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[lumy12]

Tired of seeing/hearing spoilers, I read 350 pages last night and FINISHED Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince.  I am now going to attempt to do my first ever LJ Cut so no one else accidentally sees anything thanks to my big mouth! 

OMG I can't even believe I read so much in one sitting, first of all.  It's not my way.  I like to spread things out.  But I didn't want the entire thing ruined.  When Book 7 comes out, I will drop everything and read it on the first weekend like all the other diehards. 

I first cried when Dumbledore got all misty-eyed, when Harry told him about declaring himself "Dumbledore's man" - awwwwwwwww.  And then I LOVED how Harry tells his buds he'll be safe, he'll be with Dumbledore..... but when they come back it's Dumbledore assuring HARRY that everything's alright because "I'm with you" - awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!  That's when it first seeps into Harry's brain, that he has everything he needs to carry on alone.  I guess I should have seen D's death coming even without the spoiler, but I didn't want to believe it, like the other students I just couldn't imagine a Hogwarts without him, he was invincible.... I don't know how they're going to make this into a movie for little kiddies, the ending is so wonderfully dark.  (I love the Dark Side, even though it makes me cry.... BECAUSE it makes me cry)

I wonder what the heck is up with Snape.  I know he's not the evil man he appears to be, but I was thinking there would be some explanation at the end of this book and there wasn't.  Major set-up for Book 7.

So I finished reading it at 11:30pm, then of course I couldn't fall asleep for another hour (am TIRED today) - I was thinking about the story and crying and trying NOT to think about it, but still crying.... it was awesome.  C will be happy, now she has someone she can discuss the book with, she had kept yelling at me for watching Star Wars when I could have been reading.  Ha!  And now I can go back and look at  alwaysthequiet1 's Harry Potter comments, and the HP community I joined (though it's nowhere near as active as DMA!  DMA rocks!)  I want to re-read all 6 books, have to get Book 1 back from a friend who borrowed it over a year ago and still hasn't read it. 

Comments

[ladystrange2000.livejournal.com]

Hello!

Actually, Harry doesn't have everything he needs, he's just lost his last crutch. Harry doesn't know what the other horcruxes are or how to find them. Kinda sucks.

We Snape fans believe that when Snape and Dumbles looked at each other on the tower that they were having a telepathic conversation, or at least Dumbles was telling Snape to kill him.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Well, okay, maybe "everything he needs" is a poor choice of words. More like "that which you need" ala Yoda to Luke before he goes to face Vader again. And he needed to lose the crutch somehow.

A girl here at work is convinced Snape is evil. I tried to reason with her.... that would be too obvious. There's a REASON Dumbledore trusted him. And not just cuz he's a "trusting old fool."

I think Snape didn't really kill Dumbledore - or, maybe he dealt the final blow, but he was already near death from that potion (to which he probably knew there was no antidote) and Snape needed to keep up appearances so he could continue as double agent. It's the only thing that makes sense, isn't it? I wish Rowling had tied everything together with a pretty little bow at the end.... but I will have to be patient and wait for Book 7 with the rest of the world.

[ladystrange2000.livejournal.com]

Remember when Dumbles was talking aobut the ring, he said that Snape saved his life after he got the ring. Snape probably could have given Dumbles the antedote to the potion in the bowl, heck, Snape probably made the potion in the bowl, but because the DEs were there, he couldn't do it in time to prevent whatever was happening to Dumbles.
You can't reason with haters.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

So you think it wasn't destined for Dumbledore to die then, that he fully expected Snape to be able to save him? I thought all along that Dumbledore knew he was going to die at that point... hmmmm. Interesting.

Another friend I've chatted with wonders why Snape didn't take Harry to Voldemort while he was down, while he had the chance.... like he doesn't really want Harry dead, but why? She doesn't buy the double agent stuff. I still think that's the best explanation though.

[ladystrange2000.livejournal.com]

I think he knew he was going to die soon. The battle with Voldie at the end of "OotP" had weakened him, as had hunting and neutralizing the horcrux(es).

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

And, actually, if Harry is himself a horcrux, as appears to be the case, Voldemort should not actually want him dead - he'd want to keep him alive but isolated somewhere. If Snape wants to take over and be the new dark lord, you would think he'd just kill Harry when he had the chance, right?

[ladystrange2000.livejournal.com]

I don't think Voldie intended Harry to be a horcrux, so it's not clear if Voldie knows Harry has a piece of his soul or not.

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

Yeah he wasn't aware that Harry was in tune with his thoughts in OotP, right? I don't remember him ever catching a clue about that. Does he know that his scar hurts at times? He's sooooooo obviously a horcrux, but I guess V wouldn't know it...

You'd think you could FEEL when you left a piece of your soul in someone, even if by accident?

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

I can't help but wonder if you took OUT the lj cut or if it just didn't work?

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

O_O I don't know! I bet it didn't work, I can't imagine bothering to go take it out later. I did a lot of things in "rich text" format back then... 'til I figured out how much that format sucks (as in, doesn't seem to work right consistently!)

Oh, and alwaysthequiet1 is the first person to un-friend me for being annoying. I see she has since deleted that journal. Pfft.

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

How could anyone think my Wendy is annoying??? *smites them*

[lumy12.livejournal.com]

I knoooooooow! Not like I'm whiny or fangirly or anything ANNOYING like that!

Awww, my Deborah says I'm her Wendy!