was today as good for you as it was for me? better? yay!

[impy]

"I liked the D.A.! I learned loads with you!"
"I enjoyed the meetings too," said Luna serenely. "It was like having friends."



Btw, not at all spoilery, really. Just my favorite quote from the book/Luna.

However, the next cut is spoilery. Yes. Yes it is.


Well, holy shit. I should have expected it, and in fact, I sort of did, and at the same time I didn't really see it coming the way it did. Which, I suppose, is why it's a plot twist.

First, excellent for the lack of spoilers. On the other hand, I did pretty much gauge my eyes out whenever someone would mention the book, so that might have helped. *eyes the suspicious few*

Anyway. Holy father-figure-on-a-stick. It does NOT pay to be at all parentally towards Harry, does it? You might as well just sign your death warrant and be done with it right there. They killed Dumbledore. They, in this case, would be JK and Snape. Fuckit, the voice of God killed Dumbledore. I'm not sure, but I think this might screw with my head something awful. *cough*

Reasons it had to happen? Simple, actually. Only one. With him still there, you couldn't see a real showdown with Harry and the bitch who shredded his soul.

Why it had to be Snape? Um... to make all the Snape fangirls be lynched upon the finishing of this book? I'm not sure, but I think there's supposed to be a bit of irony about it, or maybe even just flat out, "I told you!"-so itis.

Annnnnnnnnnnd we move on. Or back.

The book? Two thumbs up, if you ignore the end. I still don't know whether it's a style thing or if it's just that if you invest a certain amount of time into reading a book, you figure the end should somehow not make you expect a couple dozen pages to fall out from the back cover to fill in the gaping hole. No, I'm not talking about the wave of regret that washes over you when a really good book ends. I mean the "whatthefuck?" when you're still waiting for something to happen and it doesn't. And it's not like I know what I'm waiting for, but I'm waiting. I don't like to be kept waiting in anything other than the "wow, so good, why isn't there more" sort of way. Which I 'm not. This is NOT to say I didn't like the book. Check out the two opposable thumbs up back there. See? That's a good thing.

For the most part Harry didn't prance around the book being mind-numbingly stupid to the point where it hurt to read the book. He actually grew up with Sirius's death, which surprised me a bit. But pleasantly, I assure you. In fact, I think this is the fastest I've read a HP book ever, and a big part of that was because Harry was actually rather fun to ride along with. Something he hasn't always been, what with his fits of rage and angst.

Moving along. It's a good thing I'm not bitter, or all the damn couples would have made my eyes bleed. :p Ron's a moron, Hermione wasn't much better, and I knew Harry and Ginny would end up together, if Harry ended up with anyone. Tonks and Remus though? W...t...f? I'm sorry. What? Where? Wha? Run that by me again? *blink* So weird. Though maybe worth it for the thought that just flitted through my brain: No wonder she was so upset about 'killing' Sirius... You can't kill the guy you love's boyfriend and expect him to be all that happy with you...
Oh, and R+H? Somehow...not as cute as I hoped for. Not awful, but I expect more you know.

I actually liked the backstory for Voldy-love, and there was much of it. I'm torn between wanting something of Ravenclaw's to be used and not. If it's not, well, at least that much wasn't corrupted by Voldy...but if it is, then that means they're actually there for more than weird chicks and a mean game o' Quidditch.

And having Dumbledore die for a stupid fake locket? Fuck you, JK. Can't someone die without the crushing "why'd we bother?" feeling? ...No, eh?

Snape? Sorry, still sort of stuck waiting in that, "Dude! You're gonna fix this, right? Right? mentality. And also a little surprised aboot The HBP-ness. I'm not sure why, just am.

Draco. Cissy. Draaaaaaco. Wow. But this means all the fangirlies are gonna make my eyes bleed. I just know it.

Worth the freakish shipping cost just for the Cissy-ness.

And the weird theme of Lily all over the book. Liiiiiilllllyyyyy.

Overall, loved the book to the point where I consider, ever briefly, buying my own copy.

And that is that.

Called out of work. For numerous reasons, the least being the headache that won't fucking go away.

Today's crushing bit of annoyance was that the air conditioning repair dude came out to fix the downstairs and look at the upstairs [which wasn't working fabulously, but did work]. Apparently upstairs needed some cleaning and downstairs needed $400 worth of repair. So when I finally passed out, I wasn't expecting to be crawling into an oven. Since my room has never been big with the cooling down without turning the rest of the upstairs into an igloo, I thought maybe it was just really hot today or something and by evening it would cool down. I woke up at 11pm, about the time when the AC has worked the magic... and it's frying still.

Sonofabitch broke my AC, while the downstairs is so cold I thought I needed a sweater. Bah!

*yawns*