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Wow, that's almost as gritty as the end of Animorphs. Gives lots of hope for those little kids, huh?

I was never into Harry Potter. I don't think I will be.

But now that I made that comparison, I never did read the ending, like, 30 books of Animorphs. I suppose I should get on that.

Damn you, Vague.. And your.. Making me have urges.. To do.. Things. ninja

Also, what happend in the end of Animorphs, I had EVERY single book until 25 or something and then I stopped and gave them to my church, I read all the Chronicles and side stories but I never did find out what happend in the end. I think it is the only series I have ever collected so seriously and made sure I got the new copy the week it came out. I also read her Outworld series which I thought ended well.

Rowling has already said she doesn't intend to write any more books about Harry after #7. If she writes any more books, they will be companion pieces, adding depth to the background of Harry's world, and with all proceeds donated to charity( like the two "text books" of Harry's that she published a few years ago.

Some other things... It's important to remember that at that point, it was either Snape or Dumbledore. Had Snape failed to kill him, Snape himself would have died( Unbreakable Vow, remember?) and one of the other Death Eaters would have killed Dumbledore. I was upset, though, I rather wanted Snape to be a reluctant hero, I hoped one of the morals for the children would be not to let personal feelings blind you or influence your perception of others, but I guess she wants to use Malfoy as the example of not-as-bad-as-you-think.
I think it was a bit heavy-handed to have Dumbledore die after going after a bad lead on a horcrux. That's almost as bad as Sirius dying because Harry was too immature to practice occlumency and too stupid to remember the mirror.
What do you make of R.A.B.? The only thing I could think of was Regulus Black. There's probably a hint somewhere, if nothing else, Rowling is good at foreshadowing. As soon as I read the name Sirius Black in Prisoner, I turned back to the beginning of Stone, and, sure enough...
Also, I want to know what happens when your secret-keeper dies. Albus wasn't just the head of the Order, he was secret-keeper for its location.

Time is no matter as long as you enjoy it and don't miss important details Astri biggrin But yeah, about the Unbreakable Vow, wasn't it to help Draco no matter what, so even if Draco wanted to give up and turn good, for extremities sake, wouldn't Snape help him in that way? Also, I like to believe that none of the Death Eaters were powerful enough to kill Dumbledore. I think it would be nice to have Malfor end up not as evil as we all thought in the end. I have this weird feeling that Snape is going to sacrifice himself for Harry or someone close to him in the end, I have no evidence, just a feeling. I also think it would be cool to have Hagrid become head of Gryffindor. I mean can McGonagall (sp?) balance, Headmistress, teacher and head of house?

It took about 20 hours to read it, I'm not sure though, since I read only few hours/day. In days, it took 5 days.

I think that this is the second best Potter. I like more Goblet of Fire. But Half-Blood is the saddest. I cried last 50 pages. It all started when Harry and Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts. Why Dumbledore had to die? ;___;

It wasn't surprise that it was Severus who kills D. But why Draco had to become death eater.. Don't like that idea. Draco was mean to Harry, Ron & Hermione, well to everybody.. But still.. I didn't want that he'd become one of the death eaters.

I was a bit disappointed as well. I was getting so use to the big climactic rush of each book that Harry being frozen and powerless, while the castle was invaded and Dumbledore was added to the death count. The only way I see Rowling in redeeming that is by making that scene of Draco's hesitation and Snape fufillment of the Vow integral to the last book.

Rowling was always so subtle with her foreshadowing, but I also missed Rosmerta as a possible suspect. She hardly appeared at all, and it wasn't until Dumbledore mentioned that he made it appear that he went to the Hog's Head by mentioning it to Rosemerta did suspicions rise.

The whole issue of romantic ties being much stronger aggravated me a bit as well. I can see how she set up Ron/Hermoine. But who actually saw the Harry/Ginny relationship popping up again? I spent a good 10 minutes thinking "Didn't she just get over him? Now he ...what?"

surprised your theory makes sense about Harry being a possible horcrux. However if you think about it, Voldemort creating his horcruxes happened before he tried to kill Harry (meaning if Harry would were an extra horcrux, it would negate the set amount Voldie set for his magical number), but he did end upaccidentally having some of his traits imbedded onto Harry (and I think that might be just what happened).

And, if you think about the protection that Lily gave Harry, it would've countered anything that would've kept Voldemort alive in Harry, in this case, a horcrux. Since a part of Voldemorts life is different from inheriting Parseltongue.

In regards to Ablus coming back, I think he might end up just being some sort of portrait giving the Order advice and such.