why did they need 7 Harrys to confuse Death Eaters when they all could have disapparated
That's explained; on page 45 of my Australian edition (possibly the same as yours; the book versions are either USA or everyone-else, right?) Moody explains about the 'Trace':
If you, or anyone around you, casts a spell to get you out of here, Thicknesse is going to know about it
Which I thought was a bit suspect - when is this 'Trace' applied to a child? - but I guess it's consistent with the mixup with Dobby's spell in CoS. How do wizarding households get by, though?
thanks, JKR, for anvilling that Harry doesnt like crying girls and that Ginny doesnt
Isn't it embarrassing, I never noticed that anvil? Where is it that Harry actually thinks that he doesn't like crying? I remember - near the end, after Fred's death or the victory? - him noting that Ginny didn't cry. Thanks for pointing it out.
And that brings me to the shipping, which I still hate.
Ditto.
I was, honestly, really scared that Ginny Sue would be injected into the plot at any moment. For a while I thought that the patronus doe was hers, to match Harry's stag. Although it wouldn't have made sense for her to hide from them. So glad Ginny stayed out of it.
My dislike of Ginny from HBP stayed consistent with what I saw of her in DH; in the only two scenes where she does anything, she's either egotistically giving Harry a kiss in lieu of a proper birthday present (had to laugh at the more lascivious folk who suggested that she would have offered Harry certain ... other ... favours, had Ron not barged in; I'm such an innocent!) or, when faced with an invasion of Hogwarts and the destruction of the entire wizarding world, she's selfishly and 'fiercely' stopping Cho from helping out the hero. Bah.
like it’s not even important who he based his affection on.
SPOT ON, Selene!!! Yes, H/G is really no more different than G/Corner or G/Dean. All Harry sees is his trophy girlfriend, she of the 'hard blazing looks' and nice kisses. And that's it.
I didn't think too much of the R/Hr either, although it was much more prevalent and it was clear that R/Hr were happy with each other. Still, it makes one wonder ... the anvils are supposed to tell us that Hermione was attracted to Ron years ago, right? So, she was just waiting for Ron to grow up, to meet her expectations? And thus, equipped with his "12 Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches", Ronnie finally worked out what buttons to push, finally getting his big kiss when he remembers to mention the house elves.
Which makes one ask ... just why was Hermione attracted to Ron in the first place, if she had to wait all that time for him to satisfy all of her criteria?
I would love to read an AU fanfic (if it wasn't for that bloody epilogue, many H/Hr fics wouldn't necessarily be AU) wherein Hermione one day comes across that book of Ron's, and sees scribbled in the margins (shades of HBP!) notes about "say THIS to Hermione", "remember house elves", and such. Even the epilogue, with Ron confunding a muggle, seems to suggest that he hadn't truly changed all that much, with such a cavalier attitude? Would such a discovery (sans epilogue) suddenly cause Hermione to doubt Ron's sincerity?
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Date: 2007-07-23 08:34 am (UTC)That's explained; on page 45 of my Australian edition (possibly the same as yours; the book versions are either USA or everyone-else, right?) Moody explains about the 'Trace':
If you, or anyone around you, casts a spell to get you out of here, Thicknesse is going to know about it
Which I thought was a bit suspect - when is this 'Trace' applied to a child? - but I guess it's consistent with the mixup with Dobby's spell in CoS. How do wizarding households get by, though?
thanks, JKR, for anvilling that Harry doesnt like crying girls and that Ginny doesnt
Isn't it embarrassing, I never noticed that anvil? Where is it that Harry actually thinks that he doesn't like crying? I remember - near the end, after Fred's death or the victory? - him noting that Ginny didn't cry. Thanks for pointing it out.
And that brings me to the shipping, which I still hate.
Ditto.
I was, honestly, really scared that Ginny Sue would be injected into the plot at any moment. For a while I thought that the patronus doe was hers, to match Harry's stag. Although it wouldn't have made sense for her to hide from them. So glad Ginny stayed out of it.
My dislike of Ginny from HBP stayed consistent with what I saw of her in DH; in the only two scenes where she does anything, she's either egotistically giving Harry a kiss in lieu of a proper birthday present (had to laugh at the more lascivious folk who suggested that she would have offered Harry certain ... other ... favours, had Ron not barged in; I'm such an innocent!) or, when faced with an invasion of Hogwarts and the destruction of the entire wizarding world, she's selfishly and 'fiercely' stopping Cho from helping out the hero. Bah.
like it’s not even important who he based his affection on.
SPOT ON, Selene!!! Yes, H/G is really no more different than G/Corner or G/Dean. All Harry sees is his trophy girlfriend, she of the 'hard blazing looks' and nice kisses. And that's it.
I didn't think too much of the R/Hr either, although it was much more prevalent and it was clear that R/Hr were happy with each other. Still, it makes one wonder ... the anvils are supposed to tell us that Hermione was attracted to Ron years ago, right? So, she was just waiting for Ron to grow up, to meet her expectations? And thus, equipped with his "12 Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches", Ronnie finally worked out what buttons to push, finally getting his big kiss when he remembers to mention the house elves.
Which makes one ask ... just why was Hermione attracted to Ron in the first place, if she had to wait all that time for him to satisfy all of her criteria?
I would love to read an AU fanfic (if it wasn't for that bloody epilogue, many H/Hr fics wouldn't necessarily be AU) wherein Hermione one day comes across that book of Ron's, and sees scribbled in the margins (shades of HBP!) notes about "say THIS to Hermione", "remember house elves", and such. Even the epilogue, with Ron confunding a muggle, seems to suggest that he hadn't truly changed all that much, with such a cavalier attitude? Would such a discovery (sans epilogue) suddenly cause Hermione to doubt Ron's sincerity?
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