I find that a lot of fans have weird complaints about DH (and I absolutely disliked that book btw). Things like Harry marrying Ginny, no Harmony or the epilogue. It just makes me want to say "really, that's why you didn't like it? Because I can name a lot of things more annoying than shipping and a happy ending."
For starters the Deathly Hallows themselves. Now I don't hate this idea, but in making the last book HP and the DH the book gets two half plots instead of a complete one. Our heroes go around stumbling between Horacruxes and Hallows without a clear idea of neither. Worst of all there are times that they are even stuck on limbo since Hallows "are myths so no use looking for them" and "where can we find next horacrux/thing to destroy it with." I believe DH would have worked better as its own book if this series had included one more year.
Parseltongue being a power stated in canon but Rowling just disregards it by having Ron just imitates it. That contradicts the canon, lowers the intensity of the connection between Voldy/Harry. This was a big deal back in CoS, the fact that Voldy gave that power to Harry but here is not a power, it's a language. Also when was the last time Harry spoke Parseltongue in front of Ron? When was the last time Ron actually heard (which is different from listening) Harry's Parseltongue? How many times has Harry spoken Parseltongue in front of Ron? And yes, it matter. I would love to take JKR, tell her something in Spanish and ask her a week later to repeat it perfectly. Even as something to mimic, it still doesn't make sense.
Also, wasn't the CoS caved in in that book. Did JKR forget that?
The raid to the Ministry. Guys, really, there was no other way to get the locket? Couldn't you guys found out Miss Snooty pant's home address lure her outside for a moment or got invited in via polyjuice, have Harry in the invisible cloak stay, wait until she's asleep, take the necklace and get out? What, too safe? And don't tell me he had to go there to free the moogle borns, that was not his original intent but something that happened along the way.
The rules of wand ownership, just the rules of wand ownership. (facepalm) So does this mean that all of Lockhart's wands belong to Snape. He did kick his butt on the dueling club. How come wasn't this in the dueling club? How come "a wand chooses his owner" except when he loses. And again, it was such a big deal when the wand chose Harry because it was the twin of Voldermont's, it was something especial. But with this convenient new rule it looses the power of that scene.
And I could have accepted that rule as an Elderwand rule only, since it would mean that the ambitious wand's mind is very Slythering seeking only the most powerful master and thus appealing to Voldy's nature, but no it's all wands. They are fickle sticks like that.
And I will explode if I go on to describe the sheer fuckery that to me is the whole locket/cup horocuxes thing. Knowing me I'll end with two full comments minimum. Honestly this book's saving grace, for me, was my dear sweet Neville. He was so awesome that it lowered my hate and head desking to mild dislike with some likes here and there. I could go on, but I won't. This is super long already.
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Date: 2010-08-18 02:08 pm (UTC)For starters the Deathly Hallows themselves. Now I don't hate this idea, but in making the last book HP and the DH the book gets two half plots instead of a complete one. Our heroes go around stumbling between Horacruxes and Hallows without a clear idea of neither. Worst of all there are times that they are even stuck on limbo since Hallows "are myths so no use looking for them" and "where can we find next horacrux/thing to destroy it with." I believe DH would have worked better as its own book if this series had included one more year.
Parseltongue being a power stated in canon but Rowling just disregards it by having Ron just imitates it. That contradicts the canon, lowers the intensity of the connection between Voldy/Harry. This was a big deal back in CoS, the fact that Voldy gave that power to Harry but here is not a power, it's a language. Also when was the last time Harry spoke Parseltongue in front of Ron? When was the last time Ron actually heard (which is different from listening) Harry's Parseltongue? How many times has Harry spoken Parseltongue in front of Ron? And yes, it matter. I would love to take JKR, tell her something in Spanish and ask her a week later to repeat it perfectly. Even as something to mimic, it still doesn't make sense.
Also, wasn't the CoS caved in in that book. Did JKR forget that?
The raid to the Ministry. Guys, really, there was no other way to get the locket? Couldn't you guys found out Miss Snooty pant's home address lure her outside for a moment or got invited in via polyjuice, have Harry in the invisible cloak stay, wait until she's asleep, take the necklace and get out? What, too safe? And don't tell me he had to go there to free the moogle borns, that was not his original intent but something that happened along the way.
The rules of wand ownership, just the rules of wand ownership. (facepalm) So does this mean that all of Lockhart's wands belong to Snape. He did kick his butt on the dueling club. How come wasn't this in the dueling club? How come "a wand chooses his owner" except when he loses. And again, it was such a big deal when the wand chose Harry because it was the twin of Voldermont's, it was something especial. But with this convenient new rule it looses the power of that scene.
And I could have accepted that rule as an Elderwand rule only, since it would mean that the ambitious wand's mind is very Slythering seeking only the most powerful master and thus appealing to Voldy's nature, but no it's all wands. They are fickle sticks like that.
And I will explode if I go on to describe the sheer fuckery that to me is the whole locket/cup horocuxes thing. Knowing me I'll end with two full comments minimum. Honestly this book's saving grace, for me, was my dear sweet Neville. He was so awesome that it lowered my hate and head desking to mild dislike with some likes here and there. I could go on, but I won't. This is super long already.