tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post106824463733852390..comments2024-03-28T06:47:24.428-04:00Comments on As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part the First, In Which I Go Crazy With Wand InnuendosAs the Crowe Flies and Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-66645338325864974622013-05-24T12:03:50.358-04:002013-05-24T12:03:50.358-04:00I really loved the first four books, I think -- re...I really loved the first four books, I think -- read and reread them almost yearly -- but after that, I just wasn't feelin' it. I read each book once, quick, right when they came out so I could be in the know, but wasn't very moved. (and for a while, I found Harry just insufferable!) <br /><br />Perhaps I need to do another reread.Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511122937603890352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-29501522947605595472013-05-20T18:39:26.274-04:002013-05-20T18:39:26.274-04:00I was upset by the epitaphs. I like epitaphs as a ...I was upset by the epitaphs. I like epitaphs as a rule but I got anxious how they were ALL ABOUT DEATH.Jenny @ Jenny's Bookshttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-68167914875807191512013-05-18T13:19:07.036-04:002013-05-18T13:19:07.036-04:00Raych, that's the only way that it should be d...Raych, that's the only way that it should be done. And end-of-book-7 Ron is good, too. We just have to put up with his jerkiness for the middle to get there. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-76928545251952631402013-05-18T13:18:22.063-04:002013-05-18T13:18:22.063-04:00Dudley and Harry will *totally* meet for tea after...Dudley and Harry will *totally* meet for tea after the war. It shall be so and no other way. <br /><br />(There's a fic for that.)<br /><br />[So much more fun than saying there's an app for that.]As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-74036131193898140692013-05-18T13:17:02.835-04:002013-05-18T13:17:02.835-04:00Moody would be so proud, Kayleigh. Moody would be so proud, Kayleigh. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-51260196329571888712013-05-18T13:16:25.031-04:002013-05-18T13:16:25.031-04:00It's sad that Ron has only a few heydays: end ...It's sad that Ron has only a few heydays: end of Book I, and the very beginning and very end of Book VII. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-28989310720403744262013-05-18T13:15:26.110-04:002013-05-18T13:15:26.110-04:00Yes. Uncommon minds. And dirty minds. But not unco...Yes. Uncommon minds. And dirty minds. But not uncommonly dirty. That's just silly. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-72122821291103698952013-05-18T12:44:35.636-04:002013-05-18T12:44:35.636-04:00I missed *all* of the penis jokes in this section....I missed *all* of the penis jokes in this section. What the what? I will need to pay extra attention in this next bit. CONSTANT VIGILANCE.Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-24472760417471080152013-05-18T12:41:19.997-04:002013-05-18T12:41:19.997-04:00I would love this to happen please okay thanks.I would love this to happen please okay thanks.Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-37962342248461539502013-05-18T06:02:39.319-04:002013-05-18T06:02:39.319-04:00Exactly! Which makes it weird when JKR says she lo...Exactly! Which makes it weird when JKR says she loves Ron because What?! You love the character who was given the jealousy and rudeness and insecurity? But those flashes of awesome are enough for me to fill in the not so awesome bits with wicked subtext.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-10859518144262298242013-05-18T03:54:00.239-04:002013-05-18T03:54:00.239-04:00Yeah, Ron was pretty great in these earlier chapte...Yeah, Ron was pretty great in these earlier chapters. But from what I remember, he turns into an ass again later, soooooo... yeah. A lovable ass, but still.<br /><br />THE TWINS. I cried a lot at George losing his ear. A LOT. I think it's cause I know what's coming and I'm already depressed about it.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-81176856441911743622013-05-17T23:05:40.149-04:002013-05-17T23:05:40.149-04:00I totally missed both the Krum wand joke AND the R...I totally missed both the Krum wand joke AND the Ron not being able to get it out joke. I'M SO ASHAMED.<br /><br />Oh Ron-That-Never-Was, how I've loved you. I sort of blur Book 1 Ron with Early Book 7 Ron and edit out the Meanish Ron of the middle 5 books. Is that bad?raychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321213376462899047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-57419698328728137462013-05-17T18:54:18.046-04:002013-05-17T18:54:18.046-04:00Thank you a THOUSAND times for focusing on the wan...Thank you a THOUSAND times for focusing on the wand jokes. I will tell my husband that you are a grown-up and very intelligent lady, and you are fully accepting of the penis symbolism and we do not have uncommonly dirty minds. (Dirty, yes...but perhaps not uncommonly so.)Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-56446860942069576332013-05-17T18:52:46.954-04:002013-05-17T18:52:46.954-04:00This makes sense to me! I understand a fanfic thin...This makes sense to me! I understand a fanfic thing!Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-63744326438954949162013-05-17T18:51:23.084-04:002013-05-17T18:51:23.084-04:00I think I agree with Laura that more would have be...I think I agree with Laura that more would have been too much. Because how're you gonna go 17 years being an utter tool to someone in your family and then all of sudden wanna hug it out just because you're leaving and you don't even know why you're leaving? It just wouldn't seem natural. But maybe after the battle and stuff, Harry and Dudley meet for tea and discuss their feelings.