It was kind of a bloodbath, wasn't it? Especially among the adult generation. I mean, all the Marauders -- boom. (*whimper*) I was actually surprised we didn't lose more students...was Fred the only one? Oh, and Crabbe, I suppose. But most of Dumbledore's Army made it, which I frankly wasn't sure would happen.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts when you're ready to post. :-)
Yeah, I thought we'd lose more of the DA too. I really thought Neville was going to die at the end there. Love that the Sorting Hat considered him a worthy Gryffindor though!
*G* I've wanted to go around yelling it since I finished at 6:25 this morning -- but my friend had fallen asleep around 2AM and was only on page 200-something at that time! I had to go take a nap JUST so I wouldn't say anything! LOL.
I'm not very good at predictions, but two years ago I predicted that Remus would die. And when he arrived at GP and tried to help Harry, I thought, "Uh-oh, he's going to die."
As an R/S shipper, what did you think? I took that baby and the pictures in Sirius's room as a sure sign that JKR wanted to make sure we knew they were straight in her mind.
Oh yeah, the bikini clad babes were definitely aimed at us.
As for the baby...well, JKR established in HBP that Remus likes girls. Fortunately, we slashers are a flexible lot and easily revised Remus from "gay" to "bi."
I know, but I can't see him liking girls at all...I still try to convince myself that he was one of those gay guys who get married, just because they want a family.
I took that baby and the pictures in Sirius's room as a sure sign that JKR wanted to make sure we knew they were straight in her mind.
Meh, I'm not concerned in the least. I figure the pictures were just one more way for Sirius to infuriate his mother... remember, the pictures were of *Muggle* girls-- I think the Muggle part, along with the crass display of bikinis, would have just about driven the old bag to distraction. Besides... he was still young, and conflicted about his sexuality. Yeah, that's it! ;)
As for Remus... well, I adore Tonks as a character, but I've always imagined that she was never more than a replacement for Sirius. Like Mysid said, we've been finding all sorts of ways to justify Remus/Tonks since HBP. I like to think that the two 'ships can peacefully coexist.
Fear not! There's always a work-around if you look hard enough. It's all about context. ;D
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Date: 2007-07-21 10:52 pm (UTC)Looking forward to hearing your thoughts when you're ready to post. :-)
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Date: 2007-07-21 11:48 pm (UTC)As an R/S shipper, what did you think? I took that baby and the pictures in Sirius's room as a sure sign that JKR wanted to make sure we knew they were straight in her mind.
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Date: 2007-07-22 12:20 am (UTC)As for the baby...well, JKR established in HBP that Remus likes girls. Fortunately, we slashers are a flexible lot and easily revised Remus from "gay" to "bi."
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Date: 2007-07-22 07:15 pm (UTC)Meh, I'm not concerned in the least. I figure the pictures were just one more way for Sirius to infuriate his mother... remember, the pictures were of *Muggle* girls-- I think the Muggle part, along with the crass display of bikinis, would have just about driven the old bag to distraction. Besides... he was still young, and conflicted about his sexuality. Yeah, that's it! ;)
As for Remus... well, I adore Tonks as a character, but I've always imagined that she was never more than a replacement for Sirius. Like Mysid said, we've been finding all sorts of ways to justify Remus/Tonks since HBP. I like to think that the two 'ships can peacefully coexist.
Fear not! There's always a work-around if you look hard enough. It's all about context. ;D
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Date: 2007-07-24 02:07 am (UTC)Amen.
But why did JKR put the bikini babes there in the first place? Aimed at us, baby! She's very aware of fanfic.
But I wonder, did she realize that she practically invited Albus/Gellert slash?