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[fencer_x]

I've just finished the book...


I feel...satisfied. Honestly, I loved it overall--it moved me in places, made me laugh in others, and I admit that I bawled at that part. Could definitely have done without the cliche epilogue, though it almost felt like JK was apologizing for cutting off Harry/Draco and giving us this glimmer of hope in their sons. I won't say I'm shipping Albus/Scorpius (...I'm sorry, that name makes me laugh XD), but it does intrigue me :D

Now, let's get down to the nitty-gritty--she killed off a ton of characters! Poor Teddy Lupin ;_; And Fred! Geez, kill off Percy, or Charlie! What a great way to be finally vindicated. Moody I kind of expected, Hedwig came out of left fiel, AND WHAT THE HELL, DOBBY!!

And speaking of which, Kreacher and Dudley--I loved it, honestly. It made me want to cry when Dudley spoke to Harry that way, and while I suspected Kreacher was just tricking them, it really touched me when he showed up heading the House Elf faction at the last battle!

To tell the truth, what I remember most is the last few chapters, because they are what's clearest in my head right now, and they're what I want to speak about most.

The last hundred or so pages gave me chills.

Snape's death, his memories, his love for Lily that made him choose a side (and I love that it was still so ambiguous--Snape, good or evil??), how everything just finally fell into place, the knowledge breaking over Harry like it never had before.

I cried when Harry saw his fate in that memory. Tears came to my eyes and I cried just as I cried when I read Cinnamon's Beautiful World, because Harry being confronted with the fact that he will--must die, and how that breaks him down, how it touches him, is a beautiful thing (of course I'm a little biased to Beautiful World since it's Harry/Draco--and I REALLY recommend it if you want to bawl your eyes out, it's AMAZING). I almost couldn't read any further when he asked Sirius and the rest what it felt like to die, if it hurt.

That scene made this book for me. Harry and Draco could have shared a victory snog after escaping the fire and that would not have topped this moment for me. It touched me more than any other scene in any of the books, quite possibly in anything I've ever read, save for said fic above. That? Speaks something quite powerful.

My heart leapt for joy when Molly killed Bellatrix, and I could feel this surge of adrenaline when Voldemort fell, dead, and the whole of Hogwarts surged up in victory. I felt a shiver run through me as Harry lay there on the ground surrounded by Death Eaters, "dead," with Narcissa begging him to tell her Draco was alive, and then repaying him by proclaiming him dead to Voldemort.

I really can't write anymore, it's too fresh in my mind, I think. While I definitely want to read it again, I think I may have to wait a while. This was good, I really really enjoyed it. IMHO the whole thing would have been great if she'd ended it at the last chapter, leaving the pairings up to readers (and sparing us all the cliche of Harry/Ginny + Ron/Hermione + Draco/Who-the-heck-did-he-marry?), but...I dunno. I'm also miffed we were just chunked unceremoniously into the future with these kids already popped out, lives lived, etc etc.

Geez people, I just need a moment or two XD Maybe I'll watch some No Clouds ♥

Comments

[mojotmonkey.livejournal.com]

This is where I pretend that Fred didn't die, he and George continued their business, and they became richer than the Malfoys could have ever hoped to be. It's my dream world, damnit, and no one can take it away from me.

...omgfred T_T

[fencer-x.livejournal.com]

seriously--WHAT HAPPENED TO WEASLEY WIZARD WHEEZES?!?!?!

;__;

[sarahofcroydon.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! What will George do without his other half?! ;______;

[zombieroadtrip.livejournal.com]

I don't read the books so I don't know who any of those characters are...

But, my sister is worried 'the twins' will die. Should I be prepared for bawling as she reads through it tonight? XD;;;

[fencer-x.livejournal.com]

READ THE BOOKS AND BE MOVED AS I AM. Seriously, how'd you manage to escape The Fandom To End All Fandoms? :D

Yes, be prepared for bawling. She might sniffle a little at the beginning, but by the end there will be tears, oh yes.

[zombieroadtrip.livejournal.com]

LOL but I don't wanna! D: And I have no idea how I escaped this fandom which seems to have enveloped EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD other than the fact that I don't like magic and wizards... XD

lol okay, well that sucks. XD;

[fencer-x.livejournal.com]

I didn't want to either, and then one day I was riding in a car to California (from Louisiana) and all there was to distract me from bad showtunes was Book 1 XD

And if it's enveloped so many people, maybe that's because it's really good? Cause it is :D

...I pity your sister XD;;; I was lucky enough not to be too attached to anyone that died~

[zombieroadtrip.livejournal.com]

Ah, well then that explains it. Anything that distracts from showtunes is wonderful. XD

But it's just not my type of book. XD; I've caught parts of the movies when my brother and sister watched them, and it just bores the heck out of me. XD;;;

Aww, lucky~ I think she's just a sucker for comic relief people... haha

[sarahofcroydon.livejournal.com]

*butts in*

The movies are shite. SHITE!

