omfg.... HP mania x1000000x100 XD
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kolAm so sick right now I can't think straight. I finished HP5 a little over six (wrote sick XD) hours after I got it. Am having mixed feelings... but am sick.
Ok, I am a D/G shipper above all other ships. I stayed in the HP fandom for the D/G ship. I did not like Harry Potter that much in the last book-- in fact I felt that he was far to unfeeling and I didn't sympathize with him.
Book five, however, was totally different. I loved Harry as he grew angry with himself, with not KNOWING what was going on, with having to put up with so much abuse from the world even if it was for doing what he thought was right-- IE the whole part on saving Dudley's enormous butt. Harry was an admirable hero for me, because he had so many qualities I could finally get from him. His anger, his sudden and unwanted rise to leading people in revolt in D.A.D.A. to do what he knew was right-- here, finally, was a character I could get behind and cheer for!
Nothing goes 100% the way you want it to go-- you don't go out and win the Cup and get the Girl. You don't have everyone and their mother loving you-- bad publicity is something that shows up far more then the good. People don't live for ever-- they die, and that death leaves you ALONE.
But Harry grew in this book. I loved how he grew angry. I absolutely loved how he handled everything-- he was so beautiful it DID make me cry. There was no place for Harry to be happy or content-- WAR is coming, and Harry had to realize that it was going to be either him or Voldie. I really don't think he realized that. He was moping way too much earlier-- here he got off his rear and acted.
Harry was no longer a passive hero. He went after his destiny and did what he thought was right-- he went to save Sirius, even though it wasn't the smartest thing he could have done. But, he was smart-- he didn't go charging off alone, and although he didn't want to have the "newies" go with him, they did.
I got his jealous over Ron, I got his feelings for Cho, and I really got the nightmares. I got both the apathy he faced while waiting for news and I got the trying everything he could think of to get news. I LOVED the hiding out in the flowerbed scene-- honestly, that sticks out even now!
I loved how Ginny came out into her own. I did not get the "Ron with breasts" vibe from her-- if anything, she's more of a merging of the twins, Harry, and Hermione. Ginny is a smart girl-- one only has to look back to her shutting off the music box that was lulling everyone to sleep in the Black House for an example of her wits. But, she's also subtle-- she never vocalized how much she was bothered by her poverty in the second book (quietly mending the school book, only telling her diary), she kept secrets, she snuck out and learned how to play Quiddach all by herself. This was a Ginny I could see, a Ginny I WANTED for so long. I love this Ginny-- I love everything about her, and I only wish that she had gotten more viewing in the previous books so more people would get over themselves and stop saying she's a horrible character.
I loved Tonks-- I was shocked by how many people labeled her a Mary Sue. She was so fun! And Clumsy! I hate Mary Sues unless they are intentionally done for humor-- and I did not get that vibe from Tonks. She sparkled with personality, a character I enjoyed so much! I can't help but feel people are so used to women in HP being portrayed as Schoolmarms, crazy women (fangirls and of the Trelawney varieties), and bookish girls to get Tonks. She's fun, a minor character who I enjoyed because she was a good rolemodel-- she was an Auror, kicked butt, and had faults. She did not seem like a horrible character and I am very interested in seeing more of her.
Luna, however, is an odd character. I really liked her reading the newspaper/magazine upside down, I loved how she was so eccentric... but she didn't impress me as much as Tonks. She was so right... it was grating... but I did like how at the end Harry was able to accept her oddness and not ridicule it. I think that was an important thing about Harry-- he didn't feel the need to call out how bad Luna was, which I do get the feeling James would have.
Speaking of ridicule, the Draco-is-Snape-and-Harry-is-James argument is not valid anymore-- Draco has become James of this generation, in my opinion. What sets Harry apart is that he has friends-- something that drives Snape to really dislike him. I don't think Snape is bullying Harry just because he looks so much like James-- I think Snape is jealous of Harry's friendships and the fact he hasn't self-distructed yet, which I think Snape did.
