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OMGWTFEPIGRAPH? The Libation Bearers? Do any of the other books have these, or did JKR suddenly get really pretentious/become overwhelmed by the need to prove her knowledge of Greek tragedy?

Also (and related to Greek tragedy), so many deaths were either lame or just...not shown. Snape's not in the book for like 500 pages and then he promptly dies? There must have been a better way to structure that.

HAHAHA, I seriously thought Mrs. Weasley was possessed. Throughout the book. Her shouting, "THAT'S MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" at the end did nothing to dissuade me of this notion.

JKR totally stole my nose-is-broken-at-a-funeral idea. Which, ok, I did sort of steal from Roger Dodger.

OMG Ron has a driver's license!! Forget everything else, there needs to be fic about this.



The closest thing I have to a HP icon depicts James Spader. Nice.

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I know! I've read a lot about how "brave" (or "ruthless," depending on the writer) she was to kill off so many characters, but anyone can write a throwaway sentence or two about Lupin lying dead on the floor. A lot of my friends were moved by Dobby's death, but...while I found Harry's reaction to it moving, I'd assumed Dobby was a goner from day one. Someone had to be sacrificed to emphasize the Plight of the Elves.

Yeah. Ugh. There's a lot of interesting stuff going on with Snape, but in order to maintain the "omg is snape evol!?!?!" suspense, she can't show us any of it. I'm sure Rickman'll do a fantabulous job with whatever he's given, though, and even if the book had given Snape a lot of excellent moments, I'd worry about their being cut from the film.

His death was lame, though. There's no getting around that. It didn't have to be heroic, but I wish it could've at least been interesting.