Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue.
Camilla Send a noteboard - 08/04/2010 03:25:38 PM
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.
I rather liked how she dealt with deaths. Deaths usually don't have meaning. And deaths of that kind (sudden/violent) are surprising. I like how Rowling does not grow pathetic over these deaths, precisely because the character through whom we see all this does not manage to grasp what is happening, and then promptly goes into shock. It is one of her better turns as a writer.
Dumbledore begging Snape to do it made a lot of sense. It fleshed out both characters. Why is it inconsistent? Dumbledore will do anything to keep Draco from splitting his soul; Snape does not want to kill Dumbledore. You seem to have completely missed the point of that scene.
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.
I liked the epilogue, too.
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Harry Potter (the entire series)
06/04/2010 11:00:07 PM
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Re: Harry Potter (the entire series)
06/04/2010 11:29:49 PM
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Really?
07/04/2010 05:41:46 PM
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I honestly think it's a combination of the two
07/04/2010 05:55:18 PM
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I'll give you that....
07/04/2010 06:11:27 PM
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It does seem logical that the series gets more teenager-oriented as Harry grows older.
07/04/2010 06:47:57 PM
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Re: Harry Potter (the entire series)
07/04/2010 12:26:22 AM
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I get where you're coming from
07/04/2010 06:19:13 PM
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That's kind of the point though...
07/04/2010 08:44:26 PM
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This is how I see it too
08/04/2010 12:43:03 AM
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just a comment about your rich=bad
08/04/2010 02:05:32 AM
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I agree with many of your points.
07/04/2010 12:44:31 AM
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I have to dispute the concept of going "too far."
07/04/2010 06:32:47 AM
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Hm, I don't know.
07/04/2010 11:08:12 AM
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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
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Where is this debate? I'd like to read it.
08/04/2010 05:18:38 PM
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I should have put "debate" in quotes. It's about four sentences long.
08/04/2010 10:32:43 PM
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More conversation on Snape.
07/04/2010 06:01:37 PM
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His death wasn't very spectacular, but he did play an essential role...
07/04/2010 06:45:58 PM
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Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue.
07/04/2010 07:13:55 AM
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Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue.
07/04/2010 06:09:20 PM
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The movies are even worse about this.
07/04/2010 06:15:35 PM
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Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen.
08/04/2010 07:24:31 AM
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Re: Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen.
08/04/2010 03:27:09 PM
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Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue.
08/04/2010 03:25:38 PM
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Harry Potter and Star Wars have two radically different approaches to this
07/04/2010 06:13:25 PM
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When my son asked for his own set of Harry Potter books,
07/04/2010 10:26:37 PM
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This is assuming of course...
07/04/2010 11:00:15 PM
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I was most irritated by the ironic names
08/04/2010 05:38:59 AM
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Re: I was most irritated by the ironic names
08/04/2010 10:07:40 PM
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Exactly - it's not as obvious if you're a kid, then it seems clever and it's fun to decode.
09/04/2010 01:04:11 AM
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