I was never a big fan of Sirius-- he always lept out as a bad role model for me, and I never really felt like he was all that important. He was just an excuse for Harry to complain about-- why do I have to be at the Dursleys when I can be with Sirius? Harry is often found to say, a note that always left a sour taste in my mouth about Harry. Harry always looked for excuses in the previous books-- he never took a look around and accepted his place as he did here.
Hermione... Ron... they were in the book. Hermione didn't grow, I don't think-- but Ron got over a lot of his jealous nature towards Harry, which I think is extremely important for the future. I think the decision to give Ron the prefict badge was the smartest thing that Dumbledore did in this book-- Ron NEEDED something to feel he had self worth for, and he got it. However, Ron didn't let it go to his head like it did for Percy-- he found that the responsiblities with the good things was really hard, and probably realized that being Harry wasn't the right thing for him.
Ron needs to learn to shut up and think before he acts-- he's still a boy. I still like Ron, possibly more now then before, so don't yell that I'm raging that he's horrible here-- but he needs to realize that growing up is something you don't rush into. I love the reactions everyone had to Ron getting the Prefict badge-- it was awesome and super XD.
The twins... totally rocked. I loved the imagry of Animal Farm and the twins going out in style. They remain among my favorite characters, and I'm terribly sorry that they won't be in the next books. Their comic relief will be sorely missed, I think. I loved their ear devices, I loved how Ginny fit with them... I just loved everything about them in this book! I always love the twins, though, so that wasn't too much of a shock.
Neville, however, was, despite the fact I KNEW there was going to be something about him. I love Neville-- I love how he came into his own here. I love how he worked with Harry-- I loved how he almost thrashed Draco-- I love how everyone in the book almost thrashed Draco, which is odd because I hated that element in previous books. Draco in this book really iritated me, and I know for a fact it's because I'm a D/G shipper. I loved Neville so much... must write a massive Neville fanfic now XD. Neville was so awesome, I loved him as much as I loved how Harry turned out in this book. Both of them are so good together-- I hope they work together to destroy Voldie.
In fact, I really hope that's what happens-- there were subtle hints in the book about things not going the way they are seen. What if the prophesy was wrong, and it isn't ONE boy that will defeat Voldie, but two? I honestly feel very stronly that THIS is what's going to happen, but that could be the delerium of my 101 fever thinking randomly again XD.
Snape... I got Snape finally. I thought Snape was going to turn traitor so bad, and was so relieved when he didn't. I love how Harry was so upset with Dumbledore over Sirius and him taking the side of Snape-- I never liked Sirius, but it was very in character for Harry to do, and it really made me feel for Snape. I think both him and Harry hate each other-- their hatred is not just based on the past, but has grown because both just don't like the other.
I think it has to do with the two of them being outsiders. I think the next books will be Snape being vindicated a little, and Harry realizing the world isn't black and white, and I think Snape will be the one that shows that the world is gray. He has become the Snape from the First Book, the Snape I liked. I want to see more of this Snape, not the one in the third book, because I really hated that Snape.
Draco... I'm not even going there. The whole EVERYONE versus SLYTHERIN thing is so annoying it isn't even funny. I loved the Hufflepuff response-- Ernie going up to Harry and saying he believed him was so core to what I always believed was about the Huffles-- they are loyal to Dumbledore, and I think that for Ernie to give up his anger at Harry for the death of Cedric is a massive statement for Ernie and the Huffles as a whole.
And I got to see more of Susan. Must have more of Susan Bones-- she was in one of my fanfics-that-will-never-be-seen-online, after all. I loooooved the whole D.A. parts-- I loved Dobby in this book, and I adored everything about the revolt of the students AND the teachers. Rowling took a massively huge risk here, and I love her for it.
HOWEVER, I hate the ending of the book.
Haha, bet you didn't see that coming.
I hate the prophecy. It was a childish angle and I really think that Rowling took an easy out here-- but I realize that Harry was the one who needed to realize that it was him versus voldie, so I guess that part was ok.
However... it just seemed like a childish angle. It really bothered me-- it was ... bothersome.
