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Never.
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under G-d, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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I don't love pop rocks.
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Yes I hate the terrorists, and I got the papers to prove it.
I also used to wake up every morning, open my curtains, and see the twin towers. And then one day, wasn't able to anymore, I'll never forget that.
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Hey now, you kill them your way, and I'll kill those terrorists my way.
Regarding the back of my hand, I burned some of it off in an accident many years ago, come on, support your troops, I've fought wars for you man.
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Nonsense, I'm a full fledged American. I've even done my part to ensure FODA needs a laptop at some point in his existence.
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Zurreco wrote:
Nach wrote:
mmbossman wrote:
Or, we can assume it was a freaking typo and there really are just 50 states here like any 1st grader knows.
Yes of course it was a typo, the 0 and 1 are right next to each other on the top of the keyboard.
Counterpoint: Numpad
Most laptops don't have numpads, sort of like how certain posters lack sarcasm detectors. Or perhas some of it was so outrageous, it just blew up their detector.
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mmbossman wrote:
Or, we can assume it was a freaking typo and there really are just 50 states here like any 1st grader knows.
Yes of course it was a typo, the 0 and 1 are right next to each other on the top of the keyboard.
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Zurreco wrote:
Nach wrote:
Ramzi wrote:
I must not have gotten the memo for the new one.
I didn't either.
Did Bush finally wake up and realize we have to take over Canada? Or is there some new deal with Mexico going on?
Puerto Rico is a US Protectorate, which some conclude as a new state.
52 then, we can't forget Iraq.
And seriously, why stop there?
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Ramzi wrote:
FODA wrote:
United States (51 states)
I must not have gotten the memo for the new one.
I didn't either.
Did Bush finally wake up and realize we have to take over Canada? Or is there some new deal with Mexico going on?
I just hope it isn't one of them shark states with too much liquid.
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This is just a guess, but we've been incredably bad about keeping state info up to date with each version. We've had save state info for certain chips added years after we added support for that chip.
Since we made a major overhaul to the sound code in 1.5, I think it may be worthwhile to check if we're using any new variables there that aren't being saved.
I could be way off, but save state save and load causing a desync by itself sounds like a situation of not saving everything.
Although it'd be crucial to double check that the save and load is causing it, and not a save by itself, since if a save by itself is causing it, it means the bug is in the save process modifying something it shouldn't, without restoring it when the process is completed.
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nitsujrehtona wrote:
Fixing the bug: I can contribute code, but I need help from a Windows user with a windows dev. environment that can build snes9x. It looks like nitsuja has been very busy lately, so why not team up with me and give it a try?
I build Snes9xw from Linux and run it in Linux too.
I didn't add cross compile support for nothing.
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Bisqwit wrote:
mr_roberts_z wrote:
2. Did you come up with the idea of NESVids having an IRC channel? If not, who did (there's probably a thread in the General forum talking about it from years ago, but I couldn't find it)?
2) No, I wasn't the person who came up with it. Maybe it was Nach? I'm only 80% certain it was him.
Shortly after you started NESvideos, I noticed you wrote on your homepage some IRC channels you hung out at, and kept 'pestering' you about TAS stuff in those channels, such as discussing new submissions, your various attempts at Castlevania etc...
I told you more than once, that I think you should get a channel for NESvideos so we can discuss stuff in real time. Your response was that for the time being, a forum was responsive enough.
Then the forum started getting more people, and another person or two asked if there was an IRC channel, at which point you created one for us on Enterthegame.
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theenglishman wrote:
Okay, Kreacher tends to exaggerate, but you get the point. This series was not meant to be picked apart and analyzed, simply a good story with good writing and a Dickensian amount of coincidence.
A story is supposed to be cohesive. Good story yes. Good writing? Definitely not.
theenglishman wrote:
As hypocritical as this may sound coming from me, I've come to realize over the past few days that analyzing every aspect of the series does not do the series justice.
The series doesn't do itself justice.
theenglishman wrote:
Frankly, I'd gladly suspend all disbelief just to enjoy the books without picking them apart. And isn't that what any medium is meant to do at its core: entertain?
