Figured it would be nice to have a chat place about the book once finished :-)
Remus’s death was so anti-climactic, it barely hit me. If I’d seen it it would have been much worse. As it was, I’d been expecting it Though not Tonks’. Very sad to have the story end so symmetrically, with a orphan boy whose parents died to stop Voldemort.
You are correct about who destroyed each! Interesting that Crabbe, the only one not conscious of what he was doing, lost his life in destroying it. There might be something there. And there’s an odd symmetry to some of them.... Crabbe destroys a diadem of wisdom, Hermione destroys Hufflepuff’s cup (surely if there is any non-Hufflepuff student in the school, it’s Hermione), Ron destroys the Slytherin locket that brings bitter jealousy, Dumbledore the ring that he wanted to use to bring back his past. It’s almost like they are destroying what might have been a possibilty for their own life if they’d made other choices. I shall have to think about that.
Ping.
Sorry I missed you! Don’t know how that happened.
Very good points about the destruction of each Horcrux! You might well be onto something there.
Something else I noticed throughout this book, was the recurrence of the themes of parents' obligations to children, and what parents will (and should) do for their children. I hesitate to make the comparison, but look at the difference between the Lupins, who left their child to join the fight, and died, and the Malfoys, who in the end only cared for finding their child and keeping him safe, and lived.
I have a couple ...
Not my daughter, you b!tch!
Molly Weasley rocks! I have been fond of her since she first latched onto Harry, and i've been saying she was probably a nifty witch ...
... but the fact remains he can move faster than Severus Snape confronted with shampoo when he wants to ...
Oh, dear, Fred's death made me cry.
I'm re-reading the final fight ... it was beautiful ...
Ahem, I like to think that Hermione would have made a fine addition to the House of Hufflepuff, given her sense of fair play and hard work. Badger’s are underestimated!
Tonks was a Hufflepuff. sniffle...
I just gotta disagree! The oft-mentioned lead characteristic of a Hufflepuff is loyalty, and one thing this book showed (for me, at least) was that Hermione was, without question, the most loyal friend of HP's, without exception.
I actually think that Hermione is the perfect blend of the lead characteristics of the four houses. Clearly, she's intelligent and brave. Definitely loyal. She has also proven herself capable of some masterfully cunning quick-thinking, throughout all of the books.
I know a lot of freepers would have liked to see her as a Transfiguration teacher, but I think she would have made the perfect Hogwarts Headmistress.