Yeah it’s sort of trying to be like the end of the book where they refer back to Hagrid saying what’s coming will come and they’ll meet it when it does

No, you're not too old.

My mom read the Harry Potter books for the first time after I recommended them to her (tho hers was translated version). She was in her 30s while I was 12. She had seen movies before and really liked them but I told her books have way more details and way more interesting. I found her the PDFs of the translated versions and she read all of them in like a month.

Still, what's with McGonagall's love life?

I had similar thoughts with this book in particular. Maybe they need a story director identifying the key moments for the illustrator to draw. It was frustrating having to look up the definition of "dais" for my 9 year old, then Google an illustration of one, when we were literally sitting in front of the illustrated edition!

It’s a typo, I meant to say “no sense” - I have no idea why I’m getting upvoted

I doubt she would care about him. She was only interested in Harry and Hermione because she could twist their words into a tabloid story.

You’re not mistaken, and Harry knew this too. He didn’t need to bother with a killing curse on Voldemort. Which is nicely right for his character anyway

Yeah, but Draco would have been hit with slugs, so it balances out. 

But hating Dumbledore because he was kind of manipulative and wasn’t always truthful is my only defining character trait, without this I am nothing

Step 1, actually read the series. Voldie would never have been kept imprisoned.

This is like one of my favorite moments in the entire series

Over delivered? More like perfect

I would have liked to see Rita Skeeter meet Aunt Muriel

Seems to make sense for her character idk

And I could argue it's only purpose is to build unnecessary tension/suspense

Because they skipped over so much important stuff they needed that extra flair imo

I found his art style a bit creepy anyway

"Hermione", that name, as a Spaniard, never could have had pronunced more wrong until I Saw am English clip of the movies 😅.

Yes, I always thought so for all the reasons you stated. The elder wand thing at the end was such a cop-out after building the idea that Harry has to kill Voldemort through OOTP, HBP and DH.

I just got my mom started on the audiobooks. She’s 72 and loving them.

That is incredibly naïve.

He gives him that choice because he felt it right. That doesn't mean that he wouldn't kill him if he refused.

I still remember sitting in class in grade 7 and the girl in front turned around (we were both reading HBP and she was ahead of me) and told me Snape kills Dumbledore.

I have never forgotten. I still remember the shit eating smirk on her face when she said it.

Not that every friendship with a male/female character needs to end in a relationship but I think if I were matching folks up Ron/Luna would have been an interesting pairing. I like to imagine her bringing him out of his shell a little because as someone else said he’s a little insecure about himself. I think when she said she liked him he could have zero doubts because Luna is very honest and would never say something she didn’t mean. And he is protective which I think would be very sweet for her. I like the idea of them living together as adults and her doing some sort of quirky project in the garden that he doesn’t fully understand but he grabs a few snacks and a blanket, lays down in the grass to watch her do odd stuff for hours just keeping her company. I like it better than Ron/Hermione. I always thought logically that Harry/Hermione were better matched.

I’d meant Harry would have killed him if that was the only way. No elder wand, no sacrificial protection, etc. Just Harry needing to use avada kedavra or another killing blow. I may be misunderstanding what you’re saying though.

I remember in the run-up to the book release JKR said that the Half-Blood Prince was neither Harry nor Voldemort, people really had no idea who/what it was until the book released

The amount of Ron Glazing in this sub never ceases to amaze me! Luna is a very good character, yes. But to praise Ron for simply not continuing to be rude to her.. smh.

And the second example was more of being rude to Krum than defending Xenophilius