As entertaining as it is, it's not mindless drivel focused entertainment. This isn't some beat 'em up, there's a story, and as such, it should make some sense.
I don't mind that it never explained how to make a marauder's map, or even anything remotely like that. But it'd be nice if the books never contradicted itself.
Also, it wouldn't be that hard to rewrite parts here and there to flow properly. This last book also reeks of not having enough editing.
You brought up this story which you loved, and when people show it's problematic, you want it locked because people don't agree with you. Truth is, from a literary standpoint, this last book sucked, and was a let down to anyone who expected otherwise.
If you ignore details and specifics, then yes it was a good story, kind of like an action movie which has some kind of plot which seems to make sense on the surface but not much deeper than that. I don't think anyone would mind so much if it didn't try to make sense most of the time.
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Maur wrote:
Why couldn't Tom just take the prophecy himself?
Because the prophecy could only be removed by either Tom or Harry, if I remember correctly. If it shows up missing one day, and Harry was at school... well, who could it be?
That's a good point, I like that answer.
Maur wrote:
I think Fudge was glad for the excuse.
And by this logic Minerva transforms into an incompetent worthless loser?
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Maur wrote:
The ring, which had an unknown amount of protection and a rather nasty curse.
We learn it was hidden under floorboards. The curse was only if one put it on. There was nothing to protect it if it was attacked head on.
Maur wrote:
The cup, which to get, you had to... break into Gringotts for. I'd call that protection.
Uh huh. The locket fought back when it was attempted to be destroyed, and the cup absolutely nothing. And the Lestranges could get to it no problem, or anyone with them.
Maur wrote:
The diadem, which was impossible to guard in such a way at Hogwarts (and if Harry is correct in that Voldemort hid it while on the way to a job interview, he didn't have the time anyways). Security through obscurity. There were rows upon rows of stuff in that room; Harry got incredibly lucky when he remembered it.
Yes and this makes so much more sense than throwing it in the chamber of secrets?
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The journal, which managed to lock itself in the supposedly-inpenetrable chamber of secrets.
The diary wasn't protected, there was no protection on it, it was given to Lucious. And this one was meant as a weapon.
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theenglishman wrote:
How did anyone know Tom's spell backfired and he was reduced to vapor if there was a fidelus charm on the house? No one else was there. It doesn't even make sense that they Hermione or anyone else was able to see it, as Peter did not tell them the secret.
The Fidelius charm was broken when the house was destroyed. My guess is that Wormtail was so distraught over betraying his best friend (he is quite pitiful after his betrayal) that he subconsciously severed the charm. Again, I can’t answer that for certain. However, I do have a pretty good theory as to how the rumours spread: Hagrid, a known drinker and not the best Secret Keeper, spread the tale in distress.
What in the world are you talking about? Peter was the secret keeper.
theenglishman wrote:
How did Hagrid get into the house and where was he for that whole day?
Well, if the Fidelius Charm was broken, Hagrid would have seen it flying on Sirius’ motorcycle. I guess it took him a while to fly there, and maybe to stop at a few taverns along the way
Yeah, the Hagrid you know would ignore Albus's orders to go immediatly and fetch a poor kid lying in a wreck and stop at a few pubs first.
How did anyone even know Harry was alive and the rest dead for Albus to send him to fetch Harry?
theenglishman wrote:
Why was Minerva waiting outside #4?
Go back to CHAPTER ONE OF BOOK ONE:
It must have made sense to Dumbledore, though, because he put it back in his pocket and said, "Hagrid's late. I suppose it was he who told you I'd be here, by the way?"
"Yes," said Professor McGonagall.
i.e. she wanted to meet Dumbledore and talk to him about the rumours surrounding Voldemort’s disappearance.
That's the whole point, she didn't give a reason. She just accepted whatever Albus said as an excuse. She had no idea why Albus was even there.
You also have to wonder what the heck Albus was doing the whole day. Why send Hagrid? Too too many questions about this, and not a single answer.
theenglishman wrote:
Why did Minerva buy Harry a Nimbus 2000?
I think it was a maternal instinct. She knew Harry was lonely at Hogwarts and wanted to help him have a better time there. She also saw him as a great Quidditch player.
