I guess I could have read this topic before the book after all. <tiny g> Not feeling much like smiling at the moment. <sigh>

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Well, he wasn't my favorite character. He actually wasn't even a leading candidate on my "list of people who likely got it." And the actual death, as was mentioned by others, mostly made me go, "Say what?" But when Harry and Luna had that talk a couple chapters later . . . ok, then I did cry. But yes, the death in HP4 was far more wrenching.

As for Dumbledore's revelations to Harry . . . for over a year I've been utterly convinced I knew why Voldemort went after Harry. Totally wrong. <grumble> Although this does explain a few things . . .

Do you know the most surprising thing about divorce? It doesn't actually kill you, like a bullet to the heart or a head-on car wreck. It should. When someone you've promised to cherish till death do you part says, "I never loved you," it should kill you instantly.

- Under the Tuscan Sun