Deathly Hallows?

[cheryltheperil]

Ok, I really really will update in my next post, but at the moment I just wanted to have a little rant about Harry Potter (for which I apologise in advance, especially to you non-Harry Potter enthusiasts!)

I recently discovered that the title for the seventh book has been officially announced: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows... Am I the only

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[cle_fable]

I agree about the title. It seems cliched and worse doesn't makes much sense to me ( though that might just be me). Hallow (verb) to sanctify/venerate but what's the noun? :S I don't really like deathly either - it's not very subtle! Still I agree the content is more important.

[narrativium]

Hallowe'en's also known as All Hallows' Eve, isn't it? So at some point it must've been a noun.

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/hallow?view=uk says it used to mean "saint" or "holy person", but it's archaic.

That leaves "deathly saints", which doesn't spring any particular character(s) to mind immediately. But then, neither did the Half-Blood Prince or the Prisoner of Azkaban, so I suspect the title will only make sense when the book is read.

[cheryltheperil]

I can see what you mean, but in the case of PoA and HBP, those titles made me more intrigued about the books. The Deathly Hallows, while it definitely doesn't make me want to read the book any less, it doesn't make me feel all that intrigued either. I think it sounds a bit melodramatic, I guess.

[cle_fable]

Thanks for that :)

[keletkezes]

I posted something about the crappy titles in millionmoments' journal; here it is:

It's very Enid Blyton if you don't know what's supposed to happen in it!

Is you wishful thinking hope that Snape isn't a stereotype?

In fact, screw Ilya

As piphil doesn't read your journal (you don't know him :)), I'll have to take his place and say/quote: wasn't that the plan anyway?

[cheryltheperil]

I meant it figuratively as opposed to literally.

As to Snape, I guess that is what I'm hoping yes. Snape's psychological complexity was the very thing that first got me hooked on the books, and now that it appears he may just be nothing more than a (admittedly very talented) stereotypical villain, well... *shakes head in despair*

[narrativium]

Yeah, I don't know where Snape fits. The answers to Snape are possibly more of a selling point (for me) than any climactic battle between the arch-conquerer and the brat.

Harry may be the hero, but the other characters are more interesting.