<p>yeah. So, Voldemort actually made 7 Horcruxes...</p>
<p>The epilogue disappointed me. JK said she wanted to tie up all the loose strings and describe what happened to the survivors... but we really just learned what happened to Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Percy. Oh, and Ted Lupin (who we never really cared about very much) and Bill and Fleur's daughter (who we cared even less about, because we never met her!). I was disappointed by that...</p>
<p>I was disappointed by the importance of Lily's eyes. I definitely thought JK Rowling said in an interview that there was some kind of magic that involved your eyes (well, a fan suggested it, and she called him "Very, very clever"). But it turns out that they remind Snape of Lily? How is that important at all?</p>
<p>Not to mention the fact that Snape looks into Harry's eyes as he's dying is incredibly disturbing...</p>
<p>oh... is that why snape asked harry to look at him? so he could see his eyes, which is why he did what he did?
ohhh.....</p>
<p>That's how I read it.</p>
<p>He was going to ask Harry to kiss him, next, but he ran out of breath.</p>
<p>hahahaha very funny. Actually I took the "Look at me" first as in look at my life and understand what I did and second, look at me so I can see Lily one more time in your eyes.</p>
<p>Still chuckling over the kiss though</p>
<p>you guys...the epilogue was awful.
we didn't even learn what harry does, or any of the rest of the trio.</p>
<p>Yeah, Nutmeg, I agree. For having those six or so pages written ahead of time, you think she would have taken pleasure in writing out lots of details.</p>
<p>She did say that there would be lots of room for speculation after it was all over (as a consolation to the desolate fans), maybe she did it so we could make our own guesses? If she did I think she interpreted how we would feel about that very wrongly.</p>
<p>I agree with you, Chris07. Does she think we will have fun picking out futures for everyone? Gee, it's that sort of guesswork that leads to things like all those so-called spoilers. I want the real thing.</p>
<p>the real ending to the books: harry dies. (it's bound to happend some time)</p>
<p>I just remembered another huge mistake JK Rowling made.</p>
<p>On her site, she answered the question "What happens to a secret when the secret-keeper dies?" She said she was surprised that question won the voting, and then said that the secret dies with them.</p>
<p>Now, it turns out that question played an important role in Deathly Hallows. Not to mention she changed her mind completely, since everyone who knew the secret became a secret-keeper. I hate seeing Rowling contradict herself, but I guess this was bound to happen after the last book.</p>
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<p>It is trying to highlight Snape's love. We never really saw that side to him, we only saw a darker, even possibly evil side to Snape. Harry's eyes were something that reaffirmed the love of Snape to Lilly every time he looked at Harry and is why he both protected and hated Harry at the same time.</p>
<p>yeah chris, i was also surprised when i read that because it contradicted what she said on her website, but i guess she needed it in the deathly hallows with that yaxley death eater and hermione.</p>
<p>why did she have to include an epilogue? the book was pretty brilliant...great way to end/connect to previous books. what ever happened to leaving the rest of the characters' lives to the readers' imaginations? for a series that was far from cliche (sure, the concept of wizards, witches, and magic was already around), the epilogue was totally cliche and very forced.</p>
<p>overall, though, i am happy with the book. with all the books actually. jk rowling really reignited the magic in the world. and it's not only going to last the decade during which she wrote the books, but for generations to come. what would the world be like if she never wrote harry potter? if she cast it off as a silly idea?</p>
<p>oh, and has anyone noticed how the most popular series in history was orchestrated nearly entirely by women. the author, the illustrator, and the 2 editors and director were all women. wow. go women.</p>
<p>two of my favorite parts of the book was teh inside cover which simply said "we now present the seventh and final installment in the epic tale of harry potter" and the dedication page which included the part about dedicating this book to all the harry fans. </p>
<p>i did enjoy the book but, like the six one, i will need to reread it just because it is SO SO SO different from the other books. that way i can actually sit back and enjoy the story without having to fret about one of the trio dying (i cried like a baby when harry said "i am about to die"). </p>
<p>snape said the "look at me" thing for one reason. he simply wanted to die with the image of lily's eyes in his mind because hse was his one true love. harry didn't know that snape was good by simply LOOKING at him, that's why he needed the memory...and that wasn't snape's intention as he was dying. i'm sure that he wanted to help harry by giving him the horcrux but all he's ever really cared abotu is lily. </p>
<p>however...i STILL don't understand why voldemort having harry blood protected harry. harry didn't die after the AK curse because it only penetrated and destroyed the horcux. so after that was gone both harry adn voldemort had nothing left to protect them so when the curse rebounded voldemort died...but hwat does that have to do with him having harry's blood?</p>
<p>Harry's blood had "Lily's sacrifice" (i.e. Lily being willing to die for Harry) in it, so that sacrifice/protection was still alive, through Harry's blood in Voldemort. So Harry couldn't die because he was still protected. But someone said something about Voldemort having the Elder Wand which wouldn't want to kill Harry (just like in the final battle) at that point...so...I don't know.</p>
<p>Actually Blythe, Snape did want Harry to know, and that's why he said, "Take it," meaning take the memories that were pouring out of him. Snape knew that Harry would know what that silvery substance was and would look at it and understand. Did he mean to say he was sorry for being a jerk all those years? Nah, I don't see that, but he did want Harry to understand. Look at me and understand what I've done and why and look at me so the last thing I see is the green eyes that look so much like Lily's.......such a bittersweet ending. Obviously Harry forgives him everything since he not only defends Snape to his son, but he also gives Snape's name to him.</p>
<p>Voldemort having Harry's blood was important for the same reason Harry having a piece of Voldemort was important, it insured that they couldn't kill each other and strengthened their bond.</p>
<p>Voldemort couldn't kill Harry because he had Harry's blood in him. Therefore, when he "killed" Harry, he only killed the part of Harry that didn't have Harry's blood, the horcrux.</p>
<p>So, Harry's blood was the reason that the AK curse only killed the horcrux.</p>
<p>yeah i think he wanted harry to understand but not at that momment. he gave him the memory to look at afterwards so he would know the truth but i still believe that at the very last moment before snape died, all he cared about was lily.</p>
<p>okay so if voldemort had harry's blood then wouldn't he be protected just like harry? so confused on that...still need to reread.</p>