ridicully | I gave in an started reading DH early. It might be fake, but it kept me busy

CAVE: I've read the allegedly leaked (carpet) copy of DH. When I say spoiler, I mean it.

I guess 'spoilers for DH' does cover it. In a way. Because if it turns out I didn't spent a day reading a particularly well made fanfic, this is probably going to be full of spoilers. Incoherent spoilers most likely, but still...

In the tradition of first read throughs of HP-Books, I'm going to do an reaction post. Only this time without the time-stamps because reading the photos takes much longer than reading a book ever would. Also, the page numbers are in the worst part of the photos, recognizing them is too difficult.

Any book that starts with Snape should be a good book. I'm easily satisfied.
Tonks married Lupin? I don't know what to think about that.
Ohhhh. Killing the Muggle Studies teacher. Nice.
Wohoooo. Harry realizes that maybe healing should have been taught.
And this is how you pack a proper trunk.
:o Dumbledore's father killed Muggles!
I like the backstory for Dumbledore.
And I see she still didn't officially state Dumbledore's house at Hogwarts.
Whatever Petunia wanted to say, I'm guessing on it being important later on.
I somehow doubt Harry has been calling Privet Drive 'home' at any point.
I'm sure Harry also tastes a lot better than Crabbe and Goyle. *winkwinknudgenudge*
Who wants to bet Mundungus-Harry is going to get caught?
Killing Hedwig? EVIL.
Now. That's quite some fight for just the fourth chapter.
I know Snape told them. But I'm still going to be pissed if he turns out evil.
Do *not* give me any cosy Harry/Ginny if you know what's good for you. I don't much care for it and I want action right now.
Dead count on the side with names right now: Hedwig and Moody.
O.o Hermione doesn't do things by halves, does she? Australia?
Ok, Ron *and* Hermione really thought about this. Cool. Thinking. Fancy new idea.
Gregorovitch was the other wandmaker, was he not?
I think I read a fanfic with a book similiar to that one once. Only it was a lot more explicit.
That razor clearly can be used for kinky purposes. And Fleur knows it as well as we do.
*grumblemumble* Nothing against H/G in particular, I just don't like shipping in my canon, all right?
Is Lupin just not happy with Harry being trusting like James or is there more behind his unhappieness?
... Patronuses *speak*?
Deluminator. Is that the same thing as a Put-Outer?
You don't like his *attitude*? He is a teenager. Attitude is something he has in excess.
Did I mention that I don't like weddings? Does the wedding have to be in full detail? Doesn't she know the book has to be written in the way I want it to?
Ohhh. Grindelwalds sign?
And more Dumbledore backstory. This time a bit more dogy. Me like.
Oh fuck. Good timing there Voldemort.
Oh, so he knows Sirius' death wasn't Snape's fault alone?
And here I went to bed, because less chance of spoilers means I can take my time.

