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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 2439437" data-attributes="member: 1014">Finished the book yesterday.* Harry pulling a Peter Parker and telling Ginny to take a hike makes sense.  Ginny isn't neccearily on the DE's list.  Potter spent a few weeks dating Ginny, most of that time was by the lake or whatever.  The big public display was in front of the Griffendor house, not Hogwarts at large.   Malfoy and Snape were busy during this period.  It's possible that the DEs really don't know about Ginny.  Luna, however, was Potter's date to the party.  Oops.  * As much as it will pain me to see Dumbledore come back in a portrait (Obi-Wan?) I think it is inevitable.* IIRC, Snape reserved three memories that he absolutely did not want Potter to know about. We saw one, were James was taunting him as a youth.  This leaves two others.  At least one of them has to be who he is really working for.  I suspect the other is a memory swearing his alliegance to whomever he's really double-crossing.  * Also, you can break an Unbreakable Vow.  You just die in the process.  Snape has proven himself that no matter what you think of him, he's no coward.  He may swear these Unbreakable Vows at the drop of a hat, knowing that sooner or later he's going to have to break one and bite it.* I think Snape killed Dumbledore as a mercy killing.  The werewolf was about ready to do it anyway, orders or no orders.  By the time Snape walked into the room, Dumbledore's life expectancy could be measured with a stopwatch, it was just a question of how it was going to go down.  Snape now has impeccible DE creditentials and he at least spared Dumbledore getting tortured.* Why is anyone attracted to Ron?  I mean, really?  It must be a most-popular-guy-in-school thing because nothing else makes sense. Well, other than, Ron's-a-hero-because-we-said-so. * I was dissapointed to learn that the Half-Blood Prince was Snape.  Sure, it all makes sense, but I felt like I was reading an Agatha Christie mystery where the vital clue isn't revealed until the end and it's impossible to solve the puzzle otherwise.* Harry is still kind of a prat, which I liked to see.  Tonks was no longer fun to hang around, so Harry tries to ditch her.  Exactly like most teens would do.* I'm still a little shocked that Harry, Ron, and Herminone (!!!!) won't be returning to the school.  We already saw a format change with this book, it didn't start on Privit Drive, it started in the Prime Minester's office.  The last book, I'm guessing, will deviate a lot from the tradition.* Draco's a chump.  At this point, were it up to me, he could not be saved.  It is no longer a question of him wanting to do the right thing, the point is that when the chips are down, he gravitates to whoever is strongest.  I LOVE the notion other posters have mentioned about him being a surragte son for Snape though.* McGonnel will be the headmaster, I'm betting.  No one else has a strong enough personality.  Snape might have, but I'm guessing he's no longer on the tenure track.All in all, a good read!</blockquote>

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