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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - the SPOILER thread!

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 10:30

Don't post here if you don't want to know who dies and what happens.

You've been warned.

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CalifrauniusFudge · 22/07/2007 21:48

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gringottsgoblin · 22/07/2007 21:18

i still dont get why the dursleys took him in tho, did i miss that bit?

rosmerta · 22/07/2007 21:18

Hi MrsW, very proud of you btw , loved Kreacher at the end, that was so cool!

MrsWeasley · 22/07/2007 20:47

sobbed through all the deaths. Cant beleive Lupin died

dobby's death was very

So glad kreacher came good. (I love house elfs )

Funniest line ever was in the 7 potters chapter when the twins were poly juiced into HP and the said "WOW we're indentical" I roared!! also LOL at the "yeah ear ear" I'm easily pleased!

merrygoround · 22/07/2007 20:31

Loved the story, loved the ending, sobbed through most of the last few chapters, Dobby's death really beautifully handled, think there is something wrong with me as I feel so moved by the whole thing and can't seem to snap back into "normal" life. Just want to mooch around and start reading it all over again.

wolveschick · 22/07/2007 20:21

I wasnt actually criticizing the language, just commenting on it and it actually fitted the characters/ circumstances-it just sets this book apart as more dark/dangerouos etc etc

TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 20:20

I don't think anyone's getting particularly worked up about it.

I assume she's writing for an audience the same age as HP (and has done all along). Those who have grown up with the characters, although the books haven't all come out one a year.

TBH for the very young ones I think the death is more inappropriate than the language (which I think is quite mild).

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 20:18

Oh, yes, because those books are so full of smut and swearing.

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TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 20:18

I didn't think of that.

I hope she was at least 16!

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 20:17

Oh, yes, the 'bad' language. C'mon! Do you really think the 13-year-olds who will read this book are going to find that offensive?

Do people just go looking for things to get worked up about?

They say bitch and bastard after the 9PM watershed on BBC, too.

[rolls eyes]

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AttilaTheMum · 22/07/2007 20:16

Teddy Tonks isn't 11 in the epilogue - it's 19 years later & he was already a few months old at the end of the main book - also it says he 'came back' to see Bill & Fleur's daughter off, so he has presumably left Hogwarts & is working somewhere.

TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 20:16

I assume it goes over the heads of the ones not yet old enough to understand.

wolveschick · 22/07/2007 20:15

Think she should do another comic relief book updating all of the characters-like a friends reunited page for Hogwarts!

PS What about the bad language-b*stard and bitch and LOL at the bit about Merlin's saggy left...................

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 20:13

Yeah, a late adolescent. A 17-year-old.

It's pretty obvious that after the first few, these books were quite dark and not really aimed at 'children' but more at teens.

And hey, we were all teens once, we know what that's like!

I'd have laughed my arse off at a goat joke as a teen. It's not like they're going to be 'offended'.

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TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 20:12

IT started off as one.

I think it still is to a certain extent. It's about a child (well teenager now).

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 20:10

But really, who thinks of this as a 'childrens' book?

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TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 20:10

entirely inappropriate for a children's book but if you read the wiki article on Aberforth it gives loads of other examples which I hadn't noticed.

"when Harry and Hermione host the meeting of students interested in forming "Dumbledore's Army" at the Hog's Head, the bartender is seen shooing a goat and looking slightly embarrassed"

"Hints of the connection between Aberforth and the bartender appear in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, when Harry noted a "strong odour of goats" in the Hog's Head pub"

and

" Dumbledore tells Harry, Ron, Hermione and Hagrid that Aberforth was not bothered by embarrassing news headlines regarding his having been prosecuted for practicing inappropriate charms on a goat, but instead "held his head high," and lived his life as normal ? "of course," says Albus, "I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been bravery..."

ok a bit obsessed with the goat thing, but I find it hilarious as so unexpected.

TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 20:07

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just read the bit about searching messages.

Ted Tonks I assume was brought up by his grandmother (Tonk's mum).

Dobby's death was the saddest in the book imo as the others were all grouped in a hectic part, where you were expecting several characters to die.

And I have no idea who did magic who hadn't done before.

TheDuchessOfFawkesBride · 22/07/2007 20:05

Armadillo - Aberforth & goat is very funny. Even his patronus is a goat. Wasn't it also described as 'goat charming' in this book?

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TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 20:04

the misuse was 'inappropriate charms' according to wikipedia. There is also a few more examples of Aberforth and goats on there.

CalifrauniusFudge · 22/07/2007 20:02

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TheDuchessOfFawkesBride · 22/07/2007 20:02

I haven't read all of this thread but....

I want to know, in case I missed it...

Who the hell did magic for the first time?

I wanted a much better '19 years later'. Where are the Dursleys? Why did Harry & Ginny's DCs have such crappy obvious names? Who was Teddy Tonks living with and if he's having dinner at the Potters 4 nights a week at age 11 then why haven't they taken him in already? Or does he bite? What are the rest of the Weasleys up to - particularly George, he lost his twin!?

I cried about Dobby

CalifrauniusFudge · 22/07/2007 20:02

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TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 19:59

dp just reminded me what exactly happened with Aberforth. He was taken in front of the Wizengamot for 'misuse of magic' involving a goat.

Does no one else find this funny?