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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; Any news? Post it here.
Topic Started: Jun 4 2007, 07:34 PM (1,697 Views)
Alia Atreides	Jul 25 2007, 09:26 PM Post #61
Journeyman Craftswoman Posts: 2,006 Group: Graphics Member #12 Joined: March 14, 2006 Chosen Theme Fan Art Web Browser Iceweasel	I finished it yesterday (yes, I know, lame, especially since I got it the night it was released, but I had other things to do). * Spoiler: click to toggle I swear....I must have the worst luck when it comes to favorite characters, it was obvious that Snape was going to die in the end...still didn't make it any better. Cried at that, and then sobbed later when his patronus was revealed (J.K. Rowling was serious when she said if she said what it was it would reveal too much), and then sobbed again when Harry gave the name Albus Severus Potter to one of his kids. I think it was a very nice touch to see Harry honor both Dumbledore and Snape by naming one of his kids after them. And the bit where Dudley said that bit to Harry before they left...both my sister and I had "awwwwww!" moments for that. Given the amount of material she had to finish up, and tying up all the loose ends, I thought it was very good, and very well done. Yes, it would have been nice if Tonks, Fred, and Lupin had a bit more of stuff to help their deaths sink in a bit more--but she couldn't have spent that much time on all of them. Harry had a mission to complete, and if he wanted to save as many as he could, he was under a time constraint. And also--the books are all from his point of view, so if we were going to see Tonks and Lupin die Harry would have to have been there, or have had someone recount the events to him, and he had to go stop Voldemort. * I can't believe that this is the end of it though...that in and of itself is very sad. It was very fun at the least, to see the number of people who came to the Yule Ball (that's what Borders was calling it's midnight release party), so many people turned out for the final one, it was nice to see it got that sort of send off.



will_k_williams	Jul 26 2007, 01:09 AM Post #62
Miscreant Posts: 1,663 Group: Cabin 2 Member #110 Joined: April 30, 2006	Wow, Borders are clearly retarded if they're having a yule ball in July. Will



wolfarcher	Jul 26 2007, 01:12 AM Post #63
Miscreant Posts: 1,529 Group: Members Member #161 Joined: July 3, 2006 Chosen Theme Black & Gold	That is rather strange to be calling it a Yule Ball. Mine was called... I think 'Grand Hallows Ball', or something along those lines. Not Yule, at any rate. I liked mine, there were lots of people dressed up, but my frined, although he had no costume, beat everyone prop-wise with the Lucius Malfoy walking stick.



xDizzyx	Jul 26 2007, 06:42 PM Post #64
Smuggler Posts: 906 Group: Cabin 5 Member #104 Joined: April 18, 2006	Wow.. that makes ours sound... kinda crappy... it was called "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Grand Opening Party"... So imaginitive isn't it?



tina_als_girl	Jul 26 2007, 07:34 PM Post #65
Wretch Posts: 292 Group: Members Member #4 Joined: March 13, 2006	Yeah, my friends and I settled on Borders as our final choice for the midnight stuff. Barnes 'n' Noble was just too crowded (they were at fire capacity PLUS had a line outside going from the BN to the doors of Kohls [at least a quarter mile]).... Plus, we ended up getting all the cool stuff... Our Borders is in the mall, and as the party started at 9:30, whereas the mall closes at 9, we had the whole mall to ourselves. They had a small stage set up where we did a spelling bee, a trivia contest, a costume contest (some guy actually put on a skirt and came as the guy from Goblet of Fire who liked the breeze! LOL), and of course the really fun obligatory Great Snape Debate. The Great Snape Debate was hilariously fun; there were two teams on stage (Friend or Foe) plus the audience were allowed to jump in to comment.... Well, the Foe side only had like two people on the team, and then like five or six on the Friend side. I wish I could talk to the Foe people now that we've all read the book--it was rather obvious from the debate that the Friend side won; I bet the Foe people are slapping their foreheads now! We also had our gypsy troupe from the KC Ren Fest out performing in the main walkway of the mall (our mall is airy and open in the middle, with walkways and what-not). They did their bellydancing routines (including the HOT male dancers, WOOT!), had guys on stilts, had a juggler/harpist, a fortune teller, and what-not. We had a lady dressed up as Moaning Myrtle (and dang, she did a good job!) who roamed around, randomly asking people a trivia question, and if you got it right, you got a cool glowstick (I haven't used mine yet). Interestingly, the question I got asked pertained to my second-favorite character, Lockhart, so that was cool (my absolute favorite, of course, is Snape). It's too bad this is the last time we'll all ever do this, unless we can manage to raise enough hype when the encyclopedia is eventually published. I only ever got to experience two book releases for HP; I only read the books for the first time in early '04, so the first five had already come out. At least we still have two more movies to come (and gosh, those are gonna be intense!), and the theme park thing, too. Joy