I hated the end of RoTK too, so I guess I just hate endings like that. I loved how Luna was part of the group, but I really hated how HP and Gang dealt with Draco-- it was way too much of a mimic of last year, and went against everything Harry had learned this year, especially about his father and Snape. It was like a slap in the face, and it wasn't because I'm a fandom!draco lover-- it was because I was a reader, and I felt it was a slap in the face because it insulted my memory of the last book and of the events in this book.
It was so childish. It was an awful way to end the book-- just awful. I got it in the fourth book-- Harry was emotional over Cedric-- but it was so horrible to end this book that way. I really fear for Harry-- he make so much progress, and regressed to childish games at the end, undermining everything he learned in the book. It was painful to read and totally ruined about half the book for me.
I loved everything that happened at the Black House-- I loved finding out that Sirius was related to Draco, furthering the impression that Harry-is-like-Snape, not the other way around. I was enthralled with the Molly and the Bogard scene-- that woke me up, actually. I knew I had to stop thinking that this was a "Harry Potter saves the day" book and realize it was a dark novel. And it wasn't going to be a pretty ending-- I knew Sirius was going to die previously, so I was apathetic to his characterisation in the book.
Well, scratch that, I really disliked him by the end of the book, but that's just me. I am in a small minority-- I think I'm one of the few people who actually liked new!Ginny and Tonks and liked the novel as a whole.
But... the real ending... was crap. I'm sorry, it just was. I get the adults going to help stop the abuse, but it was so happy! joy! that it hurt. I turned that last page in shock-- this was it? Where was the edge? We're at war, but Harry is going to be ok this summer?! What the hell?!
I was even more pissed off by the explaination of the Ghosts. It was just stuck in there-- I wanted it to be more subtle and less obvious it was only there to answer that question. It was painful and needed way more info into it, I think, but we'll probably get more in the next book.
And Ginny's dealing with the past... not enough detail. REALLY crappy there. Annoyed me so much I got up and blew my nose loudly to show my disgust. Oh, wait, it was also because my nose was leaking, but I'm sick, so you can forgive me. But seriously, it was really crappy there. Love the new Ginny, hate the fact that she wasn't ... Ginny. I mean, she just stuck out. I love her... but ... not as much as I thought it would. Tonks was just too cool XD.
And... Hagrid... I love him now, and I really didn't get him. Him bringing back his brother, his brother wanting him... it actually made me tear up, and it wasn't because of a massive sneeze either. It was so sad... him and Harry both stood out in this book. I'm so happy that Harry has a firm base of friends, because the poor boy would be insane without them!
And, finally, the D.A.D.A teacher was so insane... she was funny. But creepy. She was the perfect mix-- I laughed at her later antics, was creeped out with her obsession with Harry's blood, and totally found her a horrible character-- which she was supposed to be. But, I needed more-- why was she so horrible? Was she bitten by a halfbreed thing at one point? What was the real reason for her terror and fury over halfbreeds? I needed more here, and I didn't get it. She wasn't satisfying as a villain because of that, which is something that I've yet to get from an HP villain so I can forgive it.
But... Bellatrix... dude, she totally was a psychobitch. She scared the crap out of me-- that whole scene was so weird it worked. I love that scene, was terrified of Bellatrix... cheered when Neville stood up... it was just too much....
So, the book was good, if a long read. The ending ruined the entire ... last half of the book for me, though, so I'm upset about that. It was like, oh, forget about all the pain and suffering, because Sirius is dead we'll get behind you and make your life better at the Dursleys, and we'll forget about Harry's development and learning of his father being a bully JUST LIKE MALFOY and rising to his level FOR THE SECOND TIME.
I realize Harry is a teenage boy, but that scene will forever be a let down for me. I cannot express to you how upset I was as a reader and as a fan when I saw that scene. It truly ruined the experience for me, and for that I am upset.
But the book itself was worth the agony of reading it with a flu with no medication.
*basks in medicated heaven*
So there you go. Loved Harry, Hated Draco-- first time that has happened since the first book. Book 5 ok, will probably like it more when my head decides to stop beating itself up XD
But, because of Book 5, I might not finish Delusions. I have no urge to write Draco now-- and my Ginny is AU, because she still had a crush on Harry >.<. I don't know, I'll have to think hard about it...
