Sentynel wrote: Whaaat? Luna starts to go SANE?

There's your fantasies down the drain. No crumple-horned snorcack love for you.

What surprised me about this book was how much JKR relied on real events in history to support her own story. Thinking like that, it's no surprise she'd say they've revolutionized the MOM.... think about Germany after WW2, or Russia after the revolution... Big wars can create big changes, because what war does to the people has a huge impact on society. After all, people change society, right? Or something. I've never taken history, so I'm a bit out of my area here.

I find it amusing how much Jo indulged the fanfiction fans in her epilogue... the possibilities for fanfics about the children are now -endless-, and the playroom is MORE than what they had before. Amirite?

Grindenwald stank of WWII Nazism and a dash of Soviet. Meh, the Magic is Might thigie and the general athmosphere is a bit 1930s Germany.

She indulged it too much. Someone always seem to be flaming someone else in the Potter section of FF.net

I never thought of it like that: good point.

And she gave the shippers new life. Ugh.

Jen wrote:

Sentynel wrote: Whaaat? Luna starts to go SANE?

There's your fantasies down the drain. No crumple-horned snorcack love for you.

:(

Well, at least you can still have the Nargel moments from the books.

Sentynel wrote: :(

"Unleash your imagination and free your soul."

Last I remember, FF.net removed the "and free your soul part."

Meh, my personal fav is "unleash your imagination and free your Sue."

Artemis wrote: And don't forget, pretty much everyone in the previous ministry was killed, so it can't have been too hard to "revolutionize" it.

No, only the higher-up people died, and lots of people were under the Imperius Curse.

What does Sue mean?

Basically a character (usually female) who are portrayed in an overly idealized way and lack...well...dimension. Take for example, Ginny. She's SO beautiful, irresistably 'feisty' (in other words, she's a total bitch but everyone loves her regardless, the main important guy falls in love with her (usually whom the author admires, in this case HP), and just generally a type of character you should avoid when writing stories.

Better definition here.

It's fun writting sues, though. Just give them character flaws as you go and kill them off brutally in the end and no one flames you. ;)

I seriously can't believe that Harry named his kid Albus Severus you can't hate someone for half your life, then find out they loved your mother and suddenly they're your hero, someone to name your son after! <_<

Well he did risk his neck working for the order.

So did a lot of other people. It would have made soo much sense to name him after one of the Marauders.

Anayway, forget the kid, I feel sorry for Snape.

Snape did infiltrate Voldemort's inner circle and remain loyal to Dumbledore throughout... and he killed Dumbledore on command. That can't have been easy.

That said, I do think there were plenty more people more deserving of recognition like that...

Like Sirius, for instance?

I'm a bit disappointed we didn't see the veil in this book.

But it wouldn't it seem a little anti-climatic if they went to see the place where Sirius died right after (or before) they go to Godric's Hollow?

The readers would get tired of all the "poor little orphan Harry"-ness

I thought the ending battle would be at the ministry. I was way off.

Ianna wrote: Like Sirius, for instance? I'm a bit disappointed we didn't see the veil in this book.

Yeah, what the hell? Wasn't that supposed to be resolved?

and it seems fitting the ending battle was at hogwarts. Circle complete, etc.

I'm disappointed we didn't find out about dudley.

did she get bored with her characters? because her after-war efforts are so half-arsed

christ. the more i think about it, the angrier i get.

Yeah, I felt like the book was rushed and she justed to finish it...

And also the veil thing should definately be resolved somehow.