First Impression

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Right, so. My first impressions. Forgive me if I'm terribly ineloquent.

HOLY SHIT! So much as fucking CHANGED! No Hogwarts! No Dumbledore...Oh, God, I cried. He was absolutely wonderful in this book - and the funeral! Beautiful, beautiful.

Anyone else find this book fucking freaky? As in, scary? Straight off we get Malfoy stamping on the nose of an immobile Harry - that was really vicious. And the Inferi - the lake? When Harry had to force a SCREAMING Dumbledore to drink? Whoa. Fantastically creepy stuff.

I loved the background information on Riddle. Absolutely fascinating - his family, what makes him who he is - splitting his soul into seven? O_o

And Harry? I LOVED Harry in this! He was strong, determined - a leader. He's got the OotP-shaped object out of arse! Hurrah! He's learned patience and to master his own selfish impulses - rock on, mate.

Speaking of - RON!!! Or should I say - Won-Won? *dies laughing* Oh God that cracked me up.... imagine him with his bling My-Sweetheart necklace!.... God, that's being to be crack-arted.

Anyway, yes - Ron. Well, who's the little slut/stud, hmmm? Now, Lavender's a blithering idiot - but fair game to him, he wanted some experience. Hermione kissed Krum, eh? And ha, proves that Ron is certainly a desirable candidate.

The quidditch match! I adored Harry for his sneaky trick - and HELL YES, Ron's a SUPERB Keeper! Whoooooooo!!! XDDD

Hermione - well, well, doesn't she know how to be a bitch, hmm? :) Had to agree with Harry when he mused on how fair girls go for revenge on guys. And she wanted Ron so baaaaaaaaad.

Ron/Hermione! Joy, joy, joy! Hermione's Confunded thing at McClaggen, Ron's Er My Knee when's he's DRUGGED, Ron's words of 'I love you' and the blush - Dude! She asked him OUT! :DDD Oh, I'm happy.

Anyone else think this was the most romantically-inclined book yet? Attack of the hormones!

And the Harry/Ginny. Well, wow. Didn't expect so much of it. I certainly liked Ginny's sassiness, the 'seductive smell' of flowers was gorgeous. The ending was lovely and right for them, I think - at least for now. I wouldn't liked to have seen a little more of their intimacies, though.

On the subject of that seductive potion - when Hermione's cut off, blushing incredibly? HAD to have something to do with Ron. The same phrasing of how she blushes his used repeatedly in the book in relation to her reactions with Ron. Wonder what he smells like, then? :p

Remus/Tonks - didn't quite get the point of that (er, nothing to do with the fact I'm a hardcore R/S shipper - no, not at all...) but it does contribute to the still-suriving love, I suppose. Remus, as always, takes my breath away with every mention. Greyback? GREYBACK? He is revolting, and slightly paedophilic, and poor Remus.... and his reaction to Dumbledore's death got me sobbing...

On a happier note: I found a lot of this book very, very funny. Phlegm! Hahaaa.... I've already mention the GLORIOUSNESS of Won-Won ... Fred and George's shop was a blast, too.

What effected me most, though, was - aside from the hormone-explosions for comic relief - how fascinating, dark and moving this book was. When push comes to shove, all of the DA strongholds acted admirably. I LOVED how Harry treats Ron and Hermione as equals, because I don't think he did in OotP - after their TOP-NOTCH reactions to the Prophecy, he depended on them and shared himself. Ginny was a beautiful comfort to Harry after Dumbledore was found, too. In the words of Ron - Luna's really starting to grow on me, too. :D Commentary! Glorious.

I really liked, inexplicably, the fact that Harry only really played one game, yet still they won. I found the head-cracking thing rather funny, actually - and the last game, them still winning? 'Course the Harry/Ginny kiss was sweet too. :D

HOW strong friends are Harry and Ron? How bloody MUCH do they mean to each other? *beams happily*

Oh, yes... I'm forgetting... SNAPE. Is he evil? Obviously a very powerful wizard.bastard - but I'm wondering, you know. There are still a few things that don't quite make sense about his treachery. At the end of Order - HE alerted the Order for save Harry and co - why did he do that? He could've got out of that, he was under no obligation. Hmmm. Anyone else think this?And the second chapter - it seemed very important for JKR to show that Snape was under this Unbreakable Vow. I'm wondering... perhaps there's more to Snape still. He's a powerful guy though, isn't he? Whoa. It's funny, because next to Sirius he never seemed - but now? I'm wondering if Dumbledore knew about this Vow, and they both knew that sometime it had to happen. I'm not sure, here - but perhaps Dumbledore's dying pleas could be read another way? I'm guessing, here. And I'm not sure.

And Dumbledore kept asking for Snape when Harry was getting him back from Hogsmeade - why, exactly? Hmmm ...Anyway. Snape obviously has a big role left to play.

... How the hell are we going to wait more years? Argh, I'm so bloody curious.

And, the last of my disorganised thoughts - the ending was absolutely beautiful. Harry's thoughts, the elegance of Harry and Ginny's seperation, the quiet subtle R/Hr that leads me to think that the reason why their relationship isn't as simple as grabbing and snogging in a qudditch victory is because is so much more, the bravery and fascinating decision of Harry's to go to Godric's Hollow - but most of all?

Harry, Ron and Hermione's friendship. RIGHT there, last page - no question, no hesitation, no fear, just loyalty. No more worrying and panicking for Ron and Hermione - that was fucking WONDERFUL. That's the centre of the ENTIRE series' warmth and lovability - this trio of friendship, rooted in the middle. Harry and Hermione ruined after a Firebolt incident? Pah. Ron and Hermione ruined after misguided pride and the apparrant death of a pet? Never. Harry and Ron torn apart by jealous and insecurity? Hell no. Ron and Hermione's blossoming love stop short at a few meaningless experiments at kissing? Not a chance.

Harry, Ron and Hermione NOT be united, hunting down Horcruxes and risking life and limb? ... What the hell books have you been reading? XD

God, I'm in love. :)

Mollywobbles, yo!

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