Things I was right about
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fpbI 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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Date: 2007-07-23 01:20 pm (UTC). 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.