JS on killing off Nat:

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Luciene Higher Spirit
15 Jun 08 - 13:18
Questioner asked if he felt bad about killing Nat:
Jonathan Stroud wrote:I didn't feel bad about Nat, not really - I'd have felt worse if I'd betrayed him by giving him some kind of dodgy moral get-out clause at the end. I think he had to redeem himself this way.
:D He's fully talking about HP

also, I love how he included the word moral. And how this proves BT is less preachy then all those other cabbagety fantasy fiction books.
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Mwamba Higher Spirit
15 Jun 08 - 15:33
Well, Harry didn't really need to redeem himself. (Unless you count him touching that filth Ginny---bleech.)

But yeah, Nat's death>stupid effing epilogue.
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Rekhyt2238 Utukku
15 Jun 08 - 21:38
Thats funny.....His death, is SOOOO much better than that damn epilogue!

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15 Jun 08 - 22:14
The epilogue should have been a whole lot better, but JS is right; Nat's death doesn't really fit with the "they all lived happily ever after" kind of ending. More like "they lived happily ever after but not without consequences".
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26 Jun 08 - 06:00
I liked Nat's death. It was sad, of course, but fitting, too. ^_^
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
29 Jun 08 - 23:52
Perfectly.
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1 Jul 08 - 14:25
Luciene wrote:Questioner asked if he felt bad about killing Nat:
Jonathan Stroud wrote:I didn't feel bad about Nat, not really - I'd have felt worse if I'd betrayed him by giving him some kind of dodgy moral get-out clause at the end. I think he had to redeem himself this way.
:D He's fully talking about HP
wrote:Well, Harry didn't need to really redeem himself.
I think Luciene was talking about Snape. It fits him thoroughly. That's one reason why I always felt Nat & Snape are really alike.
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Cassie Mite
5 Jul 08 - 20:01
My sentiments exactly. Nathaniel's death was the only way to redeem himself. If he had lived, it would have been more sad. Of course I cried at the end, but it had to be done.
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7 Jul 08 - 16:39
I guess the ending shows us how horribly unfair life can be... -_-
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