Lily Potter wrote letters. Amazing.
Grrr. Argh. Give me some information, not only these half-facts
Oh right. Hermione in 'understanding and supportive' is still annoying me.
Finally, they've figured out who RAB is. Took them long enough.
Come on. Can't you give us mad Snape-Fangirls a few crumbs? Put him in the Quidditch picture?
Argh. Calling Kreacher has to be a bad idea, no matter how much information they'll get out of it.
And finally our three heroes are on the same page regarding the locket Fandom has been on since about ten minutes after the last book.
Only page 200 and V's ministry has started on the Muggle-borns aleady? This doesn't bode well.
Also, researching your ancestry to make sure you're 'pure'? There were times when these parallels were a lot more subtle.
Oh Ron. You've taken a look at the Greeks, have you? Cousins?
Lupin showdown. Nice. And he regretts marrying Tonks? Fandom will love that.
Ok, Harry? Protecting your own kid vs. protecting the world the child will grow up in? I know you never had a family, but other people have much more sensible prioritis.
Umbridge? Please no. I detest that woman so much. (Not helped by the recent movie. These Notverordnungen still scare me/piss me off as much as they did when I first read the book.)
HEADMASTER? I love the git (What? I'll stand by the Dumbledores Man explanation 'till the bitter end), but that's not Good^©.
(Kreachers personality transplant scares me a bit)
Thinking of the portraits? I love it when they use their brain.
Using their brains and actually planing before acting? I might faint.
Ahhh. There we have the usual brainlessness again. As if H and Ron couldn't tell his scar's troubeling him.
Voldemort in Germany? Stay far away from me, please.
With the guy so adamant on going to work and not wearing his usual robes, something is going to mess with their plan for sure.
Flushing themselves down the toilet? I love that idea.
Oh great. Monumental art and ostentatious catchphrases. Nothing like that to make you feel the goodwill of the ministry.
Moody's Eye? Umbridge is *really* creepy-
Undesirable Number One? Don't let it get to your head, Harry.
Tea. The answer to anything.
That snitch didn't give instructions how to open the locket, did it? That would be a bit too far fetched. Right?
Handsome young men with golden... One on the photo of Dumbledore, one with Gregorovitch. I can't help but notice that the description is also the complete opposite of Snape (of course this is wishful thinking. I don't care).
Sword in a Snitch anyone?
It had to be Ron that cracked first. Fits very well with GoF.
I don't think this is going to end at all well. Don't go upstairs with her, Harry!
FLASHBACK TIME
Nice, now the wand is history too. Let's see what else we can take away from him, ok?
Oh boy. Dumbledore. I wonder how she's going to resolve all this.
And please let that be something Harry learns. People can change. You don't have to like them afterward or even trust them but They. Can. Change.
A doe. Who could have a doe Patronus. And if we're talking long lost sisters, I'm out of here.
Daring nerve. Foolishness. Whatever. I've always wanted to do Winterschwimmen myself.
Oh gods, "She is like a sister" The Harmionans are going to scream murder.
Now saying his name is really dangerous? That's a nice touch.
Ok, even I, Snape apologist that I am, can't imagine his Patronus being a doe. Sad, really.
The Room of Requirement full of things. This is supposed to jog your memory Harry. Surely there is something in there...
Important questions: a) Does Voldemort know about the DH? Probably yes, because he's searching some wand, and b) What have the DH to do with the Horcruxes?
I don't know if an obsessed Harry is a good thing or not.
Really smooth codename, Remus.
That old guy is Grindelwald? Come on, I want to know!
Showdown in Malfoy Manor. Squee.
O.o Being forced to strangle himself? Cruel.
She killed Dobby?!
Having to leave for work in the middle of the battle at Malfoy Manor provides a fascinating break of the mood that mirrors Harrys switch from obsessed to focused. It's a weird experience.
Did they really put all the Horcruxes into one safe? It can't be that easy can it?
Harry choosing not to act *is* enormous.
Harry as a godfather. If this were a movie I'd be sure he'd die soon.
Oh how many slashfics are going to quote that "not my type" line? Nearly as much as the "your boyfriend" one from OotP I guess.
I did think that the only way they were getting away with the sword still in their hands was to kill Griphook. I think I might be right now.
Ok. No dead Griphool. But a very alive dragon. Much more impressive.
Oh, it's really Nagini? How boring.
Ah. NOW they meet Aberforht, yes?
NEVILLE!
Neville Longbottom guerilla leader.
Oh come on. Give the Slytherins a bit of credit.
Ginny, light up. Jealousy isn't the answer to anything.
McGonnagal is still my hero.
My bet is on the Grey Lady knowing where the damned crown is.
If I weren't so hung up on Snape proving that he's a good guy, I would love that duel much more I think.
Percy, my dear boy, couldn't you have at least have a *purpose* in your gitness?
Also, Tonks is at home looking after the kid? Toghether with her mother? Excuse me while I lose all respect for her. As if one person wasn't enough to look after an infant. And she's a trained auror. Pathetic.
I repeat, give the Slytheris a bit of credit. No one?
Ghostly ~~Soap Opera~~ DRAMA! Imagine having to be a ghost in the same place as the guy who murdered you and then killed himself. Fun times I think
Any more anvils? What secret room had Tom discovered and two seconds later there is Hagrid? Think, Harry.
Oh well, maybe not. But can Hermione and Ron at least be trying to get into the CoS to get more basilisc venom? Just so one of my predictions turns out true?
HAH!
Good woman, Tonks. Not as good as Neville's Grandma though *g*.
"Is this the monent?" Heh
Deathlist part XXV: Fred Weasley; Vincent Crabbe
I get a feeling Draco might actually survive this thing. Too bad I can't say the same about the Slytherin I actually care about.
Hagrid killed by one of his beasties would have a certain poetic justice I guess.
WAHHHHHH! DO NOT WANT DEAD SNAPE!!!
Deathlist continued: Remus and Tonks. Bad for their kid I guess, but that's war for you and at least they *used* everyone trained for it.
Well, that was quite predictable as backstories go.
I can not yet believe she is going there. But if she really kills Harry, I might forgive her for Snape.
I can not get over the fact that *Snape*'s Patronus is a doe.
Now we only have to fit the DH in the whole thing. Harry's got the Cloak and hopefully the Stone and will be killed by the Wand. I wonder how that's going to play out... (this was actually written before Harry left the Headmaster's room. Just in case I forget.)
See? Lupins arguments are the same as mine.
Oh. Hagrid is alive. Probably irrelevant, but good to know for the deathlist.
I'm not good with symbolism. What *was* that creepy thing under the chair? Something to do with Voldie for sure, but HUH?
Harry, no matter how much you love Ginny. Could you kill Voldemort first?
I think I missed something there. When did Draco disarm Dumbledore? Oh why don't I have a searchable copy of HBP? Ah. Page 545 HBP UK hardcover.
Voldemort killed by his own rebounding curse. Nice one. No AK on Harry's conscience.
I want a Snape portrait at the very last. He was Headmaster, after all.
The thing is, what about practice duels. If you're defeated in one of those, does your wand change alliance then as well? I feel this is going to be one of those "Oh dear, maths" things.
And the epilogue, while somewhat cute, I could have lived without. OBHWF is much too saccharine for my tastes.

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I couldn't figure out what that baby thing was either. Maybe it's just a sign of Harry's twisted subconscious? :P

I have a feeling that that baby thing had something to do with Harry later on telling V. to Show. Some. Remorse. Or. Else.
But whatever it was, it was weird.

Voldemort's very, very damaged soul.

That's what I was thinking as well. He also fell unconscious after casting the Killing Curse at Harry, so he probably was at the same place between this world and the next, where Harry was...

I gave in an started reading DH early. It might be fake, but it kept me busy

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