Ok, I am a D/G shipper above all other ships. I stayed in the HP fandom for the D/G ship. I did not like Harry Potter that much in the last book-- in fact I felt that he was far to unfeeling and I didn't sympathize with him.
Book five, however, was totally different. I loved Harry as he grew angry with himself, with not KNOWING what was going on, with having to put up with so much abuse from the world even if it was for doing what he thought was right-- IE the whole part on saving Dudley's enormous butt. Harry was an admirable hero for me, because he had so many qualities I could finally get from him. His anger, his sudden and unwanted rise to leading people in revolt in D.A.D.A. to do what he knew was right-- here, finally, was a character I could get behind and cheer for!
Nothing goes 100% the way you want it to go-- you don't go out and win the Cup and get the Girl. You don't have everyone and their mother loving you-- bad publicity is something that shows up far more then the good. People don't live for ever-- they die, and that death leaves you ALONE.
But Harry grew in this book. I loved how he grew angry. I absolutely loved how he handled everything-- he was so beautiful it DID make me cry. There was no place for Harry to be happy or content-- WAR is coming, and Harry had to realize that it was going to be either him or Voldie. I really don't think he realized that. He was moping way too much earlier-- here he got off his rear and acted.
Harry was no longer a passive hero. He went after his destiny and did what he thought was right-- he went to save Sirius, even though it wasn't the smartest thing he could have done. But, he was smart-- he didn't go charging off alone, and although he didn't want to have the "newies" go with him, they did.
I got his jealous over Ron, I got his feelings for Cho, and I really got the nightmares. I got both the apathy he faced while waiting for news and I got the trying everything he could think of to get news. I LOVED the hiding out in the flowerbed scene-- honestly, that sticks out even now!
I loved how Ginny came out into her own. I did not get the "Ron with breasts" vibe from her-- if anything, she's more of a merging of the twins, Harry, and Hermione. Ginny is a smart girl-- one only has to look back to her shutting off the music box that was lulling everyone to sleep in the Black House for an example of her wits. But, she's also subtle-- she never vocalized how much she was bothered by her poverty in the second book (quietly mending the school book, only telling her diary), she kept secrets, she snuck out and learned how to play Quiddach all by herself. This was a Ginny I could see, a Ginny I WANTED for so long. I love this Ginny-- I love everything about her, and I only wish that she had gotten more viewing in the previous books so more people would get over themselves and stop saying she's a horrible character.
I loved Tonks-- I was shocked by how many people labeled her a Mary Sue. She was so fun! And Clumsy! I hate Mary Sues unless they are intentionally done for humor-- and I did not get that vibe from Tonks. She sparkled with personality, a character I enjoyed so much! I can't help but feel people are so used to women in HP being portrayed as Schoolmarms, crazy women (fangirls and of the Trelawney varieties), and bookish girls to get Tonks. She's fun, a minor character who I enjoyed because she was a good rolemodel-- she was an Auror, kicked butt, and had faults. She did not seem like a horrible character and I am very interested in seeing more of her.
Luna, however, is an odd character. I really liked her reading the newspaper/magazine upside down, I loved how she was so eccentric... but she didn't impress me as much as Tonks. She was so right... it was grating... but I did like how at the end Harry was able to accept her oddness and not ridicule it. I think that was an important thing about Harry-- he didn't feel the need to call out how bad Luna was, which I do get the feeling James would have.
Speaking of ridicule, the Draco-is-Snape-and-Harry-is-James argument is not valid anymore-- Draco has become James of this generation, in my opinion. What sets Harry apart is that he has friends-- something that drives Snape to really dislike him. I don't think Snape is bullying Harry just because he looks so much like James-- I think Snape is jealous of Harry's friendships and the fact he hasn't self-distructed yet, which I think Snape did.
I was never a big fan of Sirius-- he always lept out as a bad role model for me, and I never really felt like he was all that important. He was just an excuse for Harry to complain about-- why do I have to be at the Dursleys when I can be with Sirius? Harry is often found to say, a note that always left a sour taste in my mouth about Harry. Harry always looked for excuses in the previous books-- he never took a look around and accepted his place as he did here.
