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Things I was right about
I am making a list of Things I Was Right About. Of course, the list of things I was wrong about is much longer, but this one is more fun to do. I regret you will have to take my word for it, because some of these are from WIPs.
1) The climax is a great battle in which Hogwarts is besieged. I have written this one over and over again.
2) Bellatrix gets what's coming to her at the hands of a mother defending her children (only in my case it was a Muggle)
3) Snape had loved Lily all his life, and his love and grief gave him the strength to resist Voldemort's mind probes (but nearly all of us had come to that conclusion by the end)
4) Sacrificial death (only I had Aberforth do it in Dumbledore's place, because of a third prophecy demanding the death of "Dumbledore", unspecified);
5) one of the Creeveys dies in battle;
6) Harry and the Trio survive;
7) Neville develops into a great warrior (the signs were there since OotP);
8) Luna survives, and by the time the victory is celebrated, she is still alone and there are no clear ships for her;
9) In the middle of the battle, Hogwarts is helped by a host of volunteer wizards come from outside and led by a Slytherin (Slughorn in this case, Zabini in mine);
10) The Malfoys somehow wiggle through all the disasters and treacheries and manage to survive more or less intact, if perhaps humiliated;
11) Narcissa at least has clearly had enough of the Dark Lord before the end.
More as I think of them.
1) The climax is a great battle in which Hogwarts is besieged. I have written this one over and over again.
2) Bellatrix gets what's coming to her at the hands of a mother defending her children (only in my case it was a Muggle)
3) Snape had loved Lily all his life, and his love and grief gave him the strength to resist Voldemort's mind probes (but nearly all of us had come to that conclusion by the end)
4) Sacrificial death (only I had Aberforth do it in Dumbledore's place, because of a third prophecy demanding the death of "Dumbledore", unspecified);
5) one of the Creeveys dies in battle;
6) Harry and the Trio survive;
7) Neville develops into a great warrior (the signs were there since OotP);
8) Luna survives, and by the time the victory is celebrated, she is still alone and there are no clear ships for her;
9) In the middle of the battle, Hogwarts is helped by a host of volunteer wizards come from outside and led by a Slytherin (Slughorn in this case, Zabini in mine);
10) The Malfoys somehow wiggle through all the disasters and treacheries and manage to survive more or less intact, if perhaps humiliated;
11) Narcissa at least has clearly had enough of the Dark Lord before the end.
More as I think of them.
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I first thought of Snape/Lily after Book 4, and I was really happy to find I was right. Though I'd never guessed the depth of Snape's love for her!
I was also right about Dumbledore ordering Snape to kill him, and about his reasons for doing so - though of course, I couldn't have guessed about the wand.
And I'd guessed about Harry the Horcrux, too.
Just a note: you should probably put this post, and others like it, under and lj-cut. There are slower readers out there, and you sure do have a lot of spoilers!
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But how it happened was cool too.
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As for Luna, I sure would like to see her with a happy future. I imagine she will stay at home and care for father until he passes. But she will find ways to be content, as that seems to be her way. OOooh! Maybe she and George can fall in love and get married and be happy for the rest of their lives! That's what happens, then!
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. I predicted Snape was good and would die a noble death and Pettigrew would pay back his life debt and it would be fatal. JKR was NOT KIDDING when she said DH would be a blood bath. It was really sad but beautiful how Snape's dying wish was to have Harry's green eyes look into his. But he is in a better place now and reconciled with Lily. His Patronis was sweet.
I cried buckets about Dobby. I think that it was fantastic when Molly took Bellatrix out and was really glad that JKR made Minerva such a feisty and powerful witch. I loved the scene where she had enchanted the desks into a stampede and was running behind yelling charge. Also so nice to see Neville Longbottom a hero and have confidence and his Gran be so proud of him. Loved it when Trelawney was lobbing her crystal balls and Hagrid called the Centaurs “nags”.
It was weird that she took all the sting out of the Malfoys. Narcissa redeemed herself. I am glad Draco lived even though JKR was a bit mean in making him start to show signs of baldness 19 years later. LOL.
What is it with all the deaths ? Even the Sorting Hat copped it !
In conclusion, I loved the book.
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CSL:
"Come back, Reepicheep, you little ass!" shouted Peter. "You'll only be killed. This is no place for mice." But the reidiculous little creatures were dancing in and out among the feet of both armies, jabbing with their swords. Many a Telmarine warrior felt his foot suddenly pierced as if by a dozen skewers, hopped on one leg cursing the pain, and fell as often as not. If he fell, the mice finished him off; if he didn't, someone else did.
JKR:
The house-elves of Hogwarts swarmed into the Entrance Hall, screaming and carrying knives and cleavers, and at their head, the locket of Regulus Black bouncing on his chest, was Kreacher, his bullfrog's voice audible even above the din: "Fight! Fight! Fight for my master, defender of house-elves! Fight the Dark Lord, in the name of brave Regulus! Fight!"
They were hacking and stabbing at the ankles and shins of Death Eaters, their tiny faces alive with malice, and everywhere Harry looked Death Eaters were folding under sheer weight of numbers, overcome by spells, dragging arrows from wounds, stabbed in the leg by elves, or else simply trying to escape, but swallowed by the oncoming horde.|