The one witht he spoilers

[salinea]

Definitly my favourite book of the serie so far.

I am quite glad that JKR seems to share my love for the Family Black as a whole, especially :

Chapter 2 : Cissy and Bella. How very gorgeous.

Phineas who we kept seeing as well.

Finally making me like and find interesting the only Black spawn I didn't like so far. That's Draco, in case you couldn't guess.

R. A. B. who is obviously Regulus Black and I think that's the one I'm the most exhilarated about, given that Regulus is my favourite backstory character. The coincidence of telling us Regulus had a few days of running before he was killed, and the formulation on the message leaves no doubt to me.


I found myself liking Slughorn a great deal. He's so.... slugish, and slimey, and flamboyantly cowardly. I really like him as a Slytherins that Harry doesn't actually hate. Oh, and the fact he was so fond of Lily is really cute. It's very funny how the one character who's the first to tell Harry a lot about his mother would be... that kind of character.

Talking about slimey character, I find muself liking Mundungdus even more than I did before. Very enjoyable scum, he is.

Lastly, about Snape. Oh, does anybody actually believes he wasn't asked by Dumbledore to kill him (both to save his life and to preserve Draco) ?
After the conversation that Hagrid witnessed where Snape argues he didn't want to do something ?
After the whole book being named after Snape ?
After the whole deal being so that Snape could teach Harry a lot ? (such a beautiful irony)
After the fact this is happening in tome 6, and not in, you know, tome 7 where it would have been so much more dramatic ?

Oh well, if you want to.

Ship wise. I'm glad for the Ron/Hermione. Harry/Ginny, errr, whatever. I actually liked Ginny a great deal in that book, but it did came out of the blue. Oh well, I don't care much. Remus/Tonks.... meh. Very meh. Not that I dislike Tonks, but.... oh well, I hope she turns evil, she would be the most fun character to turn treator at the last moment (and i thought so before this book in case you wonder)

Comments

[cygna-hime.livejournal.com]

This is really *the* book of the series for the complex characters, isn't it? All the fringe characters are portrayed as much less the absolutes than in earlier books. It's wonderful.

I'm not so scared of people hating Severus as I am of them loving him wrongly.

My Tonks theory is really just a goof theory, along with ones where, well, she uses her Metamorphmagus powers for personal enjoyment, or where...hmm, what if she was so scared of something she attached herself to Remus? And if Remus accepted her because Severus had gone off again, apparently with the Death Eaters? That would make sense.

See, I don't even see Bi!Remus. He's just. So. Gay. I can't get over that. It's indelibly inscribed on my brain. Snape, actually, I can see as 'It's irrelevant, because I've only ever wanted one person in my life'-sexual. Snape/Narcissa would suck so badly. Scenes between a man and a woman are not always about Teh Sex.

I'm more scared for the future of Snupin than I am for Sirius/Remus. I mean, Sirius is dead, gods rest his soul (though it's not likely). Anything that happened there happened, past tense, and is over one way or another. Snupin, though, I've always preferred only really becoming a relationship post-War, and now what are we to do? I've always seen Sirius/Remus as the pairing of the past, and Severus/Remus as the pairing of the future. It's the latter that's in danger.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

It's wonderful.
It is *sighs with delight*

I'm not so scared of people hating Severus as I am of them loving him wrongly.
How so ?

See, I don't even see Bi!Remus. He's just. So. Gay.
lol, i don't know. I kind of see Remus as being utterly shameless about sex (I know, fanon influenced) and I could see him as being very opportunistic about who he'd shag or not.

I was also rather vaguely fond of MoodyxTonks, so double disapointment.

Snape, actually, I can see as 'It's irrelevant, because I've only ever wanted one person in my life'-sexual.
Hmmmm, I don't know. I'd have a hard time seeing Snape as being that self-conciously romantic about his feelings. He's not a sentimantal man, Snape is, and though he does have a paper-thin temper and deeply passionate reactions to things, he doesn't like that fact about himself and would want to deny it as much as he could.

Snape/Narcissa would suck so badly. Scenes between a man and a woman are not always about Teh Sex.

Indeed. Actually that's why I would so much hate Snape/Lily. It would cheapen Snape's moral choice to join the OotP so much. (or to join the Death Eater in the first place as some people theorized too). That's not the kind of decisions people take on a broken heart whim, no matter how romantic it might sounds.

