odycee | the deathly hallows

So there we go, the end of the Harry Potter series. I really loved the book (despite some parts of it).

Let's get the biggest revelation of the book out of the way first: Draco ends up with a receding hairline!!! Heh.

Things I loved:

I LOVED Dumbledore. I love that he was perhaps one of the most grey characters of the series in the end and the reason he never took the Minister of Magic post is because he couldn't trust himself with power. Dumbledore/Grindelwald OTP.

I loved the Hermione/Ron - I especially liked the bit in Grimmauld Place where it looked like they'd fallen asleep holding hands.

Harry got to go on Sirius's motorbike!
I've never been particularly bothered about the Malfoys before but I liked their story in this book. Although - Scorpius? Does he grow up to wear leather bondage gear and become obsessed with wormholes?

I was glad Snape really was working for Dumbledore, although I was getting a bit worried by the end that he wasn't.
I like that I actually thought at one point that Harry was going to die. That, as Snape put it, Dumbledore had been raising him like a pig for slaughter.
The bit with James, Lily, Sirius and Remus together and happy at the end. That definitely made me cry.
How awesomely gruesome was the imagery of the dead bit of Voldemort's soul being an abandoned, flayed, mewling baby hidden under a seat? Do you think we'll get to see that in the movie adaptation?
Mrs Weasley turning out to be kickass.
I cried when Dobby died. Didn't expect that!
I nearly forgot Neville! Neville FTW!!! Also, <3 Luna.
The 'Snape sized hole' in the window after he had 'done a bunk'. I couldn't help but see a comedy outline of Snape being smashed into the window, including his bat-like cape.

Bits I did not love:

Teddy Ruxpin? WTF?
Still no explanation of the Veil. Oh well.
JKR couldn't even give Remus a happy marriage before she killed him? Being a rabid Sirius/Remus shipper I'll admit I was ready not to like Tonks/Remus but dude, was this a car crash of a ship or what? Tonks loses her powers for a year pining and then has to cry and beg Remus in public to get him to agree to have a relationship with her. They then marry. Then Remus mopes about, knocks her up and decides actually he's made a mistake and decides to run off. Remus - you twat. Personally, if I was Tonks I'd have told you to not bother coming back. They have a child called Teddy. They then die. Off screen. And I didn't cry - not until we see Remus happy and smiling with Sirius, James and Lily. Poor Tonks and Remus and Teddy. :(
Hedwig dying in her cage. :(
Fred. :(
The epilogue. Could have done without that.

I'm sure there's loads of bits I've missed that I wanted to comment on!

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And the fact that Tonks wasn't there with Remus and he didn't even mention her made me happy too, even though I know, I know, it's selfishly shippy of me!

I know. I thought the same. He was finally happy that he was back together with Sirius.

I was glad though that he was happy in the end that he'd got a son. At least something happened right for him before he died.

I think it's only just sinking in that that's it. It's over. Sirius is dead, Remus is dead (only leaving behind poor Teddy) and that's it. :(

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