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Post by Airellian on May 29, 2007 14:20:23 GMT -8
You mean to say, when you open up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and if you find that no mention is made about Harry's relationship with Ginny in the book, you won't really care, that it won't really matter to the plot? That's a bit like Mary Jane Watson being conspicuously absent from the rest of the movies after Peter Parker gives his speech at the end of the first movie (actually, the Harry and Peter's speeches are pretty much the same). Although, looking back, I think the movies would have been better if Mary Jane Watson had just disappeared after the first movie.
Now, of course, I agree, when I was reading Books one through six for the first time, I didn't really care if Harry Potter found "the right girl". That's not why I read the books. I do expect, however, for Harry's relationships to play some sort of part. If they don't, well, that's a little disappointing.
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Post by Keith on May 29, 2007 14:30:14 GMT -8
Well, I personally hate Ginny. Also, Harry's gonna die anyway. So I have to side with David on the issue. Sure, Cho was originally a kinda good thing to have in the book, and stimulating in 4, but after that it just became useless and boring like Grawp.
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Post by Josh on May 29, 2007 14:37:42 GMT -8
well, i'm betting something will happen and ginny will need rescuing or something... though i do agree harry will die either way, she'll probably end up being the reason i actually like ginny when she's not into harry. i think she works a lot better as just a friend... or that could just be me absolutely hating that last scene in HBP because it reads like fanfic.
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Post by Keith on May 29, 2007 14:39:42 GMT -8
Hehe, yeah. I didn't mind her when she was shy and everything, but she suddenly turns into a talented and wise witch in number 5. With a smart mouth. If there's anything I can't stand, it's a 'wise' woman with an attitude. Bleugh.
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Post by Airellian on May 29, 2007 14:40:56 GMT -8
Do you mean in fiction or just in general?
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Post by Daos on May 29, 2007 14:41:10 GMT -8
Everyone thinks Harry is going to die. What exactly is the basis of this theory?
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Post by Airellian on May 29, 2007 14:42:50 GMT -8
Personally, I don't see where they get their confidence from. It could go either way, I'd think. I'm the type who's willing to wait and see, though.
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Post by Daos on May 29, 2007 14:52:17 GMT -8
A lot of people seem so sure. I was just wondering why. Did J.K. Rowling come out and admit it? Was there some heavy foreshadowing I missed last time I read the series?
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Post by Josh on May 29, 2007 14:52:59 GMT -8
i preferred attitude ginny to shy ginny. snarky characters are awesome.
i think harry'll die mostly because it makes a good end to the series. he's the boy who lived... but he doesn't necessarily have anyone to come along and sacrifice themselves for him this time (although, maybe ginny comes in here?) it just seems fitting.
plus, i've been betting that there's more to the voldemort/harry link than just the empathy and shared powers. i bet if one of them dies, the other will die, too, what with sharing the same blood, same protection... they're practically the same person. i may be pushing it, but "Either must die at the hand of the other, for neither can live while the other survives." sounds like it could support that.
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Post by Daos on May 29, 2007 15:00:13 GMT -8
Ohhhh. I just assumed it would end like this. ;D
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Post by Josh on May 29, 2007 15:35:44 GMT -8
haha, i loved that comic. he should sell hermione to a nunnery, anyway!
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Post by Keith on May 29, 2007 21:18:32 GMT -8
Huh-larious! Get thee to a nunnery.
The reasons why I think Harry will die are as follows (this is not to say it isn't possible he'll live, and I don't care either way):
1) Rowling has actually been hinting at it. 2) It would prevent any bad add-ons to the series, well most of them. 3) It's cool 4) Harry isn't exactly a master wizard, even through his amazing powers of never-say-no-ness he can't scrape past death every time. 5) I'm just making things up past 1 and 2
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Post by Josh on Jun 5, 2007 19:22:03 GMT -8
finished Flesh and Spirit. Not as coherent as I remember Berg's work being, but it was certainly pretty. Maybe, considering the fact that it was told in first person perspective, the lack of coherence was more of a character trait. It would fit, at least. It certainly was understandable, but occasionally I'd gloss over action that happens in the middle/end/beginning of a lot of introspection.
Starting Sara Douglass' The Serpent Bride now. Definitely coming along faster than Flesh and Spirit. But damn the beginning is gruesome. First chapter and a girl's entire family is killed by plague, leading the surrounding village people to board up the house and wait for the girl to die so they can burn the place down. Only the girl isn't sick with the plague, so she's hanging out and going crazy with the dead people. Luckily enough that only lasts for a chapter....
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Post by Daos on Jun 26, 2007 20:25:19 GMT -8
I finally finished Legends and am now working through the first book of the new "Lost Chronicles" trilogy, Dragons of the Dwarven Depths. My first thought was, geez...this book is huge (nearly 600 pages) for a paperback! But then I realized it just uses a really big typefont. I don't like Stawicki's cover art. Why does he always draw Tasslehoff to look like Hugo Weaving? I miss Elmore. I'm only past the prologue so far, but two points of interest: One, on the very first page at the very bottom it reads: "...a compelling tale that is a fun and entertaining read." --dlnexus.com There's something so surreal about that. Not just because I visit Nexus regularly, but because I can't remember ever reading a D&D novel that carried a review by a website before. This really just strikes home the fact that this book was written over 20 years after the first one. The second interesting thing? The map found inside the book is drawn by none other than Sean MacDonald. Now I know some of you won't know who that is, or even care...but for those of you who ever attended Kender Chat...yep, that's old Kipper Snifferdoo himself. I haven't seen Kip in years, and if I were to run into him today, he probably wouldn't remember me. But damn it all, if it isn't weird to have known him before he was quasi-semi-famous.
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Post by Daos on Mar 17, 2008 12:18:07 GMT -8
I picked up copies of "I Am Legend" and "Jumper" today, using the gift card I received for my birthday. I figure they gotta be better than the movies! Let's hope so.
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