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[author_by_night]

Perks:

1. The three ships, because they were cute. And H/G... whether it sunk or not, I don't care, it was cute while it lasted. The only thing that bugged me was how Hermione and Ron used other people to make one another jealous.

And the Bill/Fleur... argh. :( HE BELONGS WITH ARTEMIS! (My OC, who is Remus's sister and Tonks's best friend... she hasn't been completely debunked yet, though). The thing is though, I also kinda like Fleur now... yikes. Sorry Artemis, I think we have to find you another lover.

2. The scene with Bellatrix and Narcissa (even though "Cissy" doesn't flow well with me).

3. Draco being a DE, and yet... I don't know. I don't think he has any signs of redemption, but he didn't go full-scale either. Rather, I see him as a kid who has been brought up wrongly, and isn't inherently evil - he's just messed up (and definitely deserves prison, though I don't think anyone deserves the Dementors, but they aren't there anymore).

4. Dumbledore's comment about Dudley being mistreated - that needed to be said.

5. The fact that there's a *reason* the DADA post has only lasted a year; I'd always figured it was overly convenient.

Peeves:

1. The lack of a lot of flow. I'm not sure I felt I ever fully comprehended everything, because one thing happened after another. That was good in OoTP, but not in HBP.

2. Ron and Hermione. Especially Hermione; hexing people so the man of your dreams does well is *not* cool.

3. The brief way Sirius's innocence was mentioned; no surprise was voiced. I mean... what the...?

Things I'm iffy about:

1. Snape ending up as a DE. I mean, I never liked the man, but it would've been nice if Dumbledore had been right. I liked the idea that he'd truly been redeemed - sort of.

2. Tonks's cheering up after getting with Remus. I really, really hope JKR doesn't mean that Tonks's mopeyness wasn't because of a death that had just occured at all, but because of a break up (or did they just not get together?) I'm pretty sure JKR meant that it just hadn't helped, though, and that's what I'm settling for... I just hope I'm right, you know?

3. The lack of... plot. I'm just going to assume that HBP was a backdrop.

Other stuff:

1. Fern, I'm so sorry Elizabeth got debunked. :( I liked that version better than my own theories. However, I did see how Shifts could still work, so that's good, at least.

2. Artemis is still plausible; she's never been canon, but she's not completely implausible now. (I might have to adjust my Bill/Artemis plot, but that's all right). And I already have reasons in mind for her absence.

Comments

[amberdiceless.livejournal.com]

Snape ending up as a DE.

Sooooo not convinced.

Tonks's cheering up after getting with Remus. I really, really hope JKR doesn't mean that Tonks's mopeyness wasn't because of a death that had just occured at all, but because of a break up (or did they just not get together?) I'm pretty sure JKR meant that it just hadn't helped, though, and that's what I'm settling for... I just hope I'm right, you know?

I'm thinking Tonks was all strung out because she probably at least liked Sirius and he died, and then she liked Remus and he was mourning Sirius, and then she loved Remus and he was doing all this dangerous stressful undercover work, and then on top of that, he loved her back but refused to do anything about it...it'd pile up after a while, I'm sure.

[sprite6.livejournal.com]

I loved the R/T, but it did happen very fast and there wasn't much warning. Tonks still had pink hair when she met them all at King's Cross in OotP, so it couldn't have been just Sirius's death.

Molly said something about Fleur and Bill getting engaged so quickly because of the war. Maybe Sirius's death made Tonks realize how little time she might have, and that she needed to act if she wanted to spend it with Remus. Then if he rejected her, it would have compounded her grief, like amberdiceless suggested.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Yeah, or she was just in shock at KC, and then when it all came to her... well, like they say, when it rains, it pours.

[jan-aq.livejournal.com]

Poor Artemis, but there's always Charlie. :)

Uh, yeah. I was a little iffy about the "lessons" being learned in this book if it's meant for children. Cheating to make your boyfriend win/succeed is NOT cool.

Flow- To me if was more like big chunks of different parts, genres, things going on. Yeah it could have been spaced out better but whatever. :\