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this is not a review
I'm reserving final judgment for OotP after I've read each book, seen their adaptations (except for the Philosopher's Stone, which I'd done reading by the time I got the idea), and then read HBP as well, in time for Deathly Hallows, to get a gist of what was alright in OotP and what bothered me about it, because initial feelings are basically, I can't wrap my head around the logic behind turning the longest book of them all into the shortest film.
But enough of that. I've been reading flist reviews, plenty of which have squeed and woed over certain scenes and stuff, but.
how powerful they're making Ginny? She got an exceptionally bright Patronus, for some reason. It was her spell in the Room of Requirement, during that scene when they were all taking turns casting spells, that made the mirror shatter, or something, and she was the one who cast that Protego (Was it the Protego?) that essentially turned the Department of Mysteries upside down.
Back in the FAP boards--ooh, who here remembers them? :P--I think I remember someone mentioning something about how Ginny, being the seventh daughter (of the seventh daughter, supposedly, but Molly seems to have only two older brothers whom we know) in seven (which is a guess--JKR said in several, which is clearly a few letters off) generations is Important and signifies Great Powers and perhaps An Important Role. :| Well, JKR says something about it too, over here, about more than halfway down, but here's the bit:
That was, of course, before the fourth movie came out, and a little after the sixth book was released, but still. They were actually making note of it in OotP, perhaps as some form of foreshadowing?
Oh, and while we're at it. If there's any more doubt that Harry's the last Horcrux, let me point you to Chamber of Secrets (bold mine):
You really can't get any more blunt than that, can you?
But enough of that. I've been reading flist reviews, plenty of which have squeed and woed over certain scenes and stuff, but.
how powerful they're making Ginny? She got an exceptionally bright Patronus, for some reason. It was her spell in the Room of Requirement, during that scene when they were all taking turns casting spells, that made the mirror shatter, or something, and she was the one who cast that Protego (Was it the Protego?) that essentially turned the Department of Mysteries upside down.
Back in the FAP boards--ooh, who here remembers them? :P--I think I remember someone mentioning something about how Ginny, being the seventh daughter (of the seventh daughter, supposedly, but Molly seems to have only two older brothers whom we know) in seven (which is a guess--JKR said in several, which is clearly a few letters off) generations is Important and signifies Great Powers and perhaps An Important Role. :| Well, JKR says something about it too, over here, about more than halfway down, but here's the bit:
Does she have a larger importance; the Tom Riddle stufff, being the seventh girl —
The backstory with Ginny was, she was the first girl to arrive in the Weasley family in generations, but there's that old tradition of the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and a seventh son of a seventh son, so that's why she's the seventh, because she is a gifted witch. I think you get hints of that, because she does some pretty impressive stuff here and there, and you'll see that again.
That was, of course, before the fourth movie came out, and a little after the sixth book was released, but still. They were actually making note of it in OotP, perhaps as some form of foreshadowing?
Oh, and while we're at it. If there's any more doubt that Harry's the last Horcrux, let me point you to Chamber of Secrets (bold mine):
"[sic] Unless I'm much mistaken, he transferred some of his own powers to you the night he gave you that scar. Not something he intended to do, I'm sure..."
"Voldemort put a bit of himself in me?" Harry said, thunderstruck.
"It certainly seems so."
From Chamber of Secrets, chapter 18, page 333 in the Scholastic paperback edition
You really can't get any more blunt than that, can you?
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And there's also that part where trying to AK Harry ended up in Voldemort losing much of what made him a person--probably, that was his soul finally being split into seven parts. And, on slightly stretched speculation, it could help explain the prophecy, about one being unable to live while the other survives, and if Harry were a descendant of Gryffindor (which is another rumour that's not quite died either) then this is possibly how Voldemort could not have realised that killing him would actually suck his soul in (as he needed something of Godric's or Rowena's, I think).
But again, that's wandering into even more speculation and I'm not too confident about those things anymore. It's just the whole bit concerning Harry that I'm going to look out for, really. :| Doesn't have to mean he'll DIE, though. :|
Oh, fandom. :P She's really--she's really neutral, for me, honest-to-goodness I could never really muster up either fondness or dislike for her. In the OotP film, though, yeah. I hope Bonnie does something fantastic with Ginny, in the same way Evanna nailed Luna. :P
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if Harry were a descendant of Gryffindor
I think Jo pretty much shot that down somewhere in here. Which is a pity, I quite like where you were going with it :\ And yeah, Harry death? SO Do Not Want, which is why I don't go for the whole horcrux thing in the first place - it's nearly always accompanied by Harry Will DIE which = Noooo!
Evanna rocks beyond granite. Have you seen
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Haha, I remember that too, so I'm not hanging on to that notion either. I'm sitting on the fence regarding Harry's death, to be honest--I'd not mind it, and I'd not mind if it never happened either, but I totally understand what you mean with his Horcrux-ness leading to death. (I'm sure JKR will find a way, though. I'm not SURE she's going to kill Harry--I'm scared Ron'll get axed instead. :|)
I think all of fandom probably loves her by now, and I went to read it, yes, that was positively awesome. :P Evanna's not on LJ, is she? :)) Probably wouldn't want to say.
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Ron, oh noes! If Ron, Neville or Luna died, I honestly believe I'll be drawing my pension with tears still running down my face :( Or McGonagall, for that matter, she has the win too. OR REMUS. But anyway, I could probably go looking for the spoilers on the internets now, but WON'T.
Evanna's not on LJ, is she?
Current evidence would indicate that she is omg. Non-LJers do not specifically mention LJ in passing with other fans. Thus, I am eyeing everyone with suspicion *eyes*
I shall cease spamming your entry now :P
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I really really REALLY want Ron to grow up, marry Hermione, and have many babies. :| And I have the last pages of DH and I don't want to read them at all, so.
Hahaha, it's interesting imagining how she would have been like with her LJ and stuff. :P And eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, DH soon! :D