Yeah right. You just spend a fortune on the best broom on the market which is hard to get because a kid is lonely. Ignoring book 7, the only logical explanation is to get him him up in the air so Quirell can take him down.
theenglishman wrote:
What happened to the Mirror of Erised?
I guess Dumbledore destroyed after the events of Book 1.
For what?
theenglishman wrote:
Why did it take Albus so long for him to go to England and back?
Do you mean when he was searching for the Horcruxes? In that case, I think Dumbledore spent more time collecting evidence and interrogating than actual travel. Otherwise it would have taken him years.
No. My questions were in book order. Ending of book 1, Albus was away the day the attempt on the stone was made. Where the heck was he for so long? As soon as he reached England, he realized he had to get back.
theenglishman wrote:
How could Albus know Harry was around if he was wearing his cloak?
Harry was being careless, forgetting he could be heard even if he couldn’t be seen. Perhaps after seeing the Mirror of Erised Harry lost all control.
What are you talking about? Harry in standing in the corner of Hagrid's hut, and Albus and the minister come in, then on the way out, Albus notices Harry, and makes his infamous loyalty line. What noise?
theenglishman wrote:
Why did Crookshanks help Sirius, and even go to the extent to save his life by standing over him?
Crookshanks is part Kneazle and is more intelligent than the average cat. He probably understood through some animal instinct thing that Sirius was innocent. The question you SHOULD be asking is why Scabbers/Wormtail didn’t try to persuade Crookshanks otherwise.
So this means he would give up his own life to protect Sirius?
theenglishman wrote:
How did Albus know Harry was outside stealing Buckbeak?
Time paradox? Again, I’m not saying that there are NO continuity errors in the books, just not as much as people think there are.
This is the only one that isn't an error. It intentionally pointed out that Albus knew what was going on outside the hut from within it, that macnair had to be kept away from the window, that Harry pulled him into the forest instead of flying away. This is all very explicit, we just have no idea HOW.
theenglishman wrote:
How did Barty get an unauthorized portkey into Hogwarts without being noticed?
The same way Dumbledore did in OotP: Portkeys, for some reason or another, are not traced when the charm (Portus) is placed upon them. The Ministry is pretty stupid.
In OotP they said they couldn't make a portkey because it'd be detected and they'd be thrown in Azkaban for trying to make an unauthorized one, it was more than their life's worth.
Albus did it under the minister's nose and didn't care.
It doesn't explain in the slightest how Barty wasn't detected. And by your logic, Draco should've had one made to get DEs into Hogwarts easy as 1-2-3 in 6.
theenglishman wrote:
Why couldn't Minerva defend Barty from a single Dementor?
What power does Minerva have against the Minister for Magic? She’d be arrested for obstruction of "justice" (if you could call it that) and then would not be able to help Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix?
Against the minister? Hello? A guy is getting attacked here, she can't rescue him? It was stated that the Dementor went out of control, it wasn't planned. There was no justice planned here. There was no authority given to kiss.
theenglishman wrote:
Ms. Rowling’s promised a lot for this next one
She promised much for this one too which wasn't brought up at all. But I'm not going to get into it, because if she doesn't put in something she said she would in an interview, I don't really care.
theenglishman wrote:
Why didn't Kreacher appear before Sirius when Sirius called him?
Kreacher had fled to Bellatrix’ house, and there’s no rule on how fast a house-elf needs to return to their master, just that they get there at all.
We see that you call and they immediatly appear. Harry called Kreacher and he came immediately despite not wanting to. By your logic, he could've put it off.
theenglishman wrote:
Why couldn't Tom just take the prophecy himself?
And risk exposing himself, when he had the element of surprise and denial on his side to infiltrate the Ministry? How stupid would THAT be?
What risk?He got a whole battalion into the ministry undetected. We don't even have a clue what happened to the invisible guard of the order that was supposed to be there. Tom could've just slipped in and out. No one noticed him till when he was leaving the fight, you'd think I guy who could turn invisible, fly, and a ton of other things couldn't sneak in and out if he somehow got a dozen DEs in there to wait for Harry completely undetected.
theenglishman wrote:
Where were all the guards that night they all broke into the ministry? The Death Eaters were there waiting for a long while.
