Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - the SPOILER thread!

Yes, I noticed that MW (glad to see that you are still around by the way. Thought I might have missed everyone!) but thought he must have renounced magic in disgust after Ariana's death before setting himself up as the bandaged barman.

my dh was started the PS and said its a child's book. I said "Well durrr yes but keep going you'll get the hang of it".

(all this form a man whose fave book is Charlie and the choc factory

well afterr months and months of badgering dp surrendered and picked up the philosophers stone last week.............hes just started the prisoner of azkaban, and i'm soooooooooo proud og him

not sure. He was at hogwarts so must have been magical at 11

Hello. Just finished reading this thread. Loved reading everyone's thoughts. Just one to add myself. Isn't it Aberforth who comes to magic late in life?

Sooo looking forward to reading the whole series again now.

i still thnik that v promised the spiders they could feed off the dead once the battle was over, and in return they brought hagrid to him..........i think hagrid was Vs bait to lure him to him iyswim

Hmm, but they didn't let him near them once Aragog had died.
And I think DD had an inkling about the RoR when he couldn't find it again. DD knows everything that goes on in the castle remember

Dumbledoresgirl: If DD found a bathroom that he didn't know was there then thats probably all he thought it was. The room provides what you most want and DD obviously most wanted a bathroom at that point. He would have no reason to think it would be something else for someone else would he. Think that is quite a clever touch.

Just reread the bit were Fred dies (sniff) and it says how Harry looked at the gaping hole in the side of the building and a body fell past it. Reminded me a bit of the twin towers.

With the Hagrid thing. I never thought that the spiders were going to kill him. I actually assumed they were rescuing him, getting him away from danger because he was their friends although I know they were fighting for V. One of those mixed loyalties things.

i know im not arsed about the box tho..........my dads coming round and putting me a shelf up just for the hp books.......dc cant get at them then.dp has only just got into the books and hes onto the chamber of secrets so ive give him my old books,im not letting him even breathe on my new ones

Waiting for all 7, what's the point in a box set with one missing. That is wierd, esp the last one!!!

But I think she planned that for ages as the look of triumph in DD's eye about it is in GoF.

they have a nice box set on play.com.........only six books in tho at the mo

i reckon she made the loophole that hary couldnt die because his blood ran thru vs body when there was the outcry not to kill him off

I am thinking there will be some very nice Box sets coming out now so I am waiting for one of those. I have the last 2, but left my copies of the others in America when I came home. Wish I hadn't tho as like the pictures at the chapters.

Hope they bring out a really nice box set, would pay quite a bit for a good set.

Read a bit about JK last night who said she was preparing to kill HP and HG, but after outcry from the fans when this idea was circulated she changed her mind, so perhaps the 'matrix' type chapter was how she could explain keeping Harry alive.

i think v ordered the spiders not to kill hagrid as i think he was going to use hagrid as bait to get harry to come to him.im re reading then im going to start from the philosophers stone.dp has just bought me all the adults in hb as i only had the childrend edition...............saving the other ones for dc when they get a bit older and they dont have to ruin my new ones

was it just me or did anyone else find the bit with dumbledore at kings cross station at the end a bit 'matrixy' ?

They live elsewhere in the hols, look at Snape.

Though I suppose they could all be paying illicit late night calls on each other - Flitwick and Trelawney might be at it like rabbits I suppose.

I was thinking about Neville and Luna. Neville is a teacher at Hogwarts - and I can't think of any married teachers at Hogwarts. They all seem to be batty old loons who live there permanently.

I wanted more from the epilogue too, but that link on the other thread was good.

But there are so many characters that we all loves, we want to know how they are? we need more!

No one can write it unless she says so, she has the copyright.

Actually I do like that they lived Happily Ever After. After everything. Harry deserved to be happy really.

Re the epilogue, I am not quite sure how JK thinks that giving this ending will prevent other writers from using her idea and writing their own HP stories. It seems to me that the epilogue actually leaves you wanting more rather than being satisfied. Eg, wouldn't we all like to know what sort of upbringing Teddy had? what part does harry play in it? do Neville and Dean fight it out for Luna?