Harry Potter - DH Chapter Discussion. Chapters 5-8. BEWARE SPOILERS ALLOWED

madelen · 07-20-2007, 10:15 PM

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***Pav*** · 07-21-2007, 12:31 AM

5th The Fallen Warrior
6th The Ghoul in Payamas
7th The Will of Albus Dumbledore
8th The Wedding

CourtneyS416 · 07-21-2007, 02:01 AM

5th - Fallen Warrior -

First thought, HAGRID'S ALIVE!! I was worried. And talk about a lucky coincedence that they crashed into the Tonks' garden and not some stranger. I momentarily forgot that Tonks's mom is Bellatrix and Narcissa's sister. And she supposedly looks like Bellatrix.

George lost an ear???!!!???!?!?!?! because of Snape???!?!?!?!!? I had hopes that Snape would be good, but now this. I guess it could've been worse, Snape could have been trying to kill him.....but i dunno.

And no more Expelliarmuses for Harry!

No words could measure my love for the twins. "Saintlike." "Holy...holey" LMAO. Only the twins could have that sense of humor in that moment.

But .... poor Mad-Eye. I never saw him dying. He was also so rough and tough. And Mundugus had to be the one to rat them out. Who else could it have been? And HArry is an idiot to believe everyone is trust-worth. That's what did his parents in.

What's up with the wands??? Hmm.

Chapter 6 - The Ghoul in Pajamas.

I love Mrs. Weasley. Poor woman. She wants to keep all her kids together (including Harry and Hermione.) Sending the three of them to different chores. LOL. Smart woman. I think that Harry sees Mrs. Weasley as a mother figure more and more.

My H/G shipper heart is going crazy in this chapter. HG are so not over.

"He forced himself to look directly into her eyes, noticing as he did so that they were precisely the same shade of brown as Ginny's. This did not help."

And Ron and Hermione are so loyal to Harry. They are putting him over their families. Wow. Poor Hermione had to charm her parents into not thinking they had a daughter. Ouch. And Ron with his ghoul.

7 - The Will of Albus Dumbledore

I wonder why Harry is able to see into Voldemort's mind again. I thought that voldemore had closed his off. Or is Voldemore wanted Harry to see these thoughts? Or is Harry just having really vivid dreams? Hmm..

Mrs. Weasley gave him a watch that was her brother's.

Cute.

LMAO at Hermione's "I'm nearly done, I'm just waiting for the rest of your underpants to come out of the wash, Ron-" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Harry and Ginny kissing again. She's obviously decided that no one else will do but Harry. Poor Harry's caught in between his head and his heart. And I love Ron getting annoyed with Harry for playing with Ginny's heart.

Mrs. Weasley is on her way to becoming a favorite character. She forced her adult son to get a hair cut.

What is with all the Minister of Magics?? Why must they be so arrogant? I thought there was hope with Scrimgeour.

I have no doubt that Dumbledore gave them these items to aid in finding the horcruxes. The deluminator, the book, the snitch, the sword.

And I guess the book is a collection of fairy tales. Did I read that right?

"I open at the close." No clue.

CourtneyS416 · 07-21-2007, 02:03 AM

double post. Sorry.

marybongiovi · 07-21-2007, 09:26 AM

I loved this chapter too, it was so cool! And the kiss? HOT! I'm reading chapter 8, The Wedding right now.

joy4life · 07-21-2007, 09:38 AM

can i say i got teary-eyed on chapter 5? poor george....

and ron's present for harry....hysterical....

madelen · 07-21-2007, 09:53 AM

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No words could measure my love for the twins. "Saintlike." "Holy...holey" LMAO. Only the twins could have that sense of humor in that moment.

I love the comic relief they bring to the books!

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But .... poor Mad-Eye. I never saw him dying. He was also so rough and tough. And Mundugus had to be the one to rat them out. Who else could it have been? And HArry is an idiot to believe everyone is trust-worth. That's what did his parents in.

Mad-Eye dying brought tears to my eyes.

And I don't think Harry's an idiot in believing his friends are trust-worthy. I think that's a wonderful thing, considering everything's he's been through.

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and ron's present for harry....hysterical....

It was!

And I love that Ron had read it too, and is obviously following the tips.

I still don't know what to think about Snape ....

vball2003_1999 · 07-21-2007, 09:55 AM

The H/G kiss was one of the best parts of the book!