First of all, it was the early morning, and they assumed the forms of the first people to arrive to the Ministry building. Secondly, with Polyjuice Potion nobody would see what they were until it was too late.
Early morning and the guards go home? We learned the order had 24 hour watch. We also find out when Arther was attacked that there were people on higher floors. Not to mention that other order guy was caught in middle of the night breaking in.
And I don't know where you brought in poly juice potion from. But good point, Tom could've polyjuiced himself, got his group, and walk in and take the prophecy, no one would see him as Tom if he did that, and odds are he wouldn't be seen at all. Doesn't that seem like such a more logical idea then spending the better part of 5 months trying to trick Harry into getting it for him?
theenglishman wrote:
Why did Albus pull his own memories out of a jar?
I think it was meant to be a red herring to tease audiences into thinking that the Dumbledore we all knew and loved was an imposter. Certainly a good case for the Dumbledore-is-not-dead fanatics anyway.
Oh because it's a red herring suddenly gives it a good reason for it to be there and not a lose end? Gee, lets add all kinds of random noise to the book.
Q: Albus, why did you have my cloak?
A: Why Harry, the answer is simple, it was a red herring.
theenglishman wrote:
Why did the Avada Kedavra that killed Albus make him fly upwards in the air for a while, then over the side, when every other one in the series has the victim fall down dead?
My guess is that the more important (or pure) a person’s life is, the harder or more spectacular it is to kill them. Ripping out such an important soul must be hard work.
Yeah, like that makes any sense. And we learned in this one, Albus wasn't exactly pure.
theenglishman wrote:
Why did Tom guard one Horcrux so elaborately and barely had any protection at all on the others?
I’m surprised he had any protection at all, because he never expected anyone to find out about them. And anyway, if you guard something too heavily it becomes a bit suspicious, doesn’t it?
Yeah, having a ring in the corner of the chamber of secrets under powerful magical spells and invisible and a ton of other things would be real suspicious.
theenglishman wrote:
What the heck was Albus talking about that his hand was blackened because he wasn't as fast as he used to be?
He couldn’t just blab about finding one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. It was a secret mission, for God’s sake!
What the heck are you talking about? He told Harry all about the Horcruxes, it was not a secret mission from Harry. It was Harry and only Harry he mentioned the less speed to.
theenglishman wrote:
There. Hoped that answered most of your questions, but you’re right, there ARE a lot of holes in the story. Just not as much as everyone thinks there are.
You barely answered anything, and you only showed me you weren't sure what the story was. And I contend there are more holes than everyone thinks, since people think this is a good book, and it's obvious that it's swiss cheese.
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DK64_MASTER wrote:
Nach wrote:
DK64_MASTER wrote:
Moody could see Harry too... Which means the cloak isn't really *that* special.
It means that Moody had a special eye, other than that, no idea.
The cloak didn't protect against non human eyes either.
If the cloak really is one of the Deathly Hallows, like Dumbledore suspected, shouldn't the cloak be "constant and impenetrable concealment, no matter what spells are cast at it?"
Perhaps, but with a dozens of plot holes in this book, another one won't surprise me.
DK64_MASTER wrote:
Perhaps Xenophilius's story was exaggerated? Or perhaps Dumbledore/Moody/Crouch (using Moody's eye) was able to sense him in a different manner (sound, occulmency).
Well, you *might* be able to suggest that Moody could only see him because at that point in the book, he wanted to be seen by Moody, but not by anyone else. Same thing with Nymphadora finding him on the floor of the train.
But I'd really chalk up Moody seeing him due to his special eye, just like the eye could see through walls and his own head.
We also see that the cloak only protects against human eyes, cats can see Harry through his cloak without problem, chalk it up to the magic working on perception of certain color wavelengths.
The only real question I have is how the heck Albus could see him. I was thinking perhaps in this book we'd learn that there was something special about his eyes, or Albus wasn't human. This also makes less sense when the book says this cloak is supposed to perfectly conceal, and way better than any other cloak.