pirategirl0306	Jul 26 2007, 10:47 PM Post #66
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	Well, I think, like most people here, I really enjoyed the book. It was great! Let's see, what do I need to say? * Spoiler: click to toggle Well, first of all, hurray for Harry, Ron, and Hermione not dying! Some of the deaths were really sad, though. Fred, why did he have to die? And Lupin and Tonks was really depressing, although I suspected it would happen when Harry was made Teddy's godfather. I don't know why, history repeating itself or something. That still didn't make it any easier! I was really sad about Dobby, too. The poor little elf has been so loyal, and so amusing! It made me happy that he got to be buried wearing socks. I feel bad saying this but I wasn't all that broken up about Mad-Eye. I mean, it was sad, but it was just kind of weird the way it all happened, and I was never really all that attached to him. And even though it's kind of silly, I was rather sad about Hedwig! Okay, I have to say, hands down one of my favorite parts of this book was Kreacher! Oh my gosh, I did not expect that total turn around! My friend and I were discussing the book before it came out, and she said she thought Harry should just kill Kreacher and get rid of him before he did more damage. But now I love Kreacher! I was so excited when he showed up at the end to lead the charge of the house elves. I thought it was pretty cool that Harry got to talk to Dumbledore again. And not just to his portrait, like I thought he might get to, but really talk to him. That was pretty cool. Okay, back to the beginning, George was cracking me up with his missing ear! He never even took a moment to mourn its loss or even to sit back and say, "Wow, I almost died! I'm lucky to be alive." Nope, ever the jokester, he kept me in stitches. In fact, if you go to Mugglenet, the poll on the main page is what you thought about the book, and every choice has either the word "ear" or "hole." I know some people thought the epilogue was kind of random or a let down, but it made me happy to see the way everyone's lives had turned out. It was kind of like the series starting over again, too, with Albus headed off to school, unsure of what he was getting into, being teased by a big brother about the "horrible" things that would happen to him once he got there (kind of a Harry/Ron experience combo there). I think it was mostly just weird to think about all those kids as grown up parents. They've been kids for the past 17 years! One thing disappointed me, though. There were two things that I've heard were going to be in later books, and neither of them were (that I noticed). One was that we would learn about the spouses of the professors at Hogwarts. The other is that someone in the books would finally do some magic rather late in life. But it didn't happen. However, I'm hardly going to complain that much, because we found out so much else! * That was officially very long, and I think I'll stop now. Maybe I'll come back if I think of more. Wait no! One more thing must be said. Spoiler: click to toggle When I read the inscription on the Snitch ("I open at the close"), I said, literally out loud, "Well that's just maddeningly unhelpful!" It reminded me so much of "Up is down" that is just kind of popped out.



