Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows *Warning - Thread WILL Contain Spoilers*

[chanelnumber5]

James (12 or 13 years old), Albus (11) and Lily (9) were Harry and Ginny's kids.

Rose (11) and Hugo (9) were Ron and Hermione's.

Teddy (20) was Lupin and Tonks and Victorie must have been Bill and Fluer's.

Thanks, I was so confused

 

[serenade]

20?! Wow, that totally passed me. I just assumed they were 15 or something without doing the math

Thanks for that info

 

[Day]

Yeah, it said that he was seeing the girl off. It's weird thinking that much time has passed.

I assumed Tonk's mother would take care of him.

 

[farren fashion]

^^ when tonks and lupin died in the story the first thing i thought of was harry taking care of him and how he was too young to do that but he was the godfather and all. hah. it reminded me of the whole harry and sirius thing.

 

[Lacroix]

out of a glorious 7 book read
all i thought at the end was...

harry/ginny
w.t.f??? noooooo

harry and hermione just made more sense
from the information in the previous books.
there's a really great essay on why harry/hermione really
do belong together at muggle.net.

From reading all 7 books you think Harry & Hermione made sense?????

Ron and Hermione were destined from the very first book! I'm so glad they got together, I loved the bickering/and the way Ron tried to comfort her.

I agree I think Harry & Ginny was a bit eh but Im glad he and Cho didnt progress. I really hated the '19 years later bit'

 

[Lacroix]

Teddy couldve been 19 or 20.

 

[satin chic]

So, I just got a mail that the German version of the book can now be pre-ordered off amazon and the title really cracked me up. They translated it word by word and that just sounds so wrong...

 

[laurette]

^oh yes, the German title is horrible! I read it yesterday on Yahoo and was so dissappointed.

 

[Lacroix]

^ what is it?

 

[laurette]

It's "Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes"

 

[Lacroix]

^ Oh...is that bad? Does it still mean deathly hallows?

 

[TheGlassAngel]

From reading all 7 books you think Harry & Hermione made sense?????

Ron and Hermione were destined from the very first book! I'm so glad they got together, I loved the bickering/and the way Ron tried to comfort her.

I agree I think Harry & Ginny was a bit eh but Im glad he and Cho didnt progress. I really hated the '19 years later bit'

While I do ship H&HR, I believe their love is platonic and that Ron and Hermione are meant to be.

 

[laurette]

^ Oh...is that bad? Does it still mean deathly hallows?

If you translate it word for word it means "HP and the sanctuaries of death"
I've been googling again and some sites say that the title is "HP und die Heiligen des Todes" which would come closer to the original title, does anyone know which title is the right one?

 

[satin chic]

Since "Die Heiligtümer des Todes" is on amazon etc. already, I assume that's the real title. I'd much prefer "Heiligen", though, as that is what I've always thought of as hallows.

 

[rangerrick14]

Oh My God! I can't wait for the movie, forget all the other ones. I don't see how they are going to remake this as a movie; So dark! all the deaths and killing. And go Molly Weasly. Quote" Not my daughter you b*tch" end quote.

I feel empty though its finally over. I was in elementary school when the book acame out and now I'm in college and its over.

 

[marylauda]

This movie better be REALLY long.

 

[russh_kris_z]

Well oftp was the longest book I think.. and the movie wasnt that long.. oh well =/
so can someone pelase explain how snape could talk tu dumbledore after he died.. yes i havent reuly finished the story..

 

[farren fashion]

^^ through his portrait in the headmaster's office at hogwarts. hogwart's headmasters who have passed away must always help the current hogwart's headmaster. so that's how dumbledore would be able to speak to snape -- through his portrait.

 

[Annu]

(http://today.msnbc.msn.com)

Stop your sobbing! More Potter to come

J.K. Rowling tells TODAY she will write an 'encyclopedia' on characters

Spoiler alert: This story reveals some key plot points in the final Harry Potter book. So if you've haven't finished the book, J.K. Rowling asks that you not read this story.


For the millions in the midst of the seven stages of mourning for the end of the Harry Potter era, take heart.
In her first tell-all interview since the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” J.K. Rowling told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira she "probably will" publish a Potter encyclopedia, promising many more details about her beloved characters and the fate of the wizarding world beyond the few clues provided in the seventh book’s epilogue.
“I suppose I have (started) because the raw material is all in my notes,” Rowling said.

The encyclopedia would include back stories of characters she has already written but had to cut for the sake of narrative arc (“I've said before that Dean Thomas had a much more interesting history than ever appeared in the books”), as well as details about the characters who survive “Deathly Hallows,” characters who continue to live on in Rowling’s mind in a clearly defined magical world.
Hogwarts, for example, has a new headmaster (“McGonagall was really getting on a bit”), and Rowling said she can see Harry going back to give the "odd talk" on Defense Against the Dark Arts. That class, by the way, is now led by a permanent professor since Voldemort’s death broke the jinx which didn’t allow a teacher to remain in the position for more than a year.
Rowling offered up these details freely to Vieira and the 14 fans who asked her questions at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland on Tuesday. In fact, now that she is now longer burdened with guarding the secrets of book seven, Rowling seemed to delight in discussing her plot choices and clearing up the mysteries that have previously surrounded the books.

The character Rowling couldn’t bear to kill
One of the big stories that has been floating among fans for over a year is that one character gets a reprieve from death, while two others Rowling didn’t intend to kill end up dying in “Deathly Hallows.”
“Mr. Weasley, he was the person who got a reprieve,” Rowling said. “When I sketched out the books, Mr. Weasley was due to die in Book Five.”
Instead, another father dies in the end of Book Seven.
Though Rowling couldn’t bear to kill off Arthur Weasley, that didn't mean the other deaths in the book were easy to take. Given the blood bath that is “Deathly Hallows,” the writing of it was bound to be an emotional roller coaster.
But nothing in the entire process of the series was more difficult than writing the scene when Harry, accompanied by his deceased lost loved ones – including his parents James and Lily and his godfather Sirius — walks into the forest with the intent of sacrificing his life in the name of defeating Voldemort, Rowling said, adding it is her favorite passage in all seven books.
“I didn't cry as I was writing (that chapter), but when I finished writing, I had enormous explosion of emotion and I cried and cried and cried,” Rowling said.

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“That was partly because of the content — and partly because it had been planned for so long and been roughed out for so long. And to write the definitive version felt like a — a huge climax.”
“The Deathly Hallows” is the climax to the last 17 years of Rowling’s life, a time when she has gone from a single, divorced mother living on public assistance to a happily married mother of three and one richest women in the world.
It’s now time to sit back for a bit and enjoy the life that Harry has given her, Rowling said. And, when she’s ready, there’s always that encyclopedia waiting in the wings.
“I’m not going to do it tomorrow because I’d really like a break,” Rowling said, laughing. “So you may be waiting.”

 

[Tinuviel]

^ thanks for sharing Annu. I'm so glad she didn't kill off Arthur, he's always good for a chuckle with his ardent love for sparkplugs, fellytones and the like. him. lol Must have Potter on the brain cos last night I dreamt that I missed a page of the ending, and on my dream page it said that Luna got married to Dean Thomas and a couple other details that JK didn't mention. If only.