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DK64_MASTER wrote:
Moody could see Harry too... Which means the cloak isn't really *that* special.
It means that Moody had a special eye, other than that, no idea.
The cloak didn't protect against non human eyes either.
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mr_roberts_z wrote:
I think it was the best out of the series
Why did you find it the best?
I can't understand how anyone who really really liked the previous books can seriously enjoy this one.
Everyone was out of character. All kinds of build up from previous books was completely ignored. Every other book had some major plot twist near the end, this one didn't.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Snape turned out to be good/cool.
Which was obvious.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Lots of action.
And she can't write a decent fight scene to save her life. I had to read the Severus vs. Minerva scene like 4 times till I understood what happened in it.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Good story (up to the epilogue).
I'll grant you that, the story in itself was good
mr_roberts_z wrote:
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Tied up virtually every loose end from all the previous books.
Have you read the previous books? I mean seriously. It barely tied up anything.
How did Tom get his wand back?
How did anyone know Tom's spell backfired and he was reduced to vapor if there was a fidelus charm on the house? No one else was there. It doesn't even make sense that they Hermione or anyone else was able to see it, as Peter did not tell them the secret.
How did Hagrid get into the house and where was he for that whole day?
Why was Minerva waiting outside #4?
Why did Minerva buy Harry a Nimbus 2000?
What happened to the Mirror of Erised?
Why did it take Albus so long for him to go to England and back?
How could Albus know Harry was around if he was wearing his cloak?
Why did Crookshanks help Sirius, and even go to the extent to save his life by standing over him?
How did Albus know Harry was outside stealing Buckbeak?
How did Barty get an unauthorized portkey into Hogwarts without being noticed?
Why couldn't Minerva defend Barty from a single Dementor?
What was Dudley so afraid of?
Why didn't Kreacher appear before Sirius when Sirius called him?
What exactly was the silver smoke instrument?
Why couldn't Tom just take the prophecy himself?
Where was all the guards that night they all broke into the ministry? The Death Eaters were there waiting for a long while.
Why did it take so long for the order to appear? It took them hours to get from Hogwarts to the ministry.
Why did Albus pull his own memories out of a jar?
Why did the Avada Kedavra that killed Albus make him fly upwards in the air for a while, then over the side, when every other one in the series has the victim fall down dead?
Why did Tom guard one Horcrux so elaborately and barely had any protection at all on the others?
What the heck was Albus talking about that his hand was blackened because he wasn't as fast as he used to be?
What happened to Florence Flortescue?
This is just a quick list off the top of my head, sure you can answer some of them, but you can't answer most of them to satisfactory. Not to mention the multitude of plot holes the last book introduced which made it barely fit in with the previous ones.
Also, lets not forget the total lack of an ending, to tie up what people do with their lives. Like did Harry ever become an Auror like he wanted? And a bajillion other questions.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Bad stuff:
Too short.
Too much bitching from Ron/Hermione.
Too many grammar errors. Was "Stunning" always capitalized?
Agreed. Many grammar mistakes were atrocious, some sentences I also had to read several times to figure out where the mistake were and rebuild them. Not to mention some spelling mistakes. Where the heck were the team of editors from Bloomsbury and Scholastic? It's like they knew it was the last book, so it wouldn't affect future sales if they didn't even try with this one.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Harry lives (seriously, it would've been more dramatic to have had Harry die.
He did die. It was also foreshadowed he would die and come back.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
There would be no need for the epilogue and to have all the loose ends; the end is the end if Harry died).
Oh, so now there are loose ends? And if Harry stayed dead, it'd still have to tell you how everyone else handles it and what the other characters end up doing.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Fred dies (would've been better for Percy to, IMO).
Who cares who died? Death is natural. The fact that we get a two page write up on Peter's death, and two sentences on Remus is a problem. We don't even have a clue how George ended up coping with Fred's death, or what happened to Harry's big investment in them.
The last few chapters also felt incredibly rushed.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Was it me, or was basically studying every detail in the other books a definite prerequisite for understanding most of this one? There was no "'but horcruxes', Harry remembered, 'are just objects that a dark wizard can store parts of his soul in to gain immortality'", or anything like that. You need to know almost every name, place, event, and thing.