Actually, the books are too. But good shite. ;3

[zombieroadtrip.livejournal.com]

LMAO!

[hibimaosuki.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yes, I absolutely loved the book.

I also think JKR reads her readers' comments and speculations and puts it in the book just so people could say "I KNEW IT!!!". I kinda doubt that when she first wrote HBP, she was thinking of Harry as the last Horcrux. I could be wrong, though. XD

The epilogue reeked of something akin to fics produced by inexperienced writers, I was very disappointed by it.

But on the whole, the book was wonderful. And I think Charlie should've died instead of Fred. T_T I cried when Percy came back, ahaha.

Albus, Scorpius, and Rose are all in the same year, right? ^^;

[reppu.livejournal.com]

Whheee, spoilers! Was the .pdf the real version?

I will never forgive her for killing Fred. Or Hedwig (even though I wasn't personally attached to her). Lupin was all love, but HOW DO YOU KILL OFF ONLY ONE TWIN?!!111

While I am tempted to finish the last three books in the series, I think that this is a momentary whim and will pass when the hype has died down. I'd Harry Potter really meant a lot to me when I was a kid, so I was disappointed with where she took her characters.

Oh, but I wonder what the fangirls will do now that Harry/Draco isn't possible? XD

[kooriyoukai.livejournal.com]

Haven't you heard? They're shipping their kids now.

And the ship name? AS/S. That's right. ASS.

I kid you not. the_ass_ship

[reppu.livejournal.com]

I really didn't want to believe the names. Albus I got, but Scorpio? Does that have some kinda meaning? Who the hell did Harry marry? And who picked Draco?

You know, ASS shipping is funny in SO many ways, double entendre not included. If it were me, I'd come up with the totally lame ASS shipping is for assholes! motto. ♥

ASS shipping...oh, you have made my day. XD

[kooriyoukai.livejournal.com]

Uhh the Malfoy family has names after constellations. So it kept with the tradition and Draco named his kid Scorpious. It's a little strange but better than naming his kid something like Ophiuchus, right?

As for the parents, Harry married Ginny and they had three kids, James, Lily (ugh, incest), and Albus Severus. Why he didn't name his child after his beloved godfather instead of the man he hated for six years I do not know.

Draco... good question. People are saying Pansy. You'll have to ask someone who read the book because I don't know XD;

[fencer-x.livejournal.com]

Dunno about this pdf version, never heard of it XD But the Ugly Carpet version (that most people who had the online version of had, and the one everyone was saying was a fake XD) was the real deal, so I got to start halfway through 8D

And the H/D faction isn't bothered at all by the epilogue really, since it sucked so much XD There's 20 years of affair to consider anyways, and like KY said, their kids have a lot of potential--though it saddens me that people will want to ship them JUST because their dads are Harry and Draco.

And I don't think the book actually says who Draco's wife is, though Harry of course marries Ginny.

[feyla.livejournal.com]

I wasn't quite sure what to think when I finished the books. I wanted to talk or discuss or write something about it, but I just couldn't collect all of my thoughts. It's crazy that after reading HP for the past six years it's all over. I really liked the last book though. I've read all sorts of comments on people liking it or not, but I have to say that I liked it. (Except for that epilogue.)

She really did kill off a ton of character didn't she? My parents asked me last night who died (which is funny since they've never read the books) and I started naming all of them and they asked if it would be easier to name who was still alive instead.

Kreacher and Dudley and Percy. I have to say that I wasn't expecting Kreacher to really be changed. I kept thinking to myself, "is he for real?" when he was being so nice to them. And that scene with Dudley. It was a wonderful way to bring an end that. I loved that scene. I was not expecting a reconciliation with Percy, but I really liked how it came about. It added in some humor right before everything went dark.

And I just have to say that I also loved how Remus seemed happier in death than in life. She gave him that marriage to Tonks and a baby, but he was happier to be with the first people who really cared about him. I just loved that. I was actually hoping for him to die in this last book, but when I was reading I didn't actually think she was going to kill him off. I was completely surprised when she mentioned his body.