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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Yarrgh!, Feb 9, 2006.

  1. Mordecai

    Mordecai Drunken Scotsman –§ Prestigious §– DLP Supporter

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    i generally picture folk in fics as a cross between my origiinal mental picture of them and the folk in the films.

    but honestly, in the films, isn't harry supposed to wear like giant rags that used to belong to duds right? Im not jsut imagining it that it is mentioned in each canon book and most fanfics?

    because in the films he is wearing designer clothing.
     
  2. chronic dragon

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    just add that to another thing they didnt get right
     
  3. Mordecai

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    did anyone picture the hogwarts uniform the way it was done in the films?

    I always pictured it as the sort of robes where you didn't need to wear anything else, because it rapped around you and stayed rapped around you.

    in the films, they're wearing trousers, shirts and ties, like any normal school, which kinda defeats the point of hogwarts to me.
     
  4. Yarrgh!

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    I didn't get the deal with everone wearing muggle clothes when they weren't wearing the uniform.

    I guess it's all they could do to avoid having brand logos on the clothes...
     
  5. Lord Harry

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    HBP was a lot of waste of time. There were few nice ideas such as Hocruxes and the starting chap of the story. JK said she thought about these things even before the book seriese started. But the ideas her recently are utterly irrational.

    Such as DD not teaching any thing important, taking him to Burrow(I mean when there's a high security alert it's sensible to take him to highest security place like Hogwarts or let him rot in Dursley's. But no he had to taken to Burrow by great geniues DD) Those are few of them. And in the end Harry says something like "He has to end what he and DD started by himself". It's really funny him thinking that, I mean with no talent at all how rediculous to even thinking that. a

    And also with HBP it seems like seventh book too will be unrealistic. In HBP LV became more immortal and it's good making him tough target, but with the same time Harry has become a whim. He can't do anything, no power at all. What the hell that in 1st book says he'll be great. Yes, I see him becoming great in next life. Some love pink curse coming and hitting LV and him dying. Nice, Nice. Why do I feel like I don't want to read that book when it comes ?

    If she wants to make it realistic, she will have to pull the book heavily. Harry should get some trining using time turner or something, he should get some power some how. And also he needs loads of knowledge.

    But there's still bit of hope. When talking about knowledge I remembered, Did any of you guys noted that at the end of HBP harry seems to feel like DD ?(It says he needed to laugh and say Those phrases of DD at his funeral. Funny?) And also a sudden change of character. Does it mean DD has transfered some knowledge or spirit. Well, that's a one way to do that.
    And about power, In chap 18 I think the twins says some kind of "unsuspected power desply" at becoming age. I think it's relevent. That's interesing but a power without a reason of how it came will be foolish idea.
    And also about time turner, when JK was asked whether there will be a time turner at the future books after 3rd she refused to answer. It's too interesting.
    So Finally there's a bit of hope. I don't know whether it'll be enough
     
  6. Randeemy

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    Good thoughts. I agree mostly, although I am not too keen on the idea of using time turners. It is likley however, that there into in PoA was more instrumental than to save Sirius, who she intended to kill off quickly. Thus it is fair to suggest that a time turner could play an important part in the future.

    Perhaps, Harry could use it to go back and destroy the horcruxs before that fateful night on Halloween, thus meaning that when Voldemort attacks harry, the rebounded curse will infact kill him.

    (Edit: Ps. Cool avatar Lord Harry)
     
  7. Mordecai

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    interesting ideas i must say,

    I look forward to the 7th book, mainly jsut to see if she can salvage the mess she has made
     
  8. Lord Harry

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    I don't like the idea of Time turner either. But I don't see any other option to save the seriese. I mean how on the hell can Harry defeat LV within an year. It would be absolutely, Terribly, Utterly.etc.etc ... Lame and rubbish. And if she did so then we could safely ask why couldn't Harry defeat LV at the year 4(Becasue I don't see much improvement on him since 4 th year)
    And it's bit sad that there aren't much good fan fics going after HBP. Only good one I could fine was "HERE I COME" by Dark-Syaoran. Most are Ginny fluffy ones. It's true there are loads of paths created by OOTP. But if we think a bit we can find some paths to write good fan fics from HBP too, I suppose.
    Thanks Randeemy. It's my version of Harry. He should be a tough, rough, Strong character, not like some one in movies.(I'm not saying anything against Danial Radcliffe. But I think Harry is more tough than he depicts.He seems too soft).
     
  9. Yarrgh!

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    The 7th book will be a brick of a novel. It will be a minimum of 1,000 pages long, unless JK either writes in symbols or she, as usual, leaves out large parts of the plot.

    Let's see:

    - Harry has no power. He has to get stronger and learn how to duel as well as learn new spells. At his current level, Voldy can take him down in a second if he stops gloating all the time.

    - Harry has to figure out just exactly what the power of love is. How does he use it? Does he fire a love-filled patronus? Does he fuck Voldy in the ass in true creampie fashion? Does he shoot streams of pink love from his 'wand' and subde the monster-man?

    - Harry has to find five (four? can't remember) more Horcruxes, and learn how to destroy them. He has no clue where they are, or what they are, just simple guesses as to the latter.

    - The romantic tension between the four characters has to build to yet another shatteringly irritating crescendo and result in marriage (a guess, but a highly likely outcome). Bill and Fleur have to get married, presumably Remus and Tonks will as well.

    - Harry has to overcome the entire army of Voldemort...Trolls, Hags, Vampires, Giants...DEATH EATERS! Apparently, JK will pull the cliche of all cliches just straight out of her ass, and make them all give up.

    - We still have to find out what exactly the deal is with Snape. Is he good? Is he bad? I'm leaning towards good because Hagrid, the bumbling oaf that he is, mentions in HBP that Snape and Dumbles had an argument, and Dumbles told him that he would just have to go ahead and do it. We have to see how (predictably) Draco Malfoy turns back to the light, spurning his father. We have to watch in painful silence as he apologizes to the Mudblood Beaver.

    - Harry has to fight Voldemort. The cataclysmic bullshit fight will be full of empty threats from Voldy and brave but idiotic statements from Harry about the power of love. We will find that Harry has turned into a virtual Dumbeldore with twinkling eyes, even though in the last chapter he was still bitching and crying like a girl.

    - We will then have to collectively grab the pitchforks and kitchenware and viciously attack JK for ruining the whole series.

    All of this will take soooooo long to write properly, that the book just has to be at least 1000 pages long.

    Damn her. Damn her to hell.

    ~FIN~

    EDIT: Yeah...i meant 1,000 pages. Edited.
     
  10. That_Boy

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    1000 words long?? Thats about 2 A4 pages dude. Did you mean 100,000? Even that is kinda short Did you mean 1000 pages?
     
  11. Lord Harry

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    Man! Why do you have to remind all of those things again. Isn't it bad enough HBP is? Well specially if Snape became good or DD came alive then certainly there's a doubt about the sanity of JK becasue it'll be bloody copy of LOTR. (Gandalf coming again)
     
  12. Niffler Lord

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    Snape better not become good.... that would ruin the whole series for me. He excells as the villan.
     
  13. Sepanto

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    I wonder how good the 4th movie would have been had Tarantino made it...
     
  14. Mordecai

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    hehehehe

    maybe Dumbles has a horcrux or 2 tucked away somewhere
     
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