, who the DADA teacher is (did Voldemort curse the position or something? I didn't quite get that either.), and who "RAB" is. *shrug* And despite OTPs and silly things like that, Lupin/Tonks is very cute. I'm going to name my kid Nymphadora. xD
I doubt anyone's going to read all of that crap, but I put it there anyway to get it out of my system. xD Now maybe I'll go make some Harry Potter icons or something.
[EDIT] This makes a good point. IT HAS SPOILERS, MY FRIENDS, SO DON'T READ IT UNLESS YOU'RE FAMILLIAR WITH HBP~~~
...why is my computer suddenly so slow...?
[EDIT 2] Hahahahaha. It's all "seven is the most magicful number" and there's seven Harry Potter books. Hahahahahah. I just figured that out. *shot*
Now, for some reflections. Spoilers for HBP. You have been warned.
Okay, so, fist off, I'd like to say that I was expecting way more Ron/Hermione in this book. They didn't talk to eachother for like half the book, and it was irritating! They made a huge deal about it, so why not actually let it happen?
Secondly, it really, really irks me how Harry is always right. Like about Draco. And Snape. And LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE FRIGGEN UNIVERSE. He's all "I'm so modest~" but he's so not. He's got a huge ego, and he's always so sure he's right because he always is! He needs to be wrong about things occasionally, because it's not right that he's always the right one.
Thirdly, why did Dumbledore trust Snape in the first place? I really didn't get that part. Am I to believe that the most powerful good wizard in all of the wizarding world is actually just a senile old man
Additionally, I think Dumbledore was a bit OOC in this entire book. I know that's not entirely fair to say, because, after all, it is Rowling's choice what she does with her characters, but I had the feeling he was a little too on-edge with Harry, especially because, in certain cases, such as with Draco, he had taken Harry's ideas into consideration. Granted, Harry was being a prat and would bitchslap him if I was Dumbledore, but it just seemed odd for Dumbledore to go all "SHUT UP LOSER" (again, imagine the Potter Puppet Pals voice) on him. The part where he went all Asian-parent on Harry for not getting the memory was a bit amusing, though. xD
Fourthly, the Draco Malfoy character seemed a bit dead in this book. For all that Harry worried and stalked and obsessed about him, he really didn't do anything all that important. Ok, so he was working for Voldemort. Big whoop-de-doo. He had maybe 20 lines of dialogue in the whole book and interacted with Harry all of three times. I, personally, liked Draco! I get that he was holed up in the ROR most of the time, but, really. Couldn't they add a little more of him in? He had like no personallity! He wasn't even arrogant or anyway! If anything, the majority of the time, he seemed firghtened! And he blew off Harry like twice. What's with that. Srsly.
Fifthly, I really wasn't very upset when Dumbldore died. It was a little weird, because I cried when Cedric died, and I was pretty sad when Sirius died, but when Dumbledore died, I was like "Well, saw that coming," and that was it. I was a lot more worried that Hagrid was going to die when the Death Eaters lit his house on fire. xD;;; I don't know why this was, maybe it was the inaffectiveness of the author to portray Dumbledore's death as saddening, or maybe I'm turning into an unfeeling lump. Or maybe I just don't care anymore. I don't know. But it was weird.
All in all, I had the feeling that this book went on and on and on and nothing really happened until the last 3 chapters. The life story of Voldemort was a nice touch, but it was hardly enough to take up 27 chapters. And most of the chapters were either Professor Slughorn being annoying or romantic problems. I also don't think they went into the whole Half-Blood Prince thing enough. After all, that is what the book is called. It was more Hermione was like "O, btw, guys, Snape is teh HBP, lol." And they were like "lol." And then that was it. IT seemed a bit blunt after all the goings-on. *shrug*
As an after-thought, the only things I'm really concerned about for book seven is if Hogwarts reopens (I would be sad if that didn't happen), if so, who the DADA teacher is (did Voldemort curse the position or something? I didn't quite get that either.), and who "RAB" is. *shrug* And despite OTPs and silly things like that, Lupin/Tonks is very cute. I'm going to name my kid Nymphadora. xD
I doubt anyone's going to read all of that crap, but I put it there anyway to get it out of my system. xD Now maybe I'll go make some Harry Potter icons or something.
[EDIT] This makes a good point. IT HAS SPOILERS, MY FRIENDS, SO DON'T READ IT UNLESS YOU'RE FAMILLIAR WITH HBP~~~
...why is my computer suddenly so slow...?
[EDIT 2] Hahahahaha. It's all "seven is the most magicful number" and there's seven Harry Potter books. Hahahahahah. I just figured that out. *shot*
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Date: 2006-08-29 06:35 pm (UTC)I suppose I should read the book again to remember it, but I do kind of agree with you on most of the points. Dumbledore going senile troubled me a lot, actually. I did read "all of that crap," so there!
You know, Remus/Tonks was all kinds of cute until I read a story back in MWPP-era, when Tonks was little-little and Remus was all adult-like. o.O It's still very cute, though. <3 Then again, Remus paired with anyone makes me happy if it makes him happy. Poor guy's so sad!
Oh, RAB = Regulus A. Black?
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Date: 2006-08-29 06:46 pm (UTC)Yeah, he was like "I know what I'm doing! ahahahahahahexceptnot" (once more in the PPP voice. xD) And I knew you would. xD
...shh. They're close enough in age. xD;; And I know....I feel bad for him.
Yeah, I read about that online. It does make a lot of sense, though I'm not quite sold.
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Date: 2006-08-29 07:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-29 07:29 pm (UTC)That sounded meaner than I meant it.
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Date: 2006-08-30 02:04 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-09-01 12:16 am (UTC)You know... I sorta feel like the book was a waste of time too...Like if I wasn't involved with the series already, and desperate to find out what happens, I don't think I would've liked it too much...
I wanted more Ron/Hermione too! What the crud. It was like, "it's so obviously that they're not even gonna' talk to each other. Hah."
Okay. I love Snape. He's possibly one of my favorite characters. So. I think that it was Dumbledore's plan all along for Snape to kill him. Yeah. 'cuz Dumbledore's brilliant, and not senile, or whatever. That's what I think. Because, when Harry was going after Snape, he didn't do anything to Harry. If he was really evil, he coulda' spun around and killed Harry, and ended everything...except that Harry's the main character...
But! I totally agree that they should have done more with Snape and HBP stuff. It was too fast, and not important enough for it to be the title of the book, I think.
Draco really didn't do much, did he? I guess he did so little that I forgot about it all... XD;
I don't like Lupin/Tonks. It upsets me. It was too sudden, I think. BUT! I crazy hate what they did with Harry and Genni (is that how her name is spelled? I can't be bothered to look it up...) it was so so so cliche. I just hated it. God.
I really wanna read book 7 just to see how it all ends, and how it all works. I wonder if they really aren't going back to Hogwarts? That'd be super crazy.
I want Harry to die at the end. That would kick butt.
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Date: 2006-09-01 12:34 am (UTC)As, as to Tonks, I don't really like it either, because I like Sirius with Remus too much, but I was momentarily struck down by cuteness. XD;;; *fail*
That would be awesome, it would.
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