Deathly Hollows

[cutthroatpixie]

I totally loved it, despite the fact that it was kind of on a little bit of crack. Haha.

1. Snape, I love you. Seriously. The whole time I was reading the book, I was hoping everything about him being good, Dumbledore telling him he needed to kill him, etc, was true, and it was and yay. His memories were sad, though. I mean, people in fandom have been saying Snape lurved Lily for years, but his obsession, and friendship, and love for her were rather sad. She was probably his only real friend, poor bloke. I could go on for days. I love Snape because I am way biased. =P

2. I didn't like how Ron mimicked Harry and used Parseltongue. I just don't think it would actually be possible. Hannah, Emily, and I were talking, and it doesn't seem like one of those languages you can learn, you just know it, or else more people would know it (it would be a great language for dark wizards and such to use). It's a fantasy book, so all the stuff about snake noises and human noises being totally different, making it damn near impossible for Ron to actually imitate Harry accurately, can probably be ignored. But still. Didn't like it.

3. Oooh Sirius, how could they take you like thiiiiiiiiiiiis? Haha. That has nothing to do with anything. Anywhore, I loved the scene with Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, and Harry. It was beautiful, them all being together, even though it wasn't for long, and all but Harry were dead. I just really liked it.

4. MOLLY TOTALLY PWNED BELLATRIX! With her "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" and then BAM, Bellatrix is DEAD. The scene was just great, even though I've been hoping Neville would have been the one to finish her off. He got Nagini good, though. Because he just rocks like that.

5. AS/S. Haha. And ASP. I actually noticed that first. Oi. I was all, "Albus Severus Potter... ASP... lol a snake." Scorpius is a ridiculous name, though. Draco and his lady wife must be on the drugs, I think. Haha.

There were a lot of other things I liked/didn't like (there are more likes), buuuuuut, I got sick of making a list. Haha. Open discussion, people! Oh, and if anyone else made a post about their take on Deathly Hollows, link me, and I'll read it. Haven't read my flist in awhile, and I don't want to miss anything. =)

Comments

[haro.livejournal.com]

2- Oh I disagree. It's just one word, not a whole bunch. Ron's heard Harry say it more than once. One thing to remember is Voldemort's mindset, which is stressed many times as being that of underestimating people. Only dark Wizards supposedly know Parseltongue, so even if someone overheard the word and didn't speak Parseltongue, they're probably one too.

[cutthroatpixie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I just think that if it were as simple as hearing the words more than once and mimicking them, it would be easier for more people to learn the language, and that doesn't seem to be the case. *shrug* It's not a big thing, I just found I didn't like it is all.

[haro.livejournal.com]

Had it been several statements I would have WTFed. I think it mentioned him having to say it more than once.

I did pull this from wiki. Lol. I didn't remember it.

Albus Dumbledore seems to be able to understand Parseltongue in one instance in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, when he repeats Morfin Gaunt's words "the big house over the way", which were spoken in Parseltongue. It is unlikely to have been Morfin who did so: Dumbledore claims that, "apparently, ["He'll kill me for losing his ring"] was all he ever said again."

Ron Weasley uses Parseltongue in the final book to reopen the Chamber of Secrets, but only through persistently trying to mimic the sounds Harry made. This, along with Dumbledore's comprehension of Parseltongue indicates that the language may not necessarily be a magical trait, but can be a learned art, although it is possible that Dumbledore had seen the memories previouly with a parslemouth.

[cutthroatpixie.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, there would have been more than some passing dislike if he had been spouting off entire sentences. I would have had to do some facepalming in that case.

I didn't remember that either, thanks for showing. =)