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We saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Friday and it was The Trippyness. But before we saw it we saw trailers for Corpse Bride, Harry Potter and the Overflowing Cup of Hot Schoolgirls, and WALLACE AND GROMMIT!!! My movie experience was annoying to everyone within hearing range of the squeeeeee!ing and triumphant laughter.

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Re: Droll, as usual :-)

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Okay, I've read it, over and done with. Feel free to chatter with me.

Abandon All Freshness, Yea Who Read Here

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Primus, the general overview:
I missed the sub-plots & secondary characters, many of whom were extras at best this time around. While Dumbledore's exit scene was excellent, I found the dénouement weak, but at that point, almost anything would have been an anti-climax, I suppose.

Secundus, revelations of the past:
That Harry is a horcrux in someways requires less of a readjustment then Snape being the one who overheard the Prophecy. That factoid adds even more fuel to the "why would Dumbledore ever trust him?" fire, and sadly, that leads into the frightfully possible Snape <3 Lilly vomitorium (http://www.livejournal.com/users/mircalla35/122467.html#cutid1) ending.

Tertius, The 207,403 Galleons, 11 Sickles and 2 Knuts (http://cgi.money.cnn.com/apps/hpcurrconv) Question:
The Snapester- Whose Man is He? I'm unsure, and I think it is likely that even Snape is confused, after all, deep cover is hard on the brain, and he's not the Daily Wizard Winner of "Best Adjusted" to start with. I think the Unbreakable Vow was classic "Man in the Field" decision making and not part of the Big D's master-plan; I do think that Snape told him about at least part of what was going on, and that they argued about how to handle it. How much Snape told him, and how much Dumbledore guessed are a big question, but my fondest hope (that Snape was too big a bigot to back Voldemort) seems as dead as Fudge's reelection chances. My personal guess is that Snape held back, but Dumbledore guessed anyway, and was more then willing to use his life protecting two of his students.

That leads us right to Quartus, Mr. Draco Malfoy:
I was glad to see him as more then just a little punk who had to be the disappointment of his (hot) Father. That Draco realised that he was trapped, and came up with a clever plan anyway, shows the boy does have some spark under all the spoiling & nurtured bigotries. I think that Draco, like Wormtail, will prove to be both influential & overlooked by the Dark Side, come the day, especially when he realises that he wasn't meant to succeed.

A large part of this book's theme was meditating on how susceptible children are to self-fulfilling (dire) prophecies, and how precious it is to overcome such