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[sebastienne]

much better than OotP, but, as many have pointed out, it would have been difficult to be worse. This one is up there with GoF and CoS for me, although it doesn't beat PoA. A few conclusions:

- Snape is not evil. Dumbledore knew all about Draco's plans, and when he saw the Dark Mark knew they had come to fruition; I believe he also knew about Snape's unbreakable vow. He instructed Snape to kill him, just as he made Harry forcefeed him the poison.

- Harry is a Horcrux. There is part of Voldemort behind Harry's scar. I held this view before I even knew what a Horcrux was, and am very happy to have some canonical way of expressing it.

- Remus didn't really accept Tonks. I won't have it. I refuse it. There was no build-up or explanation for it. And they're both gay, dammit!

- Tom Riddle is a beautiful, beautiful psycopath. and a magpie.

- Luna Lovegood is a goddess.

Comments

[queerpup.livejournal.com]

YES! Tonks and Remus should be queer. I;m so glad someone else thinks that.

[osymandias.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'll reserve comment about evil, but I concur that Snape isn't loyal to Voldemort. I don't think he's loyal to Dumbledore, either, however. I suspect he's trying to bring Voldemort down for some reason (and I suspect this reason may form a large part of the next book, and is presumably why Dumbledore trusted him), and is willing to do whatever he thinks necessary to do so.

I don't think Harry's a horcrux, or, if so, not an intentional one. Surely this would be a contradiction of "neither can live whilst the other survives"... unless of course we interpret live as being the possession of a complete soul.

Remus did accept Tonks. I've already had one person lamenting the heterosexuality of this book... hate to point it out, but the slash is not canon!

If Luna's a goddess, I insist that she is Eris.

[coconutswirl.livejournal.com]

Notice how much Harry went on and on about Tom Riddle being 'handsome'? And how much time he spent obsessing over Draco? *sniffs* Heterosexual books, indeed.

And R/T came out of NOWHERE.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

no, Snape isn't necessarily loyal to anybody but himself; but I don't believe for an instant that he's a faithful Death Eater.

I think Harry's becoming a horcrux was most definitely accidental. After the Avada Kedrava, Voldemort was throwing his soul about in all directions, trying desperately to save it: and he ended up in Harry. I'd like to think that "neither can live while the other survives" will mean that, at the very least, harry will have to release the horcrux within him in order to defeat voldemort: perhaps he will actually have to die.

I know that slash is not canon, except Remus/Sirius. But I still felt that Remus & Tonks' "relationship" was hideously tacked on, and not really forshadowed by anything.

[threadbarewolf.livejournal.com]

I WILL SEX TOM RIDDLE GODDAMNIT

[ninepointfive.livejournal.com]

Well, seeing as Tonks and Lupin aren't in contact with Harry that much, and it's from his perspective, I don't see how we could've had more hints.
Having Tonks down, and Remus staring into the fire sadly was the only way..
Maybe in the next book, we'll have more of an insight.

[gatty.livejournal.com]

Omg, liek totally agree on the Harry front. Called Amber while reading the silly Nagini theory to tell her same. It should happen. It should. But sadly I would imagine that that level of interesting character psychology would defeat JK. Who cares. Bring on the fic.

Plus. TomismygodIlovehimandshewroteabookallabouthim. *LOVE*

[foulds.livejournal.com]

I agree about Snape and the whole I'm-morally-grey thing.

As for Lupin/Tonks, maybe it was just on the rebound after Sirius' death.

I found it cute; over Bill's horribly mutilated body, love blossomed.

Luna rocks, and I would love to start a Luna appreciation society. Commentary on interestingly shaped clouds. I think I'm in love with her.

[parsnip.livejournal.com]

Tonks is a Metamorphmagus and Remus is missing Sirius. Hard.

Need I go into detail?

[dark-continuum.livejournal.com]

Saw most of that coming and have not yet even got the book. Don't give me details at all; but seriously, Remus and Tonks are NOT getting... hitched? Nu. Queer. The both of them. And very, very quirky. ^^

[aliche.livejournal.com]

Harry cannot be a horcrux as there is some dilliberation involved in the creation of a horcrux and it would be pointless to make harry a horcrux from the Voldies pov. However, I'm not saying I don't still slightly agree with the idea of a bit of Voldie being stuck in Harry.

[threadbarewolf.livejournal.com]

WHICH BIT EH

[aliche.livejournal.com]

I was waiting for someone to say that.

[highfantastical.livejournal.com]

And hello.

You friended me, which is veryvery nice.

I also like Luna muchly.

[anotherusedpage.livejournal.com]

Remus/Tonks works as him sort of clinging to her as everything else he ever cares about is gone. Not love yet - could grow to be.

I'd predicted that harry was a horcruxes in advance too, and that it's not Harry specifically, it's the scar. Harry's going to think he has to die to get rid of the Horcruxus, but he's going to be wrong, when he's done, he's not going to have the scar anymore. That's my prediction...

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

i can't claim credit for it being just me. or even for being one of a minority. out in the big bad world of fandom, i hardly know a person who believes in remus' heterosexuality. remus/sirius is majorly assumed to be so much of a subtext as to be practically authorial intention.