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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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AttilaTheMum · 22/07/2007 19:57

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You need a bigger gap than that Califrau ... the bit about Cho shows up on last hour...

CalifrauniusFudge · 22/07/2007 19:53

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TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 19:49

I had the feeling Cho was just put in as a last minute thought - just listing all the members of the DA.

I not sure if JK would have even mentioned if she was oen fo the dead.

CalifrauniusFudge · 22/07/2007 19:43

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LucyJones · 22/07/2007 19:40

Can someone tell me what happened to Cho?
How come Harry doesn't end up with her?

TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 19:35

Aberforth has a love of goats. It's why everyone thinks he's a bit odd and I think he was actually arrested for it at one point.

AttilaTheMum · 22/07/2007 19:32

Yes, that's what I meant - that the story that Dumbledore's sister might have been a squib was in Rita Skeeter's book - so she was probably not very accurate - the WHO (Wizard Health Organisation) guidelines for developing magic probably say between 7-9 years, but sloppy journalists would interpret that as 7.

Dahlia · 22/07/2007 19:31

What was his goat obsession? Did I miss something?

TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 19:28

Oh and I knew I was right about Snape.

And Aberforth's goat erm 'obsession' makes me ROFL. Especially when his patronus was a goat.

TheArmadillo · 22/07/2007 19:27

Dobby's death was the saddest part

The house elves were great in this. Kreacher's redemption. Them all going at the death eaters with kitchen knives.

I liked the bit about Kreacher where they pointed out that although Narcissa and Bellatrix and others were nasty pieces of work they were all nice to him, whereas Sirius was a bastard to him. Therefore his loyalty was to them, not Sirius.

I'm not particularly fond of Sirius tbh.

And I'm glad Neville got to kill Nagini, and to pull the sword out of the hat. He deserves to be honoured as much as Harry imo, he's gone through just about as much and is just about as tough as Harry.

I thought Draco should have been redeemed at the end of the book though. He really was broken by the start of this one.

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 19:25

Yes, Neville was given up for a Squib. Then when he was 8 he bounced when dropped from a window.

However, in book 7, it's first put forth that Dumbledore's sister was a Squib because she reached the age of 7 and had no magic about her.

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AttilaTheMum · 22/07/2007 19:22

Yes, but Nevill was pretty much considered a squib, wasn't he?
And wasn't it Rita Skeeter who said that? (DS is currently reading the book so I can't check)
I would rate Rita Skeeter's knowldedge of child development on a par with some of the HV's mentioned in MN....

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 19:11

And also book 7 said magic ability presents itself by the age of 7 or the person is considered a Squib.

But Neville didn't show any magic until he was 8.

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filchthemildmanneredjanitor · 22/07/2007 19:10

yeah yeah but still......

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 19:10

Hedwig was a beautiful, snowy owl given to Harry from Hagrid.

She did so much for him.

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filchthemildmanneredjanitor · 22/07/2007 19:08
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FlameDelacour · 22/07/2007 19:08

"Its only an owl"

How could you?!?!!?

rosmerta · 22/07/2007 19:06

I think Neville at the end had a lot of admirers so don't think he'll do too badly

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 19:02

Why didn't she pair Neville up with someone?

I think he deserved at least that.

Was cool how he killed Nagini, though.

And I always like Kreacher.

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tribpot · 22/07/2007 19:01

A true Mumsnetter - attack our children and you will know the real meaning of retribution!

filchthemildmanneredjanitor · 22/07/2007 19:01

yes! molly has always seemed very homely and motherly and just doing domestic spells and it was great to see what she was really capable of!

rosmerta · 22/07/2007 19:00

Did anyone else think Neville was great? And Molly as well, love that she finally threw off her housewifely duties!

filchthemildmanneredjanitor · 22/07/2007 18:58

oh hedwigg would have been too much of a burden to carry round and keep concealed. it's only an owl fgs!

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expatinscotland · 22/07/2007 18:57

I can't believe she knocked off Hedwig!

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