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First, I would like to say that on an initial reading, this is an easy contender with Prisoner of Azkaban in terms of quality. A second reading and a bit of time should help me decide where it stands exactly.
Seeing as the conditions of Sirius' will seem to have been magically carried out and Kreacher is now Harry's, I have finally become convinced that he's dead, and am open to the idea of Lupin dating other people. Which brings me, of course, to the point that I always totally thought that Lupin/Tonks was a leftover pairing, but apparently not, and that in turn brings me to the point that holy crap the coupling. I mean, yeah, the kids are sixteen and sixteen-year-olds do pay more attention to who is dating whom, but seriously? Filch/Pince? Is that canon now? Talk about leftover pairings.
On that note, I have to say that while I hope very much that I am above the crazeh of Harry Potter shipping wars, I couldn't help but feel a little smug toward those people who got fandom_wanked for saying and making icons to the effect that Ron/Hermione shippers should DIE HORRIBLY because they were STUPID IDIOTS who could not READ A DAMN BOOK and see the Harry/Hermione practically beating them over the head, and that if the unthinkable should happen and JKR should pair Ron and Hermione, they would KILL THEMSELVES in a VERY NASTY MANNER, which would be ill advised as it would COST JKR VALUABLE READERSHIP. Granted, a number of Ron/Hermione shippers were acting like total nutjobs themselves, but at least I could actually agree with their opinion. In this way, I think I generally prefer fanficcers to theorists; at least fanficcers can agree that a person can't help it if they like a certain pairing.
Now, on to Draco Malfoy. I admit that I have never liked him much as a character or anything else. But now? So very much better. And it's so neat seeing different sides of people's personalities; he and his mother can love each other while hating other people, and so on.
So the big death...it was Dumbledore, was it then? I can't say I cried or even felt particularly upset, but those last several chapters really were very touching.
Finally, I would like to make a prediction: all that stuff about souls being separable and generally being talked about as though they were physical commodities, plus the Killing = Intensified Magical Powers thing, means EVEN MORE Harry Potter/Fullmetal Alchemist crossovers.
First, I would like to say that on an initial reading, this is an easy contender with Prisoner of Azkaban in terms of quality. A second reading and a bit of time should help me decide where it stands exactly.
Seeing as the conditions of Sirius' will seem to have been magically carried out and Kreacher is now Harry's, I have finally become convinced that he's dead, and am open to the idea of Lupin dating other people. Which brings me, of course, to the point that I always totally thought that Lupin/Tonks was a leftover pairing, but apparently not, and that in turn brings me to the point that holy crap the coupling. I mean, yeah, the kids are sixteen and sixteen-year-olds do pay more attention to who is dating whom, but seriously? Filch/Pince? Is that canon now? Talk about leftover pairings.
On that note, I have to say that while I hope very much that I am above the crazeh of Harry Potter shipping wars, I couldn't help but feel a little smug toward those people who got fandom_wanked for saying and making icons to the effect that Ron/Hermione shippers should DIE HORRIBLY because they were STUPID IDIOTS who could not READ A DAMN BOOK and see the Harry/Hermione practically beating them over the head, and that if the unthinkable should happen and JKR should pair Ron and Hermione, they would KILL THEMSELVES in a VERY NASTY MANNER, which would be ill advised as it would COST JKR VALUABLE READERSHIP. Granted, a number of Ron/Hermione shippers were acting like total nutjobs themselves, but at least I could actually agree with their opinion. In this way, I think I generally prefer fanficcers to theorists; at least fanficcers can agree that a person can't help it if they like a certain pairing.
Now, on to Draco Malfoy. I admit that I have never liked him much as a character or anything else. But now? So very much better. And it's so neat seeing different sides of people's personalities; he and his mother can love each other while hating other people, and so on.
So the big death...it was Dumbledore, was it then? I can't say I cried or even felt particularly upset, but those last several chapters really were very touching.
Finally, I would like to make a prediction: all that stuff about souls being separable and generally being talked about as though they were physical commodities, plus the Killing = Intensified Magical Powers thing, means EVEN MORE Harry Potter/Fullmetal Alchemist crossovers.
