Making The Hallows Less Deathly Boring

[lokifan_import]

All right, dear flist, I have a question for you. The majority of fandom (whether it’s a small majority or an overwhelming one seems to depend on which corner of the interwebs you inhabit) was dissatisfied with Deathly Hallows. So if you were JKR’s editor, in a power suit and awesome boots (that goes double for you, son_of_darkness) which parts would you want changed? Chopped out, added in, cut down UNTIL IT WAS NO LONGER HALF THE BOOK AND MONUMENTALLY DULL. *coughs* Not that I have any particular bias. Would you concentrate on making it less of a minefield of plotholes you could lose a leg in, or would you just want Draco to be touched inappropriately?

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[lokifan]

The world always needs more inappropriate touching of Draco.

I couldn't agree more. :)

Definitely there should've been more info about Hogwarts, since it was by far the most interesting thing going on! Definitely more Draco development - so much potential in the sixth book, wasted. I didn't mind the House Elf/owl killing - I thought Hedwig, the snow-white first pet, was a fairly heavy but okay metaphor for the death of Harry's innocence. And frankly, Dobby annoyed me. So let Dobby die!

Fuck 'all was well' with no lube. *nods*

I agree with you about the death count, too. It didn't feel like a huge, complex battle in the end - the Order weren't doing much during much of the book, etc. And YEAH, real life doesn't have everyone playing happy families with their childhood sweethearts! Her habit of being all, 'and then x married y...' in interviews annoys me too.

To be honest, it was my least favourite book. It just confused me. It was such a let down.

Cosigned times a million.