Hermione... Ron... they were in the book. Hermione didn't grow, I don't think-- but Ron got over a lot of his jealous nature towards Harry, which I think is extremely important for the future. I think the decision to give Ron the prefict badge was the smartest thing that Dumbledore did in this book-- Ron NEEDED something to feel he had self worth for, and he got it. However, Ron didn't let it go to his head like it did for Percy-- he found that the responsiblities with the good things was really hard, and probably realized that being Harry wasn't the right thing for him.
Ron needs to learn to shut up and think before he acts-- he's still a boy. I still like Ron, possibly more now then before, so don't yell that I'm raging that he's horrible here-- but he needs to realize that growing up is something you don't rush into. I love the reactions everyone had to Ron getting the Prefict badge-- it was awesome and super XD.
The twins... totally rocked. I loved the imagry of Animal Farm and the twins going out in style. They remain among my favorite characters, and I'm terribly sorry that they won't be in the next books. Their comic relief will be sorely missed, I think. I loved their ear devices, I loved how Ginny fit with them... I just loved everything about them in this book! I always love the twins, though, so that wasn't too much of a shock.
Neville, however, was, despite the fact I KNEW there was going to be something about him. I love Neville-- I love how he came into his own here. I love how he worked with Harry-- I loved how he almost thrashed Draco-- I love how everyone in the book almost thrashed Draco, which is odd because I hated that element in previous books. Draco in this book really iritated me, and I know for a fact it's because I'm a D/G shipper. I loved Neville so much... must write a massive Neville fanfic now XD. Neville was so awesome, I loved him as much as I loved how Harry turned out in this book. Both of them are so good together-- I hope they work together to destroy Voldie.
In fact, I really hope that's what happens-- there were subtle hints in the book about things not going the way they are seen. What if the prophesy was wrong, and it isn't ONE boy that will defeat Voldie, but two? I honestly feel very stronly that THIS is what's going to happen, but that could be the delerium of my 101 fever thinking randomly again XD.
Snape... I got Snape finally. I thought Snape was going to turn traitor so bad, and was so relieved when he didn't. I love how Harry was so upset with Dumbledore over Sirius and him taking the side of Snape-- I never liked Sirius, but it was very in character for Harry to do, and it really made me feel for Snape. I think both him and Harry hate each other-- their hatred is not just based on the past, but has grown because both just don't like the other.
I think it has to do with the two of them being outsiders. I think the next books will be Snape being vindicated a little, and Harry realizing the world isn't black and white, and I think Snape will be the one that shows that the world is gray. He has become the Snape from the First Book, the Snape I liked. I want to see more of this Snape, not the one in the third book, because I really hated that Snape.
Draco... I'm not even going there. The whole EVERYONE versus SLYTHERIN thing is so annoying it isn't even funny. I loved the Hufflepuff response-- Ernie going up to Harry and saying he believed him was so core to what I always believed was about the Huffles-- they are loyal to Dumbledore, and I think that for Ernie to give up his anger at Harry for the death of Cedric is a massive statement for Ernie and the Huffles as a whole.
And I got to see more of Susan. Must have more of Susan Bones-- she was in one of my fanfics-that-will-never-be-seen-online, after all. I loooooved the whole D.A. parts-- I loved Dobby in this book, and I adored everything about the revolt of the students AND the teachers. Rowling took a massively huge risk here, and I love her for it.
HOWEVER, I hate the ending of the book.
Haha, bet you didn't see that coming.
I hate the prophecy. It was a childish angle and I really think that Rowling took an easy out here-- but I realize that Harry was the one who needed to realize that it was him versus voldie, so I guess that part was ok.
However... it just seemed like a childish angle. It really bothered me-- it was ... bothersome.
