Yup, still about Deathly Hallows
Jul. 24th, 2007 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieHere are some more scattered Deathly Hallows thoughts.
Epilogue thoughts:
I would bet that James' middle name is Sirius :P With names like this, no wonder he seems to be a troublemaker. He is probably a lot like what his namesake Grandpa was. Albus Severus (what a name, argh) strikes me as a lot more like Harry himself.
I do wish we found out about what happened to everyone, not just H/G and R/Hr. What happened to Luna? How are the Weasleys in general? How is George *sob* coping? Heck, what H/R/Hr/Ginny do for a living. Is there change in the magical world about equality? What?
Other thoughts:
Lupin being madly proud of being a Dad is just...GUH. *weeps* *smiles* I have a huge weakness for Tonks/Lupin, and I kept hoping they would survive, but in a way, it's better for them both to be dead than for one to survive. If Tonks died, I don't think Lupin could have dealt with it at all, without going to pieces. He is prone to self-blame and depression at the best of times. And if Lupin died? Well, Tonks was all going to pieces in Book 6 when he was merely pushing her away 'for her own good' (so drama!) There is an awesome fic which I need to find again, dealing with their deaths though.
Percy coming back to the family made me cry. He made mistakes and got led astray but when push comes to shove, he is a good guy and he (like all Weasleys) would do the right thing, and would die for his family. I love that the Twins welcomed him back and that whole scene was perfect with the teasing and apologies and acceptance and love. (Yeah, it was great for Molly and Arthur to hug their son, but he had the most differences with the Twins, so...They are of course closest in age). And Percy making Fred laugh and then Fred dying, still smiling, and Percy covering his brother's body with his own, so no more damage would be done to it and refusing to move and Ron wanting more than anything to go after the murderer, beyond reason and...seriously. It was BAWL time. I really wanted to read George's reaction but I can imagine it and...
But back to Percy, I love that he is still pompous and prosy in the epilogue. That's the thing I love about the book: flawed good people. Percy is a good guy but he would never change his personality 100%: he might love his family, fight the good fight etc, but he will always be a bit prosy.
I know Ron is with Harry and Hermione on the Tower by the end, and I bet it's shock and the death of his brother hasn't sunk in yet.
Also, I am so slow. I never realized that Snape told Harry 'look at me' as he was dying because that way the last thing he'd see would be Lily's eyes.
Epilogue thoughts:
I would bet that James' middle name is Sirius :P With names like this, no wonder he seems to be a troublemaker. He is probably a lot like what his namesake Grandpa was. Albus Severus (what a name, argh) strikes me as a lot more like Harry himself.
I do wish we found out about what happened to everyone, not just H/G and R/Hr. What happened to Luna? How are the Weasleys in general? How is George *sob* coping? Heck, what H/R/Hr/Ginny do for a living. Is there change in the magical world about equality? What?
Other thoughts:
Lupin being madly proud of being a Dad is just...GUH. *weeps* *smiles* I have a huge weakness for Tonks/Lupin, and I kept hoping they would survive, but in a way, it's better for them both to be dead than for one to survive. If Tonks died, I don't think Lupin could have dealt with it at all, without going to pieces. He is prone to self-blame and depression at the best of times. And if Lupin died? Well, Tonks was all going to pieces in Book 6 when he was merely pushing her away 'for her own good' (so drama!) There is an awesome fic which I need to find again, dealing with their deaths though.
Percy coming back to the family made me cry. He made mistakes and got led astray but when push comes to shove, he is a good guy and he (like all Weasleys) would do the right thing, and would die for his family. I love that the Twins welcomed him back and that whole scene was perfect with the teasing and apologies and acceptance and love. (Yeah, it was great for Molly and Arthur to hug their son, but he had the most differences with the Twins, so...They are of course closest in age). And Percy making Fred laugh and then Fred dying, still smiling, and Percy covering his brother's body with his own, so no more damage would be done to it and refusing to move and Ron wanting more than anything to go after the murderer, beyond reason and...seriously. It was BAWL time. I really wanted to read George's reaction but I can imagine it and...
But back to Percy, I love that he is still pompous and prosy in the epilogue. That's the thing I love about the book: flawed good people. Percy is a good guy but he would never change his personality 100%: he might love his family, fight the good fight etc, but he will always be a bit prosy.
I know Ron is with Harry and Hermione on the Tower by the end, and I bet it's shock and the death of his brother hasn't sunk in yet.
Also, I am so slow. I never realized that Snape told Harry 'look at me' as he was dying because that way the last thing he'd see would be Lily's eyes.
