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On July 22 2007 10:53 lesser_good wrote:
in the version of the book i have . Snape clearly says avada kedavra when he kills dumbledore..
now that i think about it. i have no idea how neville got the sword
Yes, he says AK. But the beam he shoots is red, and Dumbledore falls. What we know of AK is that there is a GREEN flash of light and the opposing body simply crumples, lifeless.
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It dropped out of the sorting hat
The sword comes to those in need and have valor or something to that effect, I forget
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On July 22 2007 12:51 KOFgokuon wrote:
It dropped out of the sorting hat
The sword comes to those in need and have valor or something to that effect, I forget
just like when harry got it in the second book
the book was about as good as i was expecting so w/e
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On July 22 2007 12:51 KOFgokuon wrote:
It dropped out of the sorting hat
The sword comes to those in need and have valor or something to that effect, I forget
oh right^^
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It's a children's book and even though the books got darker, killing off Harry would have been out of place.
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the prince's tale was by far the best chapter in both content and writing style
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On July 22 2007 16:47 kdog3683 wrote:
the prince's tale was by far the best chapter in both content and writing style
Oh yes, definitely.
As to this being a children's book, I think that the complexity and style grew up with the kids. I was 10 when the books came out in North America, so I'm 17 now, and it adjusted nicely to my age.
10 year olds now can probably get through the first 4 books, but I think it starts to darken too much for kids to fully understand. I think that most the kids are movie fans, and they think that the books are a similar experience.
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Wasn't Snape's favorite spell Sectusempra?
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On July 22 2007 17:32 mikeymoo wrote:Show nested quote +On July 22 2007 16:47 kdog3683 wrote:
the prince's tale was by far the best chapter in both content and writing style Oh yes, definitely. As to this being a children's book, I think that the complexity and style grew up with the kids. I was 10 when the books came out in North America, so I'm 17 now, and it adjusted nicely to my age. 10 year olds now can probably get through the first 4 books, but I think it starts to darken too much for kids to fully understand. I think that most the kids are movie fans, and they think that the books are a similar experience.
Well, to me Harry Potter is, and always has been, about entertainment. It's not the most brillant book series ever, but reading it is very enjoyable. Even though the later books are supposed to be dark, they're still very humorous and light in general. Making the end too dark would, in my opinion, not have fitted in with the general tone of the rest of the series.
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Oh and letting Harry sacrifice himself for the rest of the world would've been extremely cliché and corny.
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On July 22 2007 23:50 Orome wrote:
Oh and letting Harry sacrifice himself for the rest of the world would've been extremely cliché and corny.
Better than having him conquer his archnemesis and saving the world.
And yes, I miss the whimsical tone of the other 6 books. That's why I thought, in the direction 7 was going, that Harry should have died.
Epilogue for the lose, btw.
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On July 23 2007 00:13 mikeymoo wrote:Show nested quote +On July 22 2007 23:50 Orome wrote:
Oh and letting Harry sacrifice himself for the rest of the world would've been extremely cliché and corny. Better than having him conquer his archnemesis and saving the world. And yes, I miss the whimsical tone of the other 6 books. That's why I thought, in the direction 7 was going, that Harry should have died. Epilogue for the lose, btw.
man i like the book quite a bit, even the epilogue i didn't mind! But the fucking last line seemed so forced lol. It should have ended with "I know he will." ( or no epi I guess.)
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snape says avada kedavra.... but an unforgivable curse u have to mean it.... remembber when moody was teaching dada... he told the students to use ak on him... he said it would give him notihing more than a nosebleed..
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I liked the book. But I actually didn't read 1-6 so I had no burden of expectations. I just got caught up in the hype 'oooh final Harry Potter book' so I read it. Actually given my situation it shows that the book can stand up on its own, though I did review the plots of the previous books with wikipedia, hah.
On July 22 2007 10:53 lesser_good wrote:now that i think about it. i have no idea how neville got the sword
If you're talking about the time Harry and Ron nab the sword from the frozen lake, later on when Harry looks at Snape's memories with the pensieve, we know Dumbledore told Snape to get the sword into Ron's hands, while making it seem like a brave action. As well, Snape's patronus is the doe (same as Lily Potter's), which Ron/Harry saw before finding the lake with the sword.
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On July 23 2007 12:18 Zona wrote:Show nested quote +On July 22 2007 10:53 lesser_good wrote:now that i think about it. i have no idea how neville got the sword If you're talking about the time Harry and Ron nab the sword from the frozen lake, later on when Harry looks at Snape's memories with the pensieve, we know Dumbledore told Snape to get the sword into Ron's hands, while making it seem like a brave action. As well, Snape's patronus is the doe (same as Lily Potter's), which Ron/Harry saw before finding the lake with the sword.
He's not talking about that. He was answered, anyway 
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DONT READ IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS.
You guys analyze too much.
Even though I felt that Rowling could've done this more properly by making it around 1200 pages instead of 600, she did it right.
She got must of saying "I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEND!" and moments after, something that we weren't predicting at all where facing us.
I mean hands up, who actually didn't have the theory about Harry being the last horocrux, and had to die? I sure as hell knew I did, and when he "died" I was a bit reliefed, disappointed and yet I felt like "okay well it was meant to be..." only to find myself quite surprised about the twist she managed to pull off. The whole thing involving Voldemort taking Harrys blood.
Just finished the book, and I'm a bit overwhelmed. I must agree that the beginning of it wasn't that great, but the end made it all worth.
So forgive me if I can't dive deeper into the discussion right now, I feel that my head is full of words and confused thoughts at the moment.
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Harry didn't win because he had the Elder Wand; Voldemort had the Elder Wand.
Voldemort lost because the wand wouldn't attack its true master (Harry) so the curse rebounded on him.
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On July 24 2007 11:56 SigrUn wrote:
Harry didn't win because he had the Elder Wand; Voldemort had the Elder Wand.
Voldemort lost because the wand wouldn't attack its true master (Harry) so the curse rebounded on him.
That's what I meant. I should really get to editing that.
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