Really? Huh. It just didn't do anything for me. Well, no, I liked some of the middle. And I did cry, but I wouldn't have if I wasn't currently bleeding from my vagina.
But there were some pretty fantastic lines that, when taken out of context, made me laugh madly.
"There was no need to stick the wand in that hard," might be my favorite, though. Oh, the mental images...
Still processing, but here's my scary rabid Snape fangirl interpretation. For what it's worth.
Snape is a double agent in deep cover. We knew that already. We just haven't seen it first-hand before. I went into this thinking Dumbledore would die, and when Narcissa made Severus promise to fulfil Draco's mission should he fail, I knew, KNEW, Snape would kill Dumbledore by the end of the book. What else could Draco's mission be?
Now, come the actual death--immediately before, Dumbledore took a whole lot of poison, asked Harry to kill him, and then asked Harry to get Snape. Do you really think Snape had an antidote, or that Dumbledore thought he had an antidote? I think Dumbledore sent for Snape to do what Harry wouldn't--end it. If Snape really is working for Dumbledore, Dumbledore knows about the Unbreakable Vow. I think the "Severus, please," and subsequent quick Avada Kedavra is Snape fulfilling Dumbledore's last orders.
Draco, for all his upbringing, doesn't have it in him to be a murderer. Not really. I also think Dumbledore and Snape wanted to protect him from that.
And last but not least, if Snape really was evil he'd be killing Harry himself, not calling off the Death Eaters and telling them to leave Harry to Voldemort.
I have to admit, I thought Draco's mission would be something more to do with getting Harry than getting Dumbledore, but that was just my unwillingness to think too hard about what might happen, and my willingness to fall for every one of JKR's red herrings, and I agree entirely with every word. Except the Snape fangirl bit. I'm so not one. But I still agree.
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Date: 2005-07-16 05:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-16 05:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-16 05:50 pm (UTC)In all of those pages, I was only surprised once.
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Date: 2005-07-16 05:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-16 05:55 pm (UTC)But there were some pretty fantastic lines that, when taken out of context, made me laugh madly.
"There was no need to stick the wand in that hard," might be my favorite, though. Oh, the mental images...
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Date: 2005-07-16 05:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-16 05:58 pm (UTC)Have you liked it?
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Date: 2005-07-16 06:08 pm (UTC)Also, I still love Snape. :)
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Date: 2005-07-16 06:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-16 06:26 pm (UTC)Snape is a double agent in deep cover. We knew that already. We just haven't seen it first-hand before. I went into this thinking Dumbledore would die, and when Narcissa made Severus promise to fulfil Draco's mission should he fail, I knew, KNEW, Snape would kill Dumbledore by the end of the book. What else could Draco's mission be?
Now, come the actual death--immediately before, Dumbledore took a whole lot of poison, asked Harry to kill him, and then asked Harry to get Snape. Do you really think Snape had an antidote, or that Dumbledore thought he had an antidote? I think Dumbledore sent for Snape to do what Harry wouldn't--end it. If Snape really is working for Dumbledore, Dumbledore knows about the Unbreakable Vow. I think the "Severus, please," and subsequent quick Avada Kedavra is Snape fulfilling Dumbledore's last orders.
Draco, for all his upbringing, doesn't have it in him to be a murderer. Not really. I also think Dumbledore and Snape wanted to protect him from that.
And last but not least, if Snape really was evil he'd be killing Harry himself, not calling off the Death Eaters and telling them to leave Harry to Voldemort.
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Date: 2005-07-16 06:29 pm (UTC)