Meaning he’s already out-performed Harry in this chapter.
That he's done anything at all means that he's out-performed Harry in this chapter.
The kiss should have happened at Shell Cottage when the pace was naturally slower. Maybe it could have happened an hour before the Snatchers caught them, which would make the Malfoy Manor torture more poignant. It shouldn’t take centre stage at this time – like the ghosts’ history, it’s time wasting while the enemy smashes up the castle.
Oh, exactly. I love the idea of Ron and Hermione kissing back in the tent--because that would mean Hermione finally got out of the epic snit she was in. But it's like JKR just had to hold it back until the third act.
You know, that's exactly what's wrong with the Percy apology, too. We all knew these moments were coming, and JKR kept piling on the build-up to them... but they ended up being held back so long that they weren't emotionally satisfying--they were just annoying. There just comes a time when you have to have the lovers kiss and THEN MOVE ON.
My feeling is that it should have happened in HBP, after Ron was poisoned. In fact, I was convinced that it had happened and JKR simply didn't show it. Which I thought was brilliant. :)
Yeah. Turned out I was way wrong about that.
I also automatically thought that Voldemort presumed that the other rubbish didn’t belong to other people, but had been created by the room to hide the Tiara in. After all, hiding it in an empty room would make it far too conspicuous.
Here's the funny thing to me: It always seemed out of character (to me) that Voldemort would want to put a Horcrux into a pile of junk. I guess I'm wrong about that, since he hid the ring in a shack...
But I thought he was all about collecting souvenirs and showing everybody how clever he was. It really seemed more in character for him to have made that school trophy into a Horcrux. Remember the theory that he transfigured the cup into the trophy and hid it in the trophy hall?
Hmm. Maybe the hiding stuff is related to his upbringing in the orphanage and having to come up with clever hiding places to keep your things away from other kids...
In which case, it might have been fun to relate that to Harry having to hide stuff in the floorboards of his room.
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Re: Big Juicy Chapter (but not in a good way) Part 2
Date: 2009-12-08 06:10 pm (UTC)That he's done anything at all means that he's out-performed Harry in this chapter.
The kiss should have happened at Shell Cottage when the pace was naturally slower. Maybe it could have happened an hour before the Snatchers caught them, which would make the Malfoy Manor torture more poignant. It shouldn’t take centre stage at this time – like the ghosts’ history, it’s time wasting while the enemy smashes up the castle.
Oh, exactly. I love the idea of Ron and Hermione kissing back in the tent--because that would mean Hermione finally got out of the epic snit she was in. But it's like JKR just had to hold it back until the third act.
You know, that's exactly what's wrong with the Percy apology, too. We all knew these moments were coming, and JKR kept piling on the build-up to them... but they ended up being held back so long that they weren't emotionally satisfying--they were just annoying. There just comes a time when you have to have the lovers kiss and THEN MOVE ON.
My feeling is that it should have happened in HBP, after Ron was poisoned. In fact, I was convinced that it had happened and JKR simply didn't show it. Which I thought was brilliant. :)
Yeah. Turned out I was way wrong about that.
I also automatically thought that Voldemort presumed that the other rubbish didn’t belong to other people, but had been created by the room to hide the Tiara in. After all, hiding it in an empty room would make it far too conspicuous.
Here's the funny thing to me: It always seemed out of character (to me) that Voldemort would want to put a Horcrux into a pile of junk. I guess I'm wrong about that, since he hid the ring in a shack...
But I thought he was all about collecting souvenirs and showing everybody how clever he was. It really seemed more in character for him to have made that school trophy into a Horcrux. Remember the theory that he transfigured the cup into the trophy and hid it in the trophy hall?
Hmm. Maybe the hiding stuff is related to his upbringing in the orphanage and having to come up with clever hiding places to keep your things away from other kids...
In which case, it might have been fun to relate that to Harry having to hide stuff in the floorboards of his room.