arcanetrivia: a light purple swirl on a darker purple background (snape sad (huddled severus))
I keep seeking out Deathly Hallows meta, even reading back over lengthy discussions in which I participated in the first place. I know what I think of most of the events ("I confess myself... disappointed") and the apparent message ("...ick"); at least, I think I do. But I am still coming to terms with all the people. I have not got my emotions sorted out yet. What do I really think and feel about Dumbledore, Harry, Sirius, Lupin, Lily, James...?

Notice Severus himself isn't on that list, but the most problematic of course is the whole Severus/Lily thing. I have a serious love/hate relationship with that. I'll spare you gory details, which I have erased three sets of in this post. (DH is enough dull exposition without me adding to the heap. ^_~) But I am coming to the conclusion that part of what I love is a "might have been" kind of ideal, and not what we are actually shown. (Any resemblance to the inclinations of Potions masters living or dead is purely coincidental.)

I find it a little strange that my brain apparently can consider a book to be a trauma or shock that has to be coped with, not to mention that the processing is still going on four months later.

Date: November 29th, 2007 01:52 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] fenm.livejournal.com
What IS the apparent message of the book...?

And... I think I'm slowly coming down on the side of not liking Lily/Sev. As friends, yes. But everything else.. there are just SO MANY problems...

And you're right about DH being "exposition". Dear God...

Date: November 29th, 2007 04:41 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] fenm.livejournal.com
As much as possible. ^_^

Seriously, I am so over Jo and her view of the world...

Date: November 29th, 2007 06:19 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] fenm.livejournal.com
Hehe... Nice.

Date: November 29th, 2007 06:43 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] fenm.livejournal.com
Ok, I know that was a kinda lame reply. But you said pretty much everything I could think of...

I STILL can't believe she had fucking McGonagall use an Unforgivable! And for something as easy as getting her brother's wand. It seems like there's a lot of other spells she could have used to do that. Jeez.

Date: November 29th, 2007 07:17 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] fenm.livejournal.com
Indeed. And oddly, I found McG doing hat far more distressing than Harry-tachi doing it... Probably because she's always been a by-the-rules kinda gal, while Harry and his friends... not so much.

Date: November 29th, 2007 07:17 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] fenm.livejournal.com
Awesome!

Date: November 29th, 2007 04:06 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] nepenth.livejournal.com
my first thought was that jkr was writing an absurdest novel with all the waiting for godot-ish-ness with the whole camping arch. but then i realized after the epilogue that the book just wasn't that good.

i do like lily and sev. it may be the only het pairing i like and it usually falls into the wildly AU stories.
actually. i think lily and sev pairing is merely for me to have 1. the excuse to draw emo sev in 70s clothes and to read AU fic where severus was actually happy for one moment in time. so i think i like fanon!lily instead of canon!lily who is a right bitch.

Date: November 29th, 2007 06:32 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] helen99.livejournal.com
ext_5300: tree in the stars (Magic Missile)
Considering most initial and ongoing responses to DH ("Arrrggghhhh" or some variation thereof), I'm not looking forward to reading it. I suspect that JKR grew tired of writing HP, and decided to kill the story as thoroughly as she could (along with the most interesting character). In any case, if her intent was to make sure nobody would ever request a sequel, I think she succeeded.

Date: November 30th, 2007 01:20 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] nemesister.livejournal.com
I find it a little strange that my brain apparently can consider a book to be a trauma or shock that has to be coped with, not to mention that the processing is still going on four months later.

Tell me about it. It's not that I disliked it, I'm just still not sure how I really feel about it and still coming to terms with it. It's motherfucking insane! I think seeing the movie might help, although I'm a little afraid of the DH movie as well. afshkj

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