Anyone going to Harry Potter tonight?

[scains]

I was a little disappointed on the whole with the final book. I mean, sure the final chapters were all great - apart from the awful epilogue - but all the explanations weren't really explanations; they confused me and I don't think I understood from the explanation that Harry had been made into a Horcrux "accidentally" I mean WTF!?

 

[Apollo]

I was a little disappointed on the whole with the final book. I mean, sure the final chapters were all great - apart from the awful epilogue - but all the explanations weren't really explanations; they confused me and I don't think I understood from the explanation that Harry had been made into a Horcrux "accidentally" I mean WTF!?

That one was kind of obvious and makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

Harry throughout the books could get into the mind of Voldermort and see what he was seeing. He also had some wonky connection with him that couldn't be explained truly. It would stand to reason he had a little piece of Voldermort in him the entire time.

Remember when Voldermort was fighting Dumbledore and got inside Harry before leaving.

 

[luminum]

I'd say that the action pays off in the last book, but the tedious "camp-out" sections were unnecessarily long. Also, the Deathly Hollows themselves were never quite as venerated as they were built up to be, and the Potter bloodline seemed sort of forced.

But I did enjoy it for its change and its tight resolution overall. I think the Epilogue was abbreviated, and given her interviews, it definitely was shorter than what she wanted. I wish they had afforded her an actual chapter to write the epilogue.

 

[scains]

oh god, i completely disagree. deathly hallows was my favorite book in the whole series mainly because of how different it was. none of the elementary hogwarts shit (which, don't get me wrong, i love) is included and harry, ron, and hermione for once in their lives need to defend themselves against evil. and i don't understand why so many people hate the epilogue. the ultimate evil has been vanquished, happiness is a universal language; what's there to hate?
which parts of the book do you not really understand? here's my explanation for harry being a horcrux (and this is my understanding from when i read deathly hallows): after lily sacrificed herself, she was the catalyst for the "unintentional" horcrux. after the unsuccessful curse, voldemort's mutilated soul was forced out of his body and a part of it reached harry.
the fact that harry's a horcrux should explain most of the things he was going through with voldemort. as in seeing the things he sees, the parseltongue, and the 5th book in which harry was directly possessed by him.

Thanks. I knew all of the clues made sense that he was an unintentional horcrux. It was the HOW that I was confused about. I didn't understand how one could unintentionally make a horcrux, considering the fact that he had to kill someone and then choose an object to put a part of his soul into.

Half Blood Prince was my favourite book.

 

[Apollo]

Oh no, those lightning blue eyes Harry kept glancing at in the broken mirror of Sirius's belonged to Dumbledore's brother Aberforth.

How Harry and Dumbledore were able to talk at that King's Cross limbo place was by Voldemort casting the Killing Curse at Harry in the forest, destroying the Horcrux in Harry he unintentionally made the night he murdered his parents. Also, remember back at the end of Goblet of Fire (the book) when Dumbledore had that "gleam of triumph" in his eyes after discovering Voldemort had used Harry's blood to regenerate his self back to human. As long as Harry's blood runs through Voldemort's veins, he can never successfully kill Harry. So taking both of those facts into account, I'm understanding the wand acting on it's own accord a little better now.

And btw, Deathly Hallows (despite some of it's flaws and lackluster epilogue) along with Half-Blood Prince are hands down the best ones in the entire series. Hopefully with the film adaptation being split as two movies, they'll be able to make much needed improvements on the very few flaws found in the book.

Ohhh. Ok that makes a whole lotta sense now.

Damn, I need to seriously reread that book.

 

[scains]

^ Yeah, me too.

 

[luminum]

^Wooooooord.