If you studied every last detail of the previous books, then this book makes absolutely no sense at all.
Minerva not being evil is completely incomprehensible if you studied her character from previous books.
Ginny not developing any of her Animagus powers that were hinted at either leaves me scratching my head.
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Anyway, still the best book so far
What drugs are you on?
Both 3 and 4 had these major "NO WAY" moments at the end when you learn what is really going on.
This book was really predictable, and no major plot points at all.
I can't even believe the same person wrote this. Completely forgetting your characters, lining things up properly, having build up on all kinds of build up and then not even mentioning it.
Where was the non verbal spells in this book? If the happiest person in the world is supposed to be seeing themselves in the Mirror of Erised, why isn't the ending where the hero lives including anything like that? Shouldn't we walk away knowing that he finally achieved true happiness?
The only explanations I could see is that JKR realized she'd make a fortune anyway, and didn't even try with certain sections, or the publishers forced her to do a hack and slash job on a good deal of the story because it became too long, or some of it was ghostwritten.
theenglishman wrote:
Wizards don't give a rat's shit about house-elves and therefore underestimate their magic.
And should we also think that Elves don't know their own magic? For what reason did Kreacher who loved Regulus not teleport him back after the locket switch?
theenglishman wrote:
3) The Shield Charm (Protego), as shown in DH, can deflect physical objects as well as spells and hexes. So anyone who bears down on a wizard with an AK-47 wouldn't be able to get a single bullet on them. Also, if they were Hagrid, they'd probably twist the gun into a knot and throw it away before they could act. Oh yeah, and wizards can Apparate all over the place, making them an impossible target.
This doesn't explain why there wasn't crates of sniper rifles to go around.
theenglishman wrote:
4) Spells move VERY fast. The one time a wizard/witch has the ability to dodge them is when their opponent is screaming the incantation, which is why the ability to conjure spells non-verbally is such an advantage in battle.
Yes, such an advantage that it's rarely used.
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Blublu wrote:
Nach wrote:
I was under the impression he did keep it, he just didn't plan on using it. Also if you think about it, it would be so much smarter for everyone to have more than one wand. Say they did expeliarmus you despite the string and all that, just pull out your spare.
No, apparently he returned the wand to Dumbledore's tomb
Yes, I guess you're right. I didn't see any reason why he couldn't keep it and die a natural death.
DK64_MASTER wrote:
What was Voldemort's motive for turning evil. I don't seem to remember what it was.
Ancient texts talk about children born from rape being demons, which was basically Tom's case.
Although this series also points out how Tom was never loved as a child in the slightest, while Harry who wasn't loved by the Dursleys was loved as a baby.
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Rowling spent too much time musing on how Harry had to face death, and had no more room left for plot.
I felt she wanted to spend enough time paraphrasing the new testament.
The whole Harry walking to his death, not fighting back even though he can, dying and coming back, his death protecting everyone from Tom (AKA The Devil), just left a bad taste in my mouth.
I really didn't enjoy that the ending kind of had JKR forcing her understanding of the bible onto the reader, and even having a line "I died for you people" was just too over the top.
Although I had to laugh when I saw on another forum that someone said the whole idea behind the last part was so original and moving, and a literary work of art the likes of which haven't been seen before.
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DK64_MASTER wrote:
Was Snape ever revealed to be a pure-blood?
Was the half blood prince pure blood? Gee lets think about this.
DK64_MASTER wrote:
Voldemort hated halfbloods and he was one.
Tom was a full muggle and half squib son. Not like Harry who was from full blood and mudblood (hey at least she's magical), who were both heads back in school.
DK64_MASTER wrote:
I think the sorting hat stuck him there due to the combination that he was a pure blood, liked to talk about pure bloods, and that he wanted to be in Slytherin.
But then again, not all purebloods have to go to Slytherin (Sirius).
You need to notice the book entitled "The Half Blood Prince" again.
