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Finished Harry Potter last night. (Hey, I didn't get my copy until after lunch yesterday - it arrived while we were at Chuckro's parents' house.)
Overall, I'm satisfied. I would have liked to see a little bit more of Draco at the end, to get a sense of whether the whole debacle had any impact on him at all.
A couple questions:
- How did Gryffindor's sword get back into the hat after the goblin took it? I realize they needed it to be there, plotwise, but it didn't really make sense.
- If the entire house of Slytherin abandoned Hogwarts at its moment of need...why the hell is there still a house of Slytherin? I mean, we've pretty much proved that Slytherins are only good despite themselves. Why continue allowing this house to exist?
Anyway, it was a little more straightforward than it could have been, given all the hints dropped about Neville and so on. But overall, it was enjoyable, wrapped up most of the loose ends, and felt like a satisfying close. So I'm happy.
Overall, I'm satisfied. I would have liked to see a little bit more of Draco at the end, to get a sense of whether the whole debacle had any impact on him at all.
A couple questions:
- How did Gryffindor's sword get back into the hat after the goblin took it? I realize they needed it to be there, plotwise, but it didn't really make sense.
- If the entire house of Slytherin abandoned Hogwarts at its moment of need...why the hell is there still a house of Slytherin? I mean, we've pretty much proved that Slytherins are only good despite themselves. Why continue allowing this house to exist?
Anyway, it was a little more straightforward than it could have been, given all the hints dropped about Neville and so on. But overall, it was enjoyable, wrapped up most of the loose ends, and felt like a satisfying close. So I'm happy.
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Date: 2007-07-23 11:42 pm (UTC)From:Blood purity was not a requirement but a preference when Salazar Slytherin was at Hogwarts. I assume, like all royal houses have found, he would have taken in gifted, Slytherin-inclined half-bloods and the like as well. Once he was no longer alive, his preferences couldn't be mandated or strictly maintained by the Sorting Hat because the Hat takes into consideration what the sorted wizards and witches choose in addition to their individual leanings. Thus, after many years of ill will being produced against Slytherins, you'd have plenty of pure bloods in no hurry to be in Slytherin but plenty of pure bloods in Slytherin maintaining that that was how you told how really magical a bloodline was. Hence the reputation of Slytherin would supplant the reality of the half-bloods and muggle-borns among their ranks.