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-1243208985016557382013-05-17T17:29:58.864-04:002013-05-17T17:29:58.864-04:00Ooh, yes, good point about Moody--i hadn't pic...Ooh, yes, good point about Moody--i hadn't picked up on his anti-Snape jinxes working after he died. <br /><br />Snape casts the memory charms for Hermione's parents because in fanfic, Hermione is inevitably the only (or one of the only) people who knows which side Snape is really on. they are often romantically paired in these fics but not always. And because he's a powerful wizard wanting to help Hermione, he casts them on her parents. <br /><br />I guess fanfic justification is that if the text is accurate, Hermione wouldn't have forgotten that she performed a memory charm (ironic), nor would have lied to the boys and said she'd never done them before, THEREFORE somebody else must have done them. Clearly it was Snape. Or some such.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-16779398889188820452013-05-17T16:31:39.356-04:002013-05-17T16:31:39.356-04:00The epigraphs bother me, too - all or none, I say....The epigraphs bother me, too - all or none, I say. And I never noticed the dedication before, but yes, very serpentine, especially how it's bold at the top. And also split into seven parts! Very clever. I am overly excited about this.<br /><br />I kind of like how the Secret Keeping changes, I just wished that there was consistency in the perseverance of spells after the caster dies. Harry's full-body bind lifted when Dumbledore died but Moody's anti-Snape spells continue after his death. Me no understand.<br /><br />Why would Snape cast the memory charms? What's the fanfic logic? Not challenging it, just curious.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02127105939589606854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-83831417014595283072013-05-17T15:54:38.014-04:002013-05-17T15:54:38.014-04:00No, I did like the dudley thing. It was just so l...No, I did like the dudley thing. It was just so little of it, and it came so light, and I wanted REDEMPTION. I am all about the R-word. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-53637109659336009712013-05-17T15:36:12.321-04:002013-05-17T15:36:12.321-04:00You didn't like the Dudley thing? I mean, I DE...You didn't like the Dudley thing? I mean, I DEFINITELY agree that there's a much bigger story there just waiting to be told, but I feel like... well, firstly there wasn't TIME to give them a much, you know, longer send off, and anyway, making them have a long conversation about their feelings or something wouldn't have felt at all honest. I thought it was a pretty good goodbye!<br /><br />Totally agree about Ron though. I mean, I don't hate Ron or anything, but he has definitely been at his best in DH so far. You're totally right.<br /><br />"And then Ron struggles with his wand and tells Hermione that it's no wonder he can't get it out. With Harry standing right there and everything!" BAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes. All the wand jokes are The Best!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-78148546712899910352013-05-17T13:55:51.037-04:002013-05-17T13:55:51.037-04:00If the Ron from our reading this week were like th...If the Ron from our reading this week were like this all the time, then we could agree that we could see Hermione with him. As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-77365182972866762312013-05-17T13:55:11.252-04:002013-05-17T13:55:11.252-04:00Lightning bolt scar? Wow. Of course you're r...Lightning bolt scar? Wow. Of course you're right about that. And the fact that it never occurred to me that it was lightning makes me question my fan status. <br /><br />Re: Ron. If Ron from book I had grown into Ron from book VII and not veered off that course, how wonderful would he be? I could better forgive him his upcoming desertion because then at least it would provide a stark contrast from his character. Does that make sense?As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-52247854648053535792013-05-17T10:08:46.692-04:002013-05-17T10:08:46.692-04:00So many wand jokes. Oh JK, thank you.
I agree tha...So many wand jokes. Oh JK, thank you.<br /><br />I agree that Ron is so much better in these first chapters than he has been in the earlier books, especially pointing out that, for once, his humor isn't at the expense of someone else. Hermione makes him a better person. (It all comes back to Hermione being awesome.)Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-23085029755264973452013-05-17T08:50:42.833-04:002013-05-17T08:50:42.833-04:00The dedication is Harry's lightening scar isn&...The dedication is Harry's lightening scar isn't it? Or at least that's what I always thought it was. *shrugs* <br /><br />You know what I want to know? Why doesn't every family just use the fidelius charm? Like, clearly it isn't the ideal solution since that'd mean never leaving the house, but surely you'd have one so you could sleep in ease right?<br /><br />This book makes me feel so sorry for Ron. I mean, there is so much potential in that character (I'll die defending him) but I feel like JK never really knew what to do with him. She set him up as the strategist in PS/SS but then never follows up on it, and then he's supposed to be the funny one, but there's also a lot of examples of his humour being quite nasty. I just feel like JK really dropped the ball as opposed to Harry and Hermione who are much less schizophrenic (if you get where I'm going with that). <br /><br />THE TWINS :( Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.com