Eyemcool76	Jul 27 2007, 12:55 AM Post #67
Smuggler Posts: 682 Group: Cabin 1 Member #162 Joined: July 4, 2006	Well personally, I loved it. Definitely a great book. Never too predictable other than the obvious enidng that Spoiler: click to toggle Harry lives. Seriously, there's no way the serious could have ended with Voldemort winning. Dangit I said it now Death Eaters will come get me. * There Spoiler: click to toggle were A LOT of people that died. I can understand some, like Lupin and Snape. And this also explains why Sirius and Dumbledore HAD to die. Dobby had a hero's death and it was kinda sad but it's how he would have wanted it. The only one you REALLY care about who died that I dont understand is FRED! Why did she kill him? It's bad enough that George is earless. Now he's without his brother. I dont get it, it didn't really help Harry in his quest at all. But other than that it was a great book. Perfect except for Fred's death.



Barbossa's 1 Luv	Jul 31 2007, 12:43 AM Post #68
Wretch Posts: 296 Group: Members Member #317 Joined: December 31, 2006	The book was so amazing.. I am so sad that it is over though... and there are some things that deeply sadden me especially some of the deaths... and then on the other hand there are some things that greatly pleased me... I had to say I told you so to about 50 people who didn't agree with me on this one certain issue that I knew I was right about... HA HA! Even though the over all outcome of it is very depressing to me. I am re reading the entire series now! And starting over I almost feel like I did back at the beginning oh many many years ago...



Alia Atreides	Aug 3 2007, 01:22 AM Post #69
Journeyman Craftswoman Posts: 2,006 Group: Graphics Member #12 Joined: March 14, 2006 Chosen Theme Fan Art Web Browser Iceweasel	Quote: Wow, Borders are clearly retarded if they're having a yule ball in July. I understand how it can be odd that they are holding it at the wrong time of year, but I really had no issues with it--it tied in well with the books, and that was the purpose for it. This way as well, when they put fliers out for it--they said that you could come in your best dress and stuff, and at least in my area people took advantage of that--they came in old prom dresses and such. I thought the Great Snape Debate out where I was could have been done a tad better--no one could really hear what the reasons were that others were saying, since the store was just too crowded, noisy and loud to hear those things, and as a result I know several people just ended up repeating previous reasons that others did in that. Though in my area, while the Pro-Snape people outnumbered the Con-Snape people, there were a fair number for both. My friend argued Snape as a villain. * Spoiler: click to toggle I owe her a phone call so that I can be horrible and gloat. * Joy--your Boarders party sounded to be much the same as ours--did you guys have an art contest as well? My sister and I ended up collaborating on an art piece for it, since I put the image up elsewhere I figure I'd show you guys too. She and I had previously decided that we wanted to work together to make "signs" for stores and stuff--like make up funny signs, or do some for Halloween, but when we saw their art contest flier we changed our minds and did a sign for one of the shops in Diagon Alley--"Quality Quidditch Supplies." It's out of focus I know, but it reads as, "Quality Quidditch Supplies brooms ----- robes accessories & more --Diagon Alley--"



tina_als_girl	Aug 3 2007, 03:04 AM Post #70
Wretch Posts: 292 Group: Members Member #4 Joined: March 13, 2006	As far as I could tell, we didn't have an art contest. Of course, while we were nicely spread out in the mall, outside of the store, it was still pretty packed and difficult to keep track of all the different activities going on. Joy



Remus07	Aug 22 2007, 04:18 PM Post #71
Wretch Posts: 276 Group: Members Member #39 Joined: March 15, 2006	Ok, not gonna lie...I'm posting without reading the entire thread gasp But...to whom does this (* JKR has said "There is a character who does manage, in desperate circumstances, to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare...") apply? I've read the book, but can't remember who this is... Any help to be had? EDIT: Never mind - PG's post kinda helped. I don't feel quite so...unobservant anymore.



pirategirl0306	Aug 26 2007, 04:53 AM Post #72
Navigator Posts: 1,816 Group: Admin Member #78 Joined: March 25, 2006	Yeah, as I mentioned, that made me sad as well, but I read in a chat transcript on Mugglenet that someone asked her about that, and she just said that the story changed. So now we'll never know, I guess.


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