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Yea, I cried a little. I didn't cry with OotP, but really, by the time I finished the ruddy thing, I'd gathered from slightly spoilerish comments that it'd be Sirius. Plus the way she wrote his death was more "WTH?!" than "OMG NO!"

The books just keep getting scarier. Ugh, when that zombie thing (can't be bothered finding the proper term, but come on, they're zombies) reached and grabbed Harry, it was very creepy. And then I pictured how it would be in the movie. Scary.

We knew there'd be a death, but J.K. didn't really throw out the red herrings like she did with OotP. I mean, there was a moment when you think it's Ron. And I spent a great deal of the book thinking it might be Draco, even during that tower-top conversation with Dumbledore. I also spent a few moments somewhere thinking it could be Snape.

Well, let's review Chass' theories. I thought the HBP would be Salazar Slytherin, or possibly Godric Gryffindor. I was wrong. BUT! I was right, or at least close, about a lot of things.
I was right that the HPB would not be an actual Prince. (Oh my! Prince Harry (no relation to Potter, of course) has come to Hogwarts! Turns out Princess Di had an affair! Who could've suspected a thing?! I mean, he looks nothing like Prince Charles or Princess Diana. [/sarcasm])
I really hated people throwing out these theories of "Oh! It's Seamus!" "Oh! It's Hagrid!" "Oh! It's Grawp!" I was certain that it wouldn't be anyone in Harry's present but rather, someone in the past. It turned out to be both. I mean, the HBP was someone in Harry's present. But Harry's interactions with him were all through jottings from the past.
What I thought to be a pensieve on the cover confirmed my suspicions the book would deal a lot with the past. Even though what's on the cover is just a basin, the book does deal with the past, and the pensieve is used over and over again.
She said she came up with the plot for HBP while writing CoS, and it's obvious. The diary as a Horcrux. That's what set it off.
She also said it had to do with something Harry discovered while inside the Chamber. My mind recollects him discovering that Tom was the heir of Slytherin, that Tom was a half-blood, that Tom was Voldemort, and that Tom was able to come back because he'd preserved himself in the diary.
Obviously, it was the last one. But my mind jumped on the first two, which drew me to my conclusions about Slytherin.
I was actually hoping to learn more about the school in this book. We learned first about the four founders in CoS, and with my mind set on the HPB being Slytherin, I figured we'd learn more about the history of the school in this book. Apparently not.
Maybe she'll write Hogwarts: A History, like she did with Quidditch Through The Ages and Magical Creatures And Where To Find Them. I'd definately read it, I'm a geek like that.

Ok, moving on to the fun stuff. SHE IS KILLING SLASH PAIRINGS! ((edits out the rest of this paragraph, especially, as it's too much for PPT =P))

And Harry/Ginny. If he lives past book 7, they'll marry. Xandra shall be happy. I'm not worried about it though, I'm still thinking/hoping he'll die in the end.

Anyone watch the interview with J.K. Rowling on the PoA DVD? She said she loved the shrunken heads and wished she'd thought of that.
Well, I hated the damned things, but she's gone and made them canon.
Somewhere in there (can't be bothered to check) there's a brief mention of Filch confiscating one from Crabbe (or maybe it was Goyle?)

Did anyone notice the bit when Slughorn mistakenly called Ron 'Rupert'? I wonder what Rupert Grint thinks of that!

I hope something kills off Slughorn soon, he annoys me @_@

Also, WTH was up with the password being "abstinence"?!

Chass is writing out a really long post, isn't she....ye gods.

Snape had no choice but to kill Dumbledore, as he's too cowardly to die himself. Unbreakable Vow, the third pact required Snape to finish Draco's job if he failed.

You think while Snape and Dumbledore looked at each other, nothing else was happening? I dunno man, they're both well experienced at Legilimens. That has to mean something.

You think while Snape and Dumbledore looked at each other, nothing else was happening? I dunno man, they're both well experienced at Legilimens. That has to mean something.

Maybe it's that I'm a guy, and it's been a few years since I was that age, but as someone pointed out earlier, there are other words than "snogging".