I've always seen Sirius/Remus as the pairing of the past, and Severus/Remus as the pairing of the future. It's the latter that's in danger.
I agree totally. I'm extremely saddened by that. Besides, it's now extremely likely she'll kill Snape off in the last book. Grrrr I hate "redeeming sacrifice of the morally ambiguous and complex character" clichee, but it's so prevalent and I'm not sure JKR won't go for it.

[cygna-hime.livejournal.com]

The thing that frightens me about people "still" loving Severus is that they will write Mary Sues to "redeem" him, without even considering that he may not have done anything wrong. They'll love him despite what he did, as though saving a boy's life were something to be ashamed of. I want people to love Severus because he was stuck making a very difficult choice, and chose right.

For the benefit of the nonexistent audience, I would just like to note that Remus's sex partner is never going to end up with hickeys or bite marks, for obvious reasons. (I actually have very little definite opinion on Remus's sexual inclination or lack thereof.)

though he does have a paper-thin temper and deeply passionate reactions to things, he doesn't like that fact about himself and would want to deny it as much as he could.

I agree completely. However, I don't necessarily have to avoid noticing his temper, his passionate reactions, or his tendency to love one person obsessively, simply because he refuses to. I think Severus would consider himself asexual, and the denial stage might be very persistent.

Wait, people say Severus joined the Order because of Lily? Um, no! Much more important elements in his decision than chasing a pretty girl, or getting revenge for the death of a pretty girl, either. There were more important things going on at the time. The only woman whose death could have been single-handedly responsible for Severus switching sides is his mother. If Death Eaters killed her, I can see him wanting revenge. For love? No.

I'm thinking of ways to break up Remus/Tonks as painlessly as possible. I think the one where she starts recognizing the features Remus likes her to shift into best as Severus's. That would do it. Or, y'know, she could die, or betray him, or betray him then die, or run off with Moody, thereby making us both very happy, or he could realise that he had just been lonely, or...See? Not that bad. If Severus does die, though, that could be the clincher. Well, we'll burn that bridge when we come to it!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

The thing that frightens me about people "still" loving Severus is that they will write Mary Sues to "redeem" him, without even considering that he may not have done anything wrong. They'll love him despite what he did, as though saving a boy's life were something to be ashamed of. I want people to love Severus because he was stuck making a very difficult choice, and chose right.

Hmmm. I see what you mean. Yeah well, there'll always been plenty of bad writers in that fandom. Thankfully, they'll still be many good ones as well.

For the benefit of the nonexistent audience, I would just like to note that Remus's sex partner is never going to end up with hickeys or bite marks, for obvious reasons. (I actually have very little definite opinion on Remus's sexual inclination or lack thereof.)

Point. That new bit of information is certainly going to errr, tame things over at pervy_werewolf XDDDD poor Remus

I agree completely. However, I don't necessarily have to avoid noticing his temper, his passionate reactions, or his tendency to love one person obsessively, simply because he refuses to. I think Severus would consider himself asexual, and the denial stage might be very persistent.

Aah. I see. Yeah, that works.

Wait, people say Severus joined the Order because of Lily? Um, no! Much more important elements in his decision than chasing a pretty girl, or getting revenge for the death of a pretty girl, either.
I KNOW ! So stupid (appologies to anyone on my flist who might share the theory :p)

There were more important things going on at the time. The only woman whose death could have been single-handedly responsible for Severus switching sides is his mother. If Death Eaters killed her, I can see him wanting revenge. For love? No.
Hehehe, yeah I could see that. Severus, as a mommie's boy, and now it's canon. Why must all the characters I love be that ? XDDD

I'm thinking of ways to break up Remus/Tonks as painlessly as possible.
But pain is good ! ^^

^I think the one where she starts recognizing the features Remus likes her to shift into best as Severus's. That would do it. Or, y'know, she could die, or betray him, or betray him then die, or run off with Moody, thereby making us both very happy, or he could realise that he had just been lonely, or...See?
Oh, I'm sure there's ways. And time to explore them ^^ I so love fanfics ♥

Well, we'll burn that bridge when we come to it!
point.