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Post by nymphadora on Jul 28, 2008 23:17:57 GMT -5
She said that she did that on purpose to show that there was no time to mourn in war, but I think that's a lame excuse. :/ They were sitting around for weeks doing nothing and they could have mourned then.
This probably sounds stupid, but the first time I read I didn't even notice that Lupin and Tonks died until a few pages later. I thought they were asleep cause she didn't actually say they were dead and I was reading quickly. But also because Harry didn't even REACT to that. He was close to both of them and no tears? Nothing?
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Post by Astronomy on Jul 29, 2008 13:41:06 GMT -5
^Honestly, I think that the 'no time to mourn' thing makes sense for the people who died in the battle. I mean, Harry was kind of busy dealing with the fact that he thought we was going to die in about five minutes...
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Post by tonnie on Jul 29, 2008 14:16:44 GMT -5
^I didn't really mind unemotional deaths. When you sit around to mourn, it just seems to add too much unnecessary fluff to the story.
The death of Hedwig was random for me though.. something about his death just didn't sit right with me.
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Post by nymphadora on Jul 29, 2008 23:13:13 GMT -5
Hedwig's a girl. lol
I wouldn't have wanted them soooo overemotional but SOMETHING would have been better than nothing.
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Post by Tera253 on Jul 30, 2008 8:38:23 GMT -5
I agree with that... Hedwig was cool too. =( ~Katara~
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Post by Taintedmushroom on Aug 8, 2008 0:35:32 GMT -5
The deaths were necessary. It doesn't matter if it's random. Honestly, that's what happens during war.
It obviously was meant to add a more "real" sense to the story and it's a true fact that war brings about suffering and pain. When in that situation, like Harry and Co. were in, there really is no time to stop and cry over ones lost.
They constantly had to keep their minds focused and on task. It shows how strenuous and hard it must have been and quite frankly showed their strength in character. Just think about it. What if you were in that situation? How much could you handle before you finally cracked? That's why many turned to Voldemort. Out of fear. Would you give up who you are and what you believe in, literally sell your soul, for your life to be spared? How much is your life worth then, after that? But I digress.
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Post by LiveInThaskyE on Aug 22, 2008 2:39:13 GMT -5
Personally, I wouldnt give up who I was just to spare my life, I love this individual too much to do that, so Voldy would've just had to kill me.
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Post by Tera253 on Aug 22, 2008 11:38:50 GMT -5
I'm with LITE. I hold my morals too high to change them... I woulda been done in, yeah. =P
but hey, at least (from what we know) the killing curse is quick and painless, right? (lol jk)
~Katara~
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Post by The Blue Chibi on Aug 27, 2008 13:54:58 GMT -5
Where else to put this? The webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron is putting out a book this November on how it felt to experience the Harry Potter phenomenon. JK Rowling has a foreword in it, in which she points out that this is the first time she herself gets to see what happened, from the other side: "A great chunk of my own life has been explained to me." www.amazon.com/Harry-History-Wizard-Inside-Phenomenon/dp/1416554955/Sounds cool ~ there's material from extensive tours and interviews in there, as well as personal experience ~ the author has promised to put up on her blog the other juicy tidbits that didn't fit: www.harryahistory.com/(She also mentions unpacking her first book galleys to the songs of Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls, an experience she does not recommend. Having listened to those last two sad songs on their myspace playlist, I have to say I agree.)
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Post by Tera253 on Aug 28, 2008 16:15:57 GMT -5
that sounds really sweet. I like things like that ~Ty Lee~
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Post by nymphadora on Sept 1, 2008 19:36:00 GMT -5
That sounds cool The Blue Chibi. I love those things too. I'm sad HP's over but it's still so awesome that we got to be a part of the fandom when we could still make up theories and countdown for book releases. Today was the first day of school for Hogwarts. I wish I was there.
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Post by Tera253 on Sept 1, 2008 20:32:00 GMT -5
me too... I'd probably be a Ravenclaw... or Slytherin. I have the smarts, I'm semi-ambitious (but not much), I'm not just and loyal, and I'm a sissy. =P
~Tera~
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Post by nymphadora on Sept 1, 2008 22:23:42 GMT -5
Ah I have such a hard time guessing what house I'd be in. I've tried all the tests online, but they're all SO obvious and it gets annoying. Like if you say green is your favorite color, you're a Slytherin. But I'd like to think I'd be a Hufflepuff, but I'm not sure. I could be Slytherin or Ravenclaw too - the only thing I know is I'm not Gryffindor. I get annoyed when everyone says they're in Gryffindor though. I have some qualities from all the other three, so I'm not sure. Slytherin would only be a possibility going off what the Sorting Hat says and not just "evil" people are in Slytherin, of course.
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Post by Tera253 on Sept 10, 2008 22:24:22 GMT -5
I'm not sure what's so cool about Gryffindor either... if I were given a choice, I'd say Ravenclaw. ~Azula~
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Post by The Blue Chibi on Nov 21, 2008 18:34:06 GMT -5
The webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron is putting out a book this November on how it felt to experience the Harry Potter phenomenon. JK Rowling has a foreword in it, in which she points out that this is the first time she herself gets to see what happened, from the other side: "A great chunk of my own life has been explained to me." www.amazon.com/Harry-History-Wizard-Inside-Phenomenon/dp/1416554955/Sounds cool ~ there's material from extensive tours and interviews in there, as well as personal experience ~ the author has promised to put up on her blog the other juicy tidbits that didn't fit: www.harryahistory.com/(She also mentions unpacking her first book galleys to the songs of Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls, an experience she does not recommend. Having listened to those last two sad songs on their myspace playlist, I have to say I agree.) ^ I've been so busy lately, I haven't even had time to stop by a bookstore and pick up a copy of this. Anyone get one yet? How good is it?
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