It took me three hours to write it up, but I am so glad I did it. Have you written your thoughts about the book? I am slowly going back through my flist and reading what other people have to say.
Well, I was a bit behind in reading because I had to do tutoring with my son all day on Saturday and didn't get to read until 6 p.m. I took today off of work just in case I didn't finish, which was a good thing because I didn't get done until 2:25 this afternoon. There are already so many good comments out there, many saying the same things I thought so there isn't much I can add. Yours just seemed to sum it up so nicely and match best how I felt about it. I really think/wish Sev's death should have/could have been much more heroic. It still could have fit into the wand plotline; I just think he deserved to go a better way.
I didn't understand the looking into his eyes either... I thought he was going to use Legilamcy(Isuckatspelling) or something, but then someone on line mention wanting to see Lily's eyes and.... yeah... ::sniffle::
And now there is no master for him to answer too, and he can be free to do as he pleases on the other side. Perhaps he and Lily can be friends once more.
It's like tucking in an old friend, for a well deserved nights rest.
I am sort of giggly thinking of what Jason Isaaics is thinking about now -- that his mean boy image sort of takes a hit in DH's - lol!
She certainly didn't hold back with the deaths, that's for sure. And with the Harry almost dying bit...wow -- it was intense.
I am so pleased with Narcissa -- in both HBP and DH's, she showed what ends a mother will go to for her child, and her support of Lucius was sweet -- giving him little squeezes to let him know it was okay and that she was there for him.
Now that I've broken my self-imposed LJ sabattical and have just finished the book less than two hours ago with a strange mix of deep satisfaction and sadness, I read your thoughts and just had to comment on this passage in particular:
His death was not a shock and I didn't cry, not one bit. But as the night wore on, it was as if my grief over him was beginning, and today I am filled with sadness over a man who didn't want to die. For all the bad he had done and all the people he had hurt, he wanted to live. He served two masters and each betrayed him. He had no one to go to, no one to love. If he had let Harry into his life instead of keeping his feelings about Lily hidden…well that didn't happen so there is no use in dwelling on what could have been.You read my mind there. Jo could not have made Severus' death more tragic and yet so fitting. The epilogue blew me away when I read that Harry had called his son "Albus Severus". What a fitting tribute to the series' biggest (unrecognized) hero! *sniffle* My heart is still heavy
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I went to see OotP today and it was so sad seeing the scenes with Snape in them, and then when Arthur was attacked by Nigini, I was really upset. (So why did Arthur survive and Snape didn't? Snape died rather quickly and even though people saved Arthur, it is not as if they arrived immediately after he had been bitten -- it's not fair, I say!)
I haven't seen the movie yet but yeah, I wondered about the snake bite myself… and I've read other metas that suggest Snape would know better than to go into a meeting with Voldemort and a poisonous snake and NOT have protection (i.e. bezoar) of some kind - or that he actually DID and is still alive. HA!
But I still have this awful visual in my head of the fear on Severus' face just before the snake killed him - redeemed, of course, by the intense "Snarry-ness" of the part where Sev grabs Harry's robes and says "Look… at… me."
I choose to think he is alive and in hiding...Harry has helped him to remain safe :-) Hehe. I am writing a fic about it right now :-) I am not sure if it is going to be Snarry or not though.
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And now there is no master for him to answer too, and he can be free to do as he pleases on the other side. Perhaps he and Lily can be friends once more.
It's like tucking in an old friend, for a well deserved nights rest.
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I am glad Harry saw the memories -- to me that really was the most important thing that had to happen.
Yes, I say to Severus, sleep well, sweet prince.
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She certainly didn't hold back with the deaths, that's for sure. And with the Harry almost dying bit...wow -- it was intense.
I am so pleased with Narcissa -- in both HBP and DH's, she showed what ends a mother will go to for her child, and her support of Lucius was sweet -- giving him little squeezes to let him know it was okay and that she was there for him.
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Now that I've broken my self-imposed LJ sabattical and have just finished the book less than two hours ago with a strange mix of deep satisfaction and sadness, I read your thoughts and just had to comment on this passage in particular:
His death was not a shock and I didn't cry, not one bit. But as the night wore on, it was as if my grief over him was beginning, and today I am filled with sadness over a man who didn't want to die. For all the bad he had done and all the people he had hurt, he wanted to live. He served two masters and each betrayed him. He had no one to go to, no one to love. If he had let Harry into his life instead of keeping his feelings about Lily hidden…well that didn't happen so there is no use in dwelling on what could have been.You read my mind there. Jo could not have made Severus' death more tragic and yet so fitting. The epilogue blew me away when I read that Harry had called his son "Albus Severus". What a fitting tribute to the series' biggest (unrecognized) hero! *sniffle* My heart is still heavy ( ... )
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But I still have this awful visual in my head of the fear on Severus' face just before the snake killed him - redeemed, of course, by the intense "Snarry-ness" of the part where Sev grabs Harry's robes and says "Look… at… me."
GAH! *ded*
Guess I'll have to brave the movie now…
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