*Natalie* · 07-21-2007, 01:01 PM

One of the parts in Chapter Seven ("The Will of Albus Dumbledore") that I found amusing is this, which can be found on at the bottom of page 125, US edition of DH:

"To Miss Hermione Jean Granger [...]."

Lisa2011 · 07-21-2007, 01:08 PM

Yes, it was.. They make me melt, really..

I really love them, and hope they'll have a happy end..

And it was kind of sweet how Ron reacted, although I could have hit him for disturbing them.. ^^

Oh dear, my first tears already in chapter 5.. At 1st, because of George, and how everybody reacted, especially Fred..

Still cant believe he lost one of his ears.. *shocked* But when he began with his saint-holey-blah I was able to laugh again. Those guys just crack me up!

But then, Mad-Eye..

At one side, I'm kind of happy that it wasnt one of the Weasley's or really close to Harry-ones, but on the other, pretty much bigger side, the Order lost a great, great auror and friend. He was like, always there, and just rough and tough, like they said it in the book as well..

But I'm so glad Hagrid survived, everything other would've been too much for me..

When Ron and Hermione told Harry what they've already done to support and got with him, I just was happy. These three have such a great friendship, and the fact that Hermione enchanted her family.. Wow!

I really want to know what all these things from Dumbledore have to mean.. I'm pretty sure they've something to do with the Horkruxes, but atm I really cant imagine what.

The wedding was very nice, I loved that even Luna was there.

She's sooo great!
And the ending of the 8th chapter, omg.. I was so shocked, because I simply forgot the ministry and Voldemort, and this was like BANG in my face. ^^
Not to forget all the mysterioues stories about Dumbledore.. They really confuse me, I want to know the truth, damn it! ^^

Age-a-licious · 07-21-2007, 01:22 PM

I felt soo bad for George but I loved how he made a joke about it, "I feel holey!"

PncsKate24 · 07-21-2007, 03:33 PM

Chapter 5- Sorry to see Mad Eye go. And George's ear.

Along with other posters, his jokes about his injury-PRICELESS!!

Chapter 6- Ghoul in Pjs- Another infomational chapter. I do like the explinations that Ron and Hermione give to Harry about what they've done to prepare for their quest with Harry.

Chapter 7 L & L of DD- OK- The book, I did not like the fact that Ron had to read a how to get a girl book. Or that he felt that Harry needed it. Harry seems more able to deal with females up to this point, without the "Dummies guide of how to get a girl". OMG can I just say how much I HATED Ginny offering herself to Harry for his birthday! 'I can't think of anything to get you, so you can have me.' URGH!!! And does Harry ALWAYS have to point out how pretty her hair is? Come on JKR, think of some other way to describe Harry's potential mate, other than her hair. Loved the gifts from DD. Also loved it when Hermione was crying, Ron comforted her, gave Harry a look and Harry was taken back thinking that Ron would be the last person he would expect to get a lesson about tact from. LOL

Chapter 8- The Wedding Nicely done. Not a big fan of the wizarding world's version of hte swastica though. Loved the fact that Harry got conflicting stories on DD though. Was he good or bad???

madelen · 07-22-2007, 12:35 AM

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Also loved it when Hermione was crying, Ron comforted her, gave Harry a look and Harry was taken back thinking that Ron would be the last person he would expect to get a lesson about tact from. LOL

I thought that was a funny moment as well.

And I love that everytime Hermione cried, Ron was there to comfort her with his arm around her.

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OMG can I just say how much I HATED Ginny offering herself to Harry for his birthday! 'I can't think of anything to get you, so you can have me.' URGH!!!

I don't think it was meant quite that way.

Leo-4-Life · 07-22-2007, 01:46 AM

Yeah, I think the kiss was meant as a sort of remember us kind of thing, and that she would be waiting for him. But if your just not a H/G shipper that's fine.

*Natalie* · 07-22-2007, 04:18 AM

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I don't think it was meant quite that way.

Hmm. In Chapter Seven, on page 116 of the US version of DH, Ginny avows that she'd "like" Harry "to have something to remember me [her] by." And later on that page, Ginny starts "kissing" Harry like "she had never kissed him before." And well, Ginny and Harry make out some more until Ron and Hermione interrrupt them. Given the context of that scene in the kissing takes place, I think that the "something" Ginny spoke probably means something (or some things) in the romantic department, like romantic kissing, or hugging, possibly canoodling. Or a combination of any of those three.