My HBP 2cents

[mhalachai]

This post contains HBP spoilers. You have been warned.

Okay, so I know that half of LJ has weighed in, but I haven't seen these points, so I will make them now.

MY intepretation of the book:

I think the reason that Dumbledore trusted Snape so much was an Unbreakable Vow. I think it for this reason: Yes, in the second chapter with Snape, Bella and Narcissa, we get a bit of exposition on the Vow. But then, later, Harry and Ron are talking about an Unbreakable Vow, and Ron gives the exposition that you'll die if you break your vow. This is Hammer-To-The-Forebrain exposition, and I think if JKR only wanted to let us know Snape wouild die if he breaks his vow to Cissa, then Bella could have said something snarky in that chapter.

Dumbledore trusts Snape. Flat out. There has to be a reason. I think the reason was the Vow. Something big, like "I Vow never to betray you or the side of Light" sort of thing.

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Did anyone else think Tonks was an impersonator in the first part of the book? No metamorphizing, wrong Patronus, zombie-like stare... Yeah, b/c love to a werewolf would do it. Riight.

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Best exchange of the book, between Snape and Harry:

"Yes," Harry said stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
"There's no need to call me sir, Professor."

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I'm still not sure what to make of Malfoy in this book. I'll get back to you.


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Comments

[ravenfrog.livejournal.com]

I thought Tonks might have been one of those dead inferi things, and that's why she lost her morphing: the flesh was dead. But yeah, it's pretty lame to have her totally lose it (for an entire school year, no less)" because her crush isn't working out.

[thymidinekinase.livejournal.com]

I thought she was the one who'd been under Imperius until we learned about her crush and the real informant.

[faith1922.livejournal.com]

Tonks crush is a little poor I think, but it's pretty much the only good thing coming out of the book as a whole, so who's complainin'? I think the Snape trust issue was more about Dumbledore's pride than anything else. He decided to trust Snape when he came to him all regret and apologies and he admitted that he doesn't like making mistakes. He's a proud old man that would never admit a mistake until you rubbed his nose in it. Repeatedly. Harry never had real prove that Snape was doing the evil thing again and so he wouldn't admit a mistake. Well, it killed him in the end, but hey who didn't see that coming? He was much too nice and suddenly didn't keep any secrets anymore. My guess is that JKr wanted to make him loveable again after making him some kind of a bad guy (from Harry's POV at least) in the 5th book.

Ok, I'll stop rambling now. I was jsut so happy to tell someone my opinion, since most of my Crowd are waiting for the German version to be published and that mgiht take a while and I just finished the book today and was busting to yell my opinion into the world. So feel free to ingore my ramble.

Toodles

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Yeah. She was just written... oddly.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I don't think Dumbledore would make that kind of mistake, though. When it comes down to the fate of over a hundred children, really, and the survival of their world, I think JKR will write a way out to have Dumbledore's plan come through in the end.

Pride goeth before a fall and such.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I hope there was more to it, and we'll learn that next book. But yeah, it was pretty lame.