Originally posted by: Cabages
Originally posted by: newmachineoverlord
How did Severus Snape find them to give them the sword? Of all the lakes in the world he could have thrown the sword into, how did he know to pick that one?
The guy in the picture frame heard Hermione mention the woods they were in.
Snape actually turned out to be one of my favorite characters.
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Originally posted by: zylander
Originally posted by: Cabages
I just gotta say that Snape has to be one of my favorite characters in the book. To think he lived all of Harry's life dedicated to protecting him out of love for his Lilly.
Nice twist, and I was actually sad after he died.
He was always one of my favorite characters, having Alan Rickman play him in the movies helped that too. Everyone always thought Snape was the bad guy, especially after the 6th book, but I knew there was more to the story and this last book proved it.
After Book 6 I think it was quite obvious he WASN'T the bad guy. I mean it's easy to say "zomg he killed dumbledore" but JK Rowling doesn't conceal things that well. It's either bloody obvious to you or there aren't any clues period (and she doesn't try to mislead either). Anyways... yea. It was nice seeing how Harry said Snape was one of the bravest headmasters at Hogwarts? At least Snape got some recognition...
Originally posted by: zylander
Originally posted by: DLeRium
Originally posted by: zylander
Originally posted by: Cabages
I just gotta say that Snape has to be one of my favorite characters in the book. To think he lived all of Harry's life dedicated to protecting him out of love for his Lilly.
Nice twist, and I was actually sad after he died.
He was always one of my favorite characters, having Alan Rickman play him in the movies helped that too. Everyone always thought Snape was the bad guy, especially after the 6th book, but I knew there was more to the story and this last book proved it.
After Book 6 I think it was quite obvious he WASN'T the bad guy. I mean it's easy to say "zomg he killed dumbledore" but JK Rowling doesn't conceal things that well. It's either bloody obvious to you or there aren't any clues period (and she doesn't try to mislead either). Anyways... yea. It was nice seeing how Harry said Snape was one of the bravest headmasters at Hogwarts? At least Snape got some recognition...
Yeah, and if you pay attention to some of the lines from the 6th book, especially near the end, you can get some hints. The chapter right before Snape kills him, Snape is having a conversation with Dumbeldor outside and he says something about how he cant go through with it and that there must be some other way. I thought that kind of gave it away that they were planning something.
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: Kazaam
1)How do you know the sorting hat was voldemorts?
2)what profession were harrys parents?
3)how the hell did dumbledor win an undefeatable wand from grindelwald?
4)since when do spells that collide actually work? and how come harry was dead and disarmed too?
5)How come the accounts JK gave after the book in interviews on cnn and nbc are diff? for example...she said neville and luna could get together...wtf...didnt neville and dean become boyfriend and girlfriend at the end of the book?
1. The Sorting Hat was not Voldemort's, it belonged to Godric Gryffindor, one of the founders of Hogwarts. This is explained in one of the sortings, I believe, when the hat sings its traditional preamble. Don't remember which book.
2. Rowling has never mentioned the occupations of Harry's parents.
3. This is a good question, and I thought it too. I'd like to hear Rowling's answer to that. I'm assuming that, even though Grindelwald had the Elder Wand, Dumbledore was just a much more accomplished wizard.
Rita Skeeter infers that Grindelwald surrendered willingly to Dumbledore and that they did not actually duel whole-heartedly
4. I'm assuming you meant to say "And how come Voldemort was dead and disarmed too".
Voldemort assumed the Elder Wand had "chosen" him, by killing Snape, he thought it made him the new master of the wand. In reality, Snape never actually "won" the wand from Dumbledore, because Dumbledore was disarmed already when Snape killed him. It was Draco Malfoy who disarmed Dumbledore at the top of the tower, and so Draco was the new master of the wand. In the Room of Requirement, Harry disarms Malfoy of his own wand, and in doing so, Harry claims true power over the Elder Wand. Confusing and a bit of a stretch, I know, but "the wand chooses the wizard." Since Voldemort cast the Avada Kedavra curse at Harry with the Elder Wand, the curse rebounded back upon Voldemort, because the wand would not kill its true master. Harry's Expelliarmus spell then disarmed Voldemort of the wand, and Harry caught it.
5. Dean and Neville are both male. Rowling may have thought at one time about having Luna get with Neville, but apparently Luna ends up marrying Rolf Scamander, related to Newt Scamander.