I DID IT! I read the entire Harry Potter series for the first time in my life, at the age of 27, and finished it all in 2023.

God, I can't even look at Minerva's face without thinking about how much I love her. I'd die for this woman. Book character and movie character. She is by far my favorite character of all time.

Now, let's talk about Deathly Hallows. This is for sure a new favorite of mine, alongside Goblet of Fire. The best two books in the entire series IF YOU REMOVE TWO THINGS:

1 Hedwig. A bird. A ************* freaking bird, in a MAGICAL UNIVERSE, DYING INSIDE HER OWN CAGE. Why the **** did the bird die inside of a cage. WHY WAS THE BIRD NOT BIRDING.

OH YOU WERE THE BIGGEST SYMBOL OF THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE? WHO GIVES A ****. Let me give you the lamest, most insignificant death of all characters just because I feel like I have to start killing people so this feels like a final book.

*takes a deep breath*

I honestly don't care that she died. I care that she was not given a Heroic death. "Oh it represents the death of Harry Potter's innocence, she couldn't escape or defend herself, it was on purpose" nah it ******* wasn't.

I honestly think that JK Rowling already had Warner Brothers on her ass because the fifth movie had already been released, the universe was a MAJOR SUCCESS. And they needed a script for the sixth and seven movie ASAP. So she dropped the ball on a lot of things here, which brings me to my second point:

2 The wand transfer ********. She 100% pulled that one out of her @ss just to try to make her ending make sense.

NEWSFLASH!

The elder wand is transferred to the one WHO KILLS THE WIZARD WHO WAS HOLDING IT. That's it. There is no: OH BUT I disarmed Draco, and Draco disarmed his mother, and his mother disarmed whoever the **** ERGO It belong to Harry Potter all along. No, it didn't. The wand was always Snape's. Snape killed Dumbledore. The Elder Wand should have been Snape. And when Voldemort killed Snape, the wand WOULD TRANSFER TO VOLDEMORT. That's it.

She pulled an incorrect lore LAST MINUTE, just to make sure Harry won against Voldemort and that was stupid. The "wand choses the wizard" is only real when it's their FIRST WAND EVER. Not in the scenario of death and wizard's dueling.

But like I said, I will give JK Rowling a pass for two reasons. 1 the rest of this book was absolutely fantastic, an adventure for a life time. 2 I know that she was pressured into finishing this, I JUST KNOW IT. And you can't rush perfection.

Snape's memories. Oh God, Snape's memories. I mean I did NOT NEED ANY EXTRA REASONS TO ADORE him as a character. He's the best written character I've ever read about and will remain a favorite. He is a weirdo, like Dumbledore, like Malfoy, like Tom, like Harry even. I think the beauty of this world truly is how phenomenal and complex every single character in this universe is.

Do I feel like Draco needed a redemption ARC? **** no. They were all just children. I think while interacting with this fandom the thing I heard the most was: Snape is nothing but a bully. Draco is nothing but a bully. And I think there is NOTHING MORE small minded than describing ANY OF THESE CHARACTERS AS NOTHING BUT... Y'all need to read this series again or go back to school to develop better reading interpretation skills.

It truly enrages me when people say stuff like this. It is SO CLEAR AND OBVIOUS how much Rowling put into every single character. None of them were JUST SOMETHING... And even the Malfoy's near the end realized they made the wrong choice and just hold each other inside castle walls post battle and no one cares they're there.

None of the kids in this series need "redemption", they're all products of their parents or lack there of. Even Harry.

As for Dumbledore, I've been saying this for a while. He is just as morally grey as Snape is, but people are not ready for this conversation.

However... I don't blame him. He did the best he could with what he knew. Just like Snape. Harry would never have won this war if it wasn't for BOTH of them who clearly sacrificed everything they had. They did absolutely everything they could, so there's that.

Hermione and Ron just felt right! Ginny and Harry felt right! I was unbelievably happy with everyone's ending. Dobby, Fred and Hedwig were war casualties because SOMEONE ON THE GOOD SIDE HAD TO BE. So they were just sacrificial pieces, but that's ok lol

The ending? Cheesy as ****. But more than appropriate for a Young Adult series.

And last but not least, I have to say, I can't wait to have children to read this to them. This was one of the most creative things I have ever read in my life. There is a reason HP is regarded as one of the best Fiction works in this world. Even with the small mistakes, JK Rowling is a genius. She invented a world that will live on forever in everyone's hearts and that's what this is all about.

Excited to jump into FANFIC world, because, even though I didn't shed a single tear at the end of this book... I am facing one of the worst book hangovers of my life lol

Anyways, just another Gryffindor signing out.

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