The obligatory Harry Potter 7 thread with spoilers

[MJW]

Originally posted by snoopy369
* snoopy369 goes off to find his trout...

Okay...

Wait a sec...

:hurl: Did you 'really' mean this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hylb00QNECg

Likely not... but if so...

[snoopy369]

/me found his trout

/me slaps MJW with a trout

[MJW]

Originally posted by snoopy369
* snoopy369 found his trout

* snoopy369 slaps MJW with a trout

Stop raping me!

....

[snoopy369]

You really don't get out much, do you.

[MJW]

Originally posted by snoopy369
You really don't get out much, do you.

I have severe allergies so I cannot go to the great outdoors without suffering. But by shots are changing that.

[snoopy369]

[q="MJW"]by shots[/q]

Sounds like you still have some then. Claritin does wonders for them, really.

[MJW]

Originally posted by snoopy369
[q="MJW"]by shots[/q]

Sounds like you still have some then. Claritin does wonders for them, really.

Okay, I'll see if I can take it. But now it's time to sleep.

[Lonestar]

I have here, translated directly from the book, then end of HP7.

Spoiler:

Gasping for breath, Harry struggled to his hands and knees. It was useless, he knew -- Voldemort was standing over him, glaring balefully down at him through those red slits of eyes -- but his wand was in the corner -- and if he could reach it --

Muscles still twitching, Harry dragged himself forward. Voldemort smiled. "Still struggling, Harry?" he asked silkily. The scar on his forehead might well have been lightning, striking over and over again. "Crucio!"

Pain -- again -- consuming him -- Harry tried to scream, but the pain siezed his throat. He flipped on his back, writhing -- the pain wouldn't go away -- he arched his back -- and it was gone suddenly.

He was looking up at Voldemort's despicably grinning face. The thin lips contorted for a second, then smiled. "Harry Potter. Good-bye." But Harry wasn't listening -- through the haze, he was fascinated by a dot -- a brighter red than Voldemort's dull eyes -- hovering between them.

The Dark Lord raised his wand, shrieked triumphantly, "Avada Kedav--"

-- and his head exploded in a puff of red mist.

For a second, his headless body, spurting black blood, stood there, then toppled slowly over. The Death Eaters stood there, paralyzed. Then the door burst in -- an explosion rocked the room -- a flash that left Harry blind and deaf.

For a moment, Harry could see and hear nothing; all he could feel was the fading pains from the Cruciatus Curse running up and down his body, twitching muscles randomly. Then he was dimply aware of voices shouting, "Down! DOWN ON THE ****ING GROUND! GET DOWN!"

There was a bang -- a shriek from Bellatrix, he was sure -- and then an unfamiliar loud RAT-A-TAT-TAT. Then there was a face leaning over him, chiseled but kindly. "Are you all right?"

He couldn't talk, could only feebly nod. The face smiled. "Good. You're safe." Harry couldn't believe it, but before he could think, he sank down into the welcoming black of unconsciousness.

[Dr Strangelove]

So the SAS kills Voldemort and saves Harry Potter?

[Lonestar]

Yes.

[Sandman]

I thought the book was good.

As said, a few more bits of ending wouldn't have gone amiss, and the epilogue was kinda weak.

[Admiral]

Seconded about the ending. Also, the wandering through the wilderness bits lost narrative focus, and I feel Rowling only included them so the book could span an entire year.

[Sandman]

About the Elder Wand...

Presumably Dumbledore could only beat Grindelwald because Grindelwald stole it and couldn't unlock its power.

Does that make the original owner Gregorovitch... who was killed by Voldemort? Shouldn't the wand have chosen Voldemort as its master?

[Kuciwalker]

Presumably Dumbledore could only beat Grindelwald because Grindelwald stole it and couldn't unlock its power.

I thought it was just because DD was a better wizard, and enough better.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I just finished

I thought it was a really good book and really good finale . Among the books, I list it par with HBP, but just a smidgen behind PoA (which I consider the best book in series). The beginning of the book, after the wedding, was slow. Perhaps that was just a way of showing the reading how the 3 felt, sitting around, not knowing what to do next.

But after Ron rejoins the group, and they destroy the locket, the story REALLY picks up. A great dash to the end. Great touch to have Neville pick up the mantle as troublemaker and get the sword to cut off Nagini's head. And Snape's backstory revealed was wonderful (even though I knew he'd be on the side of good in the end).

I guess those who said Harry was a horcrux and had to die were right . But I never thought that he could come back to life... that was an interesting surprise.

For all the *****ing about the epilogue, I thought it was ok. Sure you could have guessed what happened, but that's not what Rowling wanted to do. It wanted to show that the main characters were ok and had lots of babies. If you want to know about the minor characters, I'm sure Rowling can get you to buy a HP encyclopedia some time in the future .

The Dealthly Hallows turned out to something completely unexpected, but very well done.

And I LOVE how throw away lines in the earlier books come back as huge plot points (the Gaunt bloodlines, etc)!

Farewell, Harry! We'll miss ya!