Austin Improv

beardedlamb wrote:

yams wrote:And what about Neville killing Nagini with the sword of Gryffindor? Didn't Griphook the goblin take it from Harry in Gringotts before they escaped on the dragon? How did Neville magically (heh) conjure it to slice that snake's head off?

ha. from the perspective of someone who knows absolutely nothing about this story, this is a very funny sentence. it sounds fake.

Ha. My thoughts as well.

Now that book 7 is out, Rowling is having no reservations at all about spilling the beans about the niggling details we might wonder about.

For instance, on the Today Show interview she reveals that "19 years later" Harry and Ron have become aurors, and they've revolutionized the entire Auror Dept, which Harry is the head of. Hermione has become a lawyer, excelling in the Magical Law Enforcement Dept. or whatever it's called.

Details here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/

It was a very satisfying read


though I admit I get irritated at the "Harry Ron Hermione find clue. Three weeks pass. Then they formulate a crummy plan thrown together in five minutes that pure luck saves them from completely botching" parts




happiness = babies
breed, weasley, breed


ah well, at least the series is wrapped up nice with a bow. I'm still furious that the Robert Jordan and George Martin still have no end in sight.

arthursimone wrote: I admit I get irritated at the "Harry Ron Hermione find clue. Three weeks pass. Then they formulate a crummy plan thrown together in five minutes that pure luck saves them from completely botching" parts

Yeah... to be completely honest.. I thought the book could have used its realestate a little better.... there was a lot of over-explaining and stalling when we could have been dealing with more interesting stuff.

A lot of the things I thought would happen did... there weren't a whole lot of surprises except for some of the deaths (which hardly count since killing someone off is an easy surprise)

overall, I still really liked it though.. once Hedwig died, I knew I was in for a dark book and it kept paying off in that regard.

really, the final stand-off is so great, the first seven hundred pages could have been an open letter to sawdust and I still would have been satisfied.

Yeah, I agree. Hedwig caught me off-guard and really set the tone.

I would've been reading all along if I had known Hedwig was in the series.



Who played her angry inch?

Super long webchat with Rowling where she answers all sort of questions and gives more details on what happens after:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/ ... transcript

The Gospel According to J.K. Rowling

How much Christ is in the story?

Writers such as John Granger (hogwartsprofessor.com), however, argue that Rowling's fictional world is loaded with Christian symbolism, but always in the background. In the books themselves, the only hint of Christianity comes in the form of Sirius Black, Harry's godfather. Since he has a godfather, Harry was baptized as an infant. (Rowling said the baptism, or christening, was "a hurried, quiet affair" (books.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_858.php).

Wesley wrote:How much Christ is in the story?

From the transcript of the uncut Today Show interview:

Young voice: Harry's also referred to as the chosen one. So are there religious--
J.K. Rowling: Well, there-- there clearly is a religious-- undertone. And-- it's always been difficult to talk about that because until we reached Book Seven, views of what happens after death and so on, it would give away a lot of what was coming. So … yes, my belief and my struggling with religious belief and so on I think is quite apparent in this book.

Meredith Vieira: And what is the struggle?
J.K. Rowling: Well my struggle really is to keep believing.
Meredith Vieira: To keep believing?
J.K. Rowling: Yes.

Roy Janik wrote:
From the transcript of the uncut Today Show interview:

Young voice: Harry's also referred to as the chosen one. So are there religious--
J.K. Rowling: Well, there-- there clearly is a religious-- undertone. And-- it's always been difficult to talk about that because until we reached Book Seven, views of what happens after death and so on, it would give away a lot of what was coming. So … yes, my belief and my struggling with religious belief and so on I think is quite apparent in this book.

Meredith Vieira: And what is the struggle?
J.K. Rowling: Well my struggle really is to keep believing.
Meredith Vieira: To keep believing?
J.K. Rowling: Yes.

I always thought that there was a pretty obvious hint of Rowling's struggle with religion throughout the series, especially toward the end. Reflected in Harry's relationship with Dumbledore.

Dumbledore is totally gay.