HBP: Chapter Twenty-two

[amanuensis1]

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[fitchersvogel]

Good, it's only Aragog...

The last 3 pages gave me goosebumps. Harry would have done well in Slytherin, indeed.

I am the Chosen One. I have to kill him. I need that memory.
I don't know why exactly, but that got to me. I nearly cried, honestly. It's just so... clear, and shocking, to have Harry say it like that. For me, anyways.

On a funnier note: "Half an eyebrow"? I love Ron.

Now I can't wait for the memory. Oh, the Suspense!

[sor_bet]

Oh, yes. I kept thinking that Harry was more Slytherin in this book than in any so far. The way he manipulated Slughorn? Scary. And it *was* shocking to hear Harry say it out loud, even though I knew it was just part of the manipulation and he might not really believe it.

[violet_musings]

Okay. Why are all these messages passing through other people's hands?????

Mental again, damn it. I'm going mental here

[umidori]

there was a time when they'd have gone, no matter what.
Well, it is almost suicide to go outside at night in this book. Times have changed, and their lives are more important than a spider burial, I suppose. I'm still disappointed they haven't gone, though.
But it's different for Ron. I'm as terrified of spiders as he is, and it would be really hard for me to go see a gigantic spider from up close, even though it's dead.

Thanks for pointing out all the repeated things! I think I wouldn't have noticed many of the patterns without your notes. ^^

[laura_the_auror]

THE GOOD DIE YOUNG.
Yeah, annoying foreshadowing. Don't kill Harry!!1

[dracopet]

the folk songs and rinking feels so JRR Tolkien \m/ >.< \m/

[umidori]

You're right, it does! That's what it's been reminding me of! Thanks! ^^

[sabinareborn]

Felix Felicis = Plot in a Bottle!