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Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Aemon Send a noteboard - 07/04/2010 07:13:55 AM
Magic

I agree with you on the magic being inconsistent, but my larger problem with it was that became too simplistic. The earlier books were full of new and unusual magic. In the later books, magic use seemed to be limited to unforgivable curses, along with the occasional stunning or disarming spell. I was hooked by a story about a kid living at a boarding school teaching magic, and the last few books basically threw that away entirely, with hogwarts (as well as study in general) dwindling into the background. Ah well.

Dumbledore

I hated the way in which Dumbledore died. I didn't care too much about his actual death, but I spent the rest of the series waiting for his death to mean something, or to be explained. Neither one ever happened. Dumbledore going down without a fight, begging Snape to do it. . .both were so completely out of character that I knew it had to be a trick. But it wasn't. It was just a very puzzling, anticlimactic death. Cedric's death was far more meaningful and dramatic, and we only knew him for a book or two. Dumbledore was Harry's mentor for the entire series, as well as the most powerful wizard in the world, and he got nothin'. Bah.

The Epilogue

Everyone I've talked to hated this, but I actually enjoyed it. It was cheesy, true, but I really like to see things get back to normal after big battles for some reason. Too many stories show you the fight, but very little of what everyone is fighting for. Always seems like you win the prize, but never get to find out what it is. Sure it might make a more dramatic ending to fade to black as the last arrow falls, but, darn it, I want to know if my gang got their happy ending or not. :P
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Harry Potter (the entire series) - 06/04/2010 11:00:07 PM 1925 Views
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Really? - 07/04/2010 05:41:46 PM 1254 Views
I honestly think it's a combination of the two - 07/04/2010 05:55:18 PM 1125 Views
I'll give you that.... - 07/04/2010 06:11:27 PM 1167 Views
Yeah, I believe she's explicitly said she did that on purpose - 10/04/2010 08:24:47 PM 1071 Views
Um...you forgot a book. - 06/04/2010 11:37:27 PM 1183 Views
My bad...much thanks for reminding me. - 07/04/2010 05:43:53 PM 1148 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) - 07/04/2010 12:26:22 AM 1482 Views
I get where you're coming from - 07/04/2010 06:19:13 PM 1265 Views
That's kind of the point though... - 07/04/2010 08:44:26 PM 1188 Views
This is how I see it too - 08/04/2010 12:43:03 AM 1324 Views
just a comment about your rich=bad - 08/04/2010 02:05:32 AM 1269 Views
Re: just a comment about your rich=bad - 08/04/2010 05:58:13 PM 1270 Views
it was a bit black and white... - 08/04/2010 08:48:05 PM 1089 Views
I agree with many of your points. - 07/04/2010 12:44:31 AM 1383 Views
I have to dispute the concept of going "too far." - 07/04/2010 06:32:47 AM 1136 Views
Hm, I don't know. - 07/04/2010 11:08:12 AM 1189 Views
This is a lot like the argument I'm having with Joel on the CMB concerning original sin. - 08/04/2010 07:21:39 AM 1106 Views
Where is this debate? I'd like to read it. - 08/04/2010 05:18:38 PM 1772 Views
I agree entirely about Snape *NM* - 07/04/2010 11:50:00 AM 555 Views
More conversation on Snape. - 07/04/2010 06:01:37 PM 1435 Views
Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. - 07/04/2010 07:13:55 AM 1484 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. - 07/04/2010 06:09:20 PM 1312 Views
The movies are even worse about this. - 07/04/2010 06:15:35 PM 1185 Views
Hmmm.... - 07/04/2010 06:21:40 PM 1169 Views
Oh, that's definitely why they did it - 09/04/2010 06:44:50 AM 1496 Views
how many high school relationships... - 08/04/2010 02:13:48 AM 1160 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. - 08/04/2010 03:25:38 PM 1281 Views
Harry Potter and Star Wars have two radically different approaches to this - 07/04/2010 06:13:25 PM 1397 Views
When my son asked for his own set of Harry Potter books, - 07/04/2010 10:26:37 PM 1218 Views
This is assuming of course... - 07/04/2010 11:00:15 PM 1263 Views
yes, that's where parenting gets "complicated" - 08/04/2010 02:16:06 AM 1169 Views
You are taking this a bit extreme I feel. - 08/04/2010 08:51:34 AM 1106 Views
I agree. *NM* - 08/04/2010 06:11:06 PM 500 Views
Re: This is assuming of course... - 08/04/2010 03:30:33 PM 1321 Views
I am the same way with a few books. - 08/04/2010 08:05:04 PM 1153 Views
I was most irritated by the ironic names - 08/04/2010 05:38:59 AM 1277 Views
Re: I was most irritated by the ironic names - 08/04/2010 10:07:40 PM 1709 Views
Sheriff Lobo wasn't a werewolf, either, and Bear wasn't a bear. - 09/04/2010 12:47:48 AM 1116 Views

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