I hated the end of RoTK too, so I guess I just hate endings like that. I loved how Luna was part of the group, but I really hated how HP and Gang dealt with Draco-- it was way too much of a mimic of last year, and went against everything Harry had learned this year, especially about his father and Snape. It was like a slap in the face, and it wasn't because I'm a fandom!draco lover-- it was because I was a reader, and I felt it was a slap in the face because it insulted my memory of the last book and of the events in this book.
It was so childish. It was an awful way to end the book-- just awful. I got it in the fourth book-- Harry was emotional over Cedric-- but it was so horrible to end this book that way. I really fear for Harry-- he make so much progress, and regressed to childish games at the end, undermining everything he learned in the book. It was painful to read and totally ruined about half the book for me.
I loved everything that happened at the Black House-- I loved finding out that Sirius was related to Draco, furthering the impression that Harry-is-like-Snape, not the other way around. I was enthralled with the Molly and the Bogard scene-- that woke me up, actually. I knew I had to stop thinking that this was a "Harry Potter saves the day" book and realize it was a dark novel. And it wasn't going to be a pretty ending-- I knew Sirius was going to die previously, so I was apathetic to his characterisation in the book.
Well, scratch that, I really disliked him by the end of the book, but that's just me. I am in a small minority-- I think I'm one of the few people who actually liked new!Ginny and Tonks and liked the novel as a whole.
But... the real ending... was crap. I'm sorry, it just was. I get the adults going to help stop the abuse, but it was so happy! joy! that it hurt. I turned that last page in shock-- this was it? Where was the edge? We're at war, but Harry is going to be ok this summer?! What the hell?!
I was even more pissed off by the explaination of the Ghosts. It was just stuck in there-- I wanted it to be more subtle and less obvious it was only there to answer that question. It was painful and needed way more info into it, I think, but we'll probably get more in the next book.
And Ginny's dealing with the past... not enough detail. REALLY crappy there. Annoyed me so much I got up and blew my nose loudly to show my disgust. Oh, wait, it was also because my nose was leaking, but I'm sick, so you can forgive me. But seriously, it was really crappy there. Love the new Ginny, hate the fact that she wasn't ... Ginny. I mean, she just stuck out. I love her... but ... not as much as I thought it would. Tonks was just too cool XD.
And... Hagrid... I love him now, and I really didn't get him. Him bringing back his brother, his brother wanting him... it actually made me tear up, and it wasn't because of a massive sneeze either. It was so sad... him and Harry both stood out in this book. I'm so happy that Harry has a firm base of friends, because the poor boy would be insane without them!
And, finally, the D.A.D.A teacher was so insane... she was funny. But creepy. She was the perfect mix-- I laughed at her later antics, was creeped out with her obsession with Harry's blood, and totally found her a horrible character-- which she was supposed to be. But, I needed more-- why was she so horrible? Was she bitten by a halfbreed thing at one point? What was the real reason for her terror and fury over halfbreeds? I needed more here, and I didn't get it. She wasn't satisfying as a villain because of that, which is something that I've yet to get from an HP villain so I can forgive it.
But... Bellatrix... dude, she totally was a psychobitch. She scared the crap out of me-- that whole scene was so weird it worked. I love that scene, was terrified of Bellatrix... cheered when Neville stood up... it was just too much....
So, the book was good, if a long read. The ending ruined the entire ... last half of the book for me, though, so I'm upset about that. It was like, oh, forget about all the pain and suffering, because Sirius is dead we'll get behind you and make your life better at the Dursleys, and we'll forget about Harry's development and learning of his father being a bully JUST LIKE MALFOY and rising to his level FOR THE SECOND TIME.
I realize Harry is a teenage boy, but that scene will forever be a let down for me. I cannot express to you how upset I was as a reader and as a fan when I saw that scene. It truly ruined the experience for me, and for that I am upset.
But the book itself was worth the agony of reading it with a flu with no medication.
*basks in medicated heaven*
So there you go. Loved Harry, Hated Draco-- first time that has happened since the first book. Book 5 ok, will probably like it more when my head decides to stop beating itself up XD
But, because of Book 5, I might not finish Delusions. I have no urge to write Draco now-- and my Ginny is AU, because she still had a crush on Harry >.<. I don't know, I'll have to think hard about it...