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DK64_MASTER wrote:
None of the deaths (from book 7) seemed to have had an impact on any of the characters in the book, except for Dobby, which wasn't very entertaining to read. Dobby got a couple of pages of obituary, and Tonks/Lupin get 2 sentences. Way to give closure.
She is no longer Tonks in this book ;)
But yes, it seems as if that was added as an afterthought. Especially in the last chapter where it says they need to have Teddy over more often, where if that chapter was written when his parents were already dead, Harry being Teddy's godfather, Teddy probably would've moved in with him at some point way earlier.
DK64_MASTER wrote:
Also, I really wanted to see the dynamics of Draco Malfoy and Harry after the final fight.
Yes, I would've liked to see if Harry returned his wand and stuff.
DK64_MASTER wrote:
The best part of the book was when they said something along the lines of Snape being the most courageous of all of them, and then they mention that he was in Slytherin, yet had the courage of a Gryffindor.
He had a lot more than the courage of Gryffindor. If I read that part right, he also was a bat animagus meaning he was good at transfiguration which is one of the aptitudes of Gryffindor.
It seems to me the hat stuck him in Slyrtherin because he asked for it, instead of that being where he really belonged.
Some of it becomes more noticeable with the second read through though. I didn't realize till the second time that Snivilus wanted to look into Lily's eyes as he was dying.
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I didn't say the epilogue should've been longer, I said it should've had an ending. I don't care where she put it, or how it was set up, there should have been something. To me, ending with that joke about 5 characters is nothing. If she would've had a bit before that with some school aftermath I probably would've been okay with it.
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Blublu wrote:
Also, they probably could have bewitched a machine gun to have infinite bullets without requiring reloading and wouldn't break down. That would have been a much more effective weapon than a stupid wand. Wizards are retarded.
Haha, I was just discussing that with someone last week.
Blublu wrote:
So I guess, I like the books, but am bothered by a few things like these.
I couldn't agree with you more.
Blublu wrote:
Edit: Oh, and I also want to say that Harry Potter is a stupid git for not keeping the Elder Wand at the end. He doesn't have to flaunt it, so no one would know. They would just think he was a really good wizard. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I was under the impression he did keep it, he just didn't plan on using it. Also if you think about it, it would be so much smarter for everyone to have more than one wand. Say they did expeliarmus you despite the string and all that, just pull out your spare.
Everyone just reeks of stupidity. Albus letting Tom roam his school as he desires when he comes to ask for a job, without supervision. Or Tom thinking a room filled with thousands of items is a place only you happened to have found.
You'd think he could've been more intelligent and hidden the diadem in the chamber of secrets, no one knows about that AND you need parseltounge to get in.
You can just go on and on about how dumb the characters are.
Like why the heck did Tom try to AK Harry in the end? Didn't he already try this 5 times now, and every time it failed? Why should it suddenly start working now?
DK64_MASTER wrote:
It pissed me off when they killed Fred, and not George. It's all or nothing.
I predicted a while back she would kill off one twin, it's more painful that way. I'm glad to see she had the intelligence to make at least one death seem like a loss.
What annoys me is that she wrote absolutely nothing about how George ended up coping with it, or what happened to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes after.
DK64_MASTER wrote:
I liked the series as a whole, but I felt this last novel was rushed. It was over too soon.
Yes it was rushed. So rushed in fact, the editors didn't even get around to fixing many grammar mistakes in the last few chapters. It's almost like the publishers knew they could sell millions of copies of the book even it had vomit rubbed between the pages, so they didn't bother finishing up the editing.
And over to soon? I'm still waiting for the ending. There were something like two dozen important characters that lived, and the ending contains a grand total of 5 of them. Of those 5, it mentions one became a teacher, and the other 4 got married and had some kids. Other than that, absolutely nothing.
Am I the only one thinking a proper ending would mention most of the characters that survived and a bit about them, and go into some detail about the main character? Perhaps tell us what Harry does these days? Where he lives? Does he get mobbed when he goes to Diagon Alley? Did some new bumbling idiot at the Ministry of Magic try to arrest him for the murder of Tom?
And they mention some kids, yet we have no idea how these kids are treated. Shouldn't there be some comment about how the kids of the most famous hero in their world are treated at school?
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