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#2326

Adam Pascal - Thread #5!

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:31pm

I hated Sirius. I loved the fact that he was "grey", but he still annoyed me. I hate the fact that everyone even remotely good, or at least 3-Dimensional, is in Gryffindor.

Before the 6th book, I had the hope that Snape was one of the grey characters. But no- he's Slytherin and has greasy hair, so he has to be evil. And Harry of course knows more than Dumbledore, so he's right about Snape.

Okay, rant is over for now, I promise.

EDIT: Just wanted to add- Book 5 was a b***h to read (not because of the length, either) but Book 6 was horrible.

Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature. -Nocturne

Updated On: 1/31/06 at 04:31 PM

#2327

Adam Pascal - Thread #5!

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:32pm

It wasn't exactly the ending of 1984 that I didn't like, it was the really climax that I was disappointed in. Not because it was depressing, but because it didn't really make logical sense to me. I'm trying to think of a way of explaining this without spoilers, but it's really difficult.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

#2328

Adam Pascal - Thread #5!

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:32pm

Just for the record...despite everything, I still don't believe that Snape is evil.

#2329

Adam Pascal - Thread #5!

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:33pm

I loved Sirius and the fact that he wasn't black-or-white. I think that there are other characters that fall into that category too, though (especially after the sixth book). I don't think that Harry's right about what he thinks happened with Snape and Dumbledore.

Skittles-- Oh, I can totally see where you're coming from with that. A lot of people that I've talked to have the same problem with the book just not being logical enough in its progression of events, but I think that it was partially a plot device to have things happen so quickly and ambiguously during the climax. I'm not sure, though... either way, I saw the characters' reactions as being more important than the events themselves, I guess.

Updated On: 1/31/06 at 04:33 PM

#2330

Adam Pascal - Thread #5!

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:34pm

D_I, I don't know if I liked Sirius on his own merit, so to speak, but I just thought he was a beautifully written character. I completely agree with your point regarding Gryffindor/Slytherin, though.

Ashley -- I think there are other "grey" characters, but Sirius just seemed like the #1 example of that in the series and she killed him off. However, I only skimmed the fifth book and haven't read the sixth, so that could have changed...

Updated On: 1/31/06 at 04:34 PM

#2331

Adam Pascal - Thread #5!

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:34pm

Me either. The exchange was just too weird to be taken at face value.

#2332

Adam Pascal - Thread #5!

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:36pm

I'm clinging to the hope that Snape's not evil, but J.K. Rowling seems to hate him, so I'm not holding my breath.

And I wanted Blaise Zabini to be good (I had hopes for random Slytherins that were never mentioned- and in the 6th book they were all discussing becoming Death Eaters )

Dumbledore and Snape are both Leglimens or hows-it-spelled, so I'm hoping there was a lot of unspoken exchanges that will be revealed later. Anyone else really thrown off by the weird addition of Lupin/Tonks?

Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature. -Nocturne

Updated On: 1/31/06 at 04:36 PM

#2333

Adam Pascal - Thread #5!

Posted: 1/31/06 at 4:39pm

I love Harry Potter, and I can't explain why. I think with the books you either love them or you don't. Sometimes parts of the books bother me, but on the whole I've enjoyed them.

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