Deathly Hallows, Chapter 25: Shell Cottage

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This is a mercifully short chapter, only 17 pages. Let’s see if we can get through it quickly.

In our last episode, Harry decided not to try to beat Voldy to the Elder Wand. This was a wise decision, since Voldy was actually at the gates of Hogwarts when Harry received his vision, so there was no way Harry could have gotten to the wand first anyway. And really, does anybody believe Harry Potter would have violated Dumbledore’s tomb to get at the wand? Please. “It is to laugh,” as Bugs Bunny used to say.

Uh oh. Now I’m imagining Bugs Bunny as Harry Potter battling Elmer Fudd as Voldemort, with the late, great Mel Blanc doing both voices, and some classical music as a soundtrack, maybe the second movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. That would be hilarious--and so much better and smarter than what we actually got.

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