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<blockquote data-quote="Tiberius" data-source="post: 3099305" data-attributes="member: 1376"><p>Regarding Order of the Phoenix:</p><p>[sblock]I thought this book was pretty solid. It probably could have been a little tighter of a story, but I thought it worked. My main beef with OotP is the incompetance of the Death Eater A-squad sent to retrieve the prophecy. This is, in part, due to the rules (or, really, lack of rules) Rowling has set down in regards to the consequences of magic use. Given:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There appears to be no mechanical drawback to using the Avada Kedavra curse</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Said curse is indefensible</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Death Eaters are looking at stints in Azkaban anyway if they're caught</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Death Eaters seem like they're supposed to be evil badasses</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Only Harry is specifically to be killed by the Dark Lord</li> </ul><p>I see no reason why the Death Eaters wouldn't be lobbing the Killing Curse at any student that isn't Harry. Why bother with the stuff that can be defended against?</p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Regarding Half-Blood Prince:</p><p>[sblock]While this one scored points with me for Voldemort being effectively a lich, I was disappointed with it on a couple of points. First of all, I concur that the story just kinda floated along until the very end, where all of a sudden you get the death of Dumbledore and the revelation of Snape as the HPB. Also, it seemed to me that the identity of the Prince didn't really matter to the plot nearly as much as the items and people that made the titles of the other books did.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Regarding Snape:</p><p>[sblock]Much as I would love for him to have been a DEEP cover Death Eater all this time, I think this theory is well and truly shot at the very end of HBP, when he's trying to make his escape while still attempting to teach Potter that closing his mind is the only way he'll be able to defeat Voldemort. Doesn't strike me as the sort of thing a loyal Death Eater would do. "No, you idiot, <strong>this</strong> is how you beat my boss!"[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiberius, post: 3099305, member: 1376"] Regarding Order of the Phoenix: [sblock]I thought this book was pretty solid. It probably could have been a little tighter of a story, but I thought it worked. My main beef with OotP is the incompetance of the Death Eater A-squad sent to retrieve the prophecy. This is, in part, due to the rules (or, really, lack of rules) Rowling has set down in regards to the consequences of magic use. Given: [list]There appears to be no mechanical drawback to using the Avada Kedavra curse[/list] [list]Said curse is indefensible[/list] [list]The Death Eaters are looking at stints in Azkaban anyway if they're caught[/list] [list]Death Eaters seem like they're supposed to be evil badasses[/list] [list]Only Harry is specifically to be killed by the Dark Lord[/list] I see no reason why the Death Eaters wouldn't be lobbing the Killing Curse at any student that isn't Harry. Why bother with the stuff that can be defended against? [/sblock] Regarding Half-Blood Prince: [sblock]While this one scored points with me for Voldemort being effectively a lich, I was disappointed with it on a couple of points. First of all, I concur that the story just kinda floated along until the very end, where all of a sudden you get the death of Dumbledore and the revelation of Snape as the HPB. Also, it seemed to me that the identity of the Prince didn't really matter to the plot nearly as much as the items and people that made the titles of the other books did.[/sblock] Regarding Snape: [sblock]Much as I would love for him to have been a DEEP cover Death Eater all this time, I think this theory is well and truly shot at the very end of HBP, when he's trying to make his escape while still attempting to teach Potter that closing his mind is the only way he'll be able to defeat Voldemort. Doesn't strike me as the sort of thing a loyal Death Eater would do. "No, you idiot, [b]this[/b] is how you beat my boss!"[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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