Anticipation

[unforth]

13 hours to go... :)

I find I go in to this release feeling surprisingly free and happy. It dawned on me last night that the reason that I'm not all worked up about this book is that the character I cared about the most, the character I didn't want to see die...is already dead. This is, oddly, a very liberating experience.

That said, there ain't no sleep for me tonight. :)

Edit: Please note that the comments for this post contain spoilers for Book 5 and 6. So if you haven't read 'em, stay away from the comments. :)

Comments

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I've enjoyed reading that scene in French and Japanese. Not that I'm that good at either one of them, but it was easy enough to read since I already memorized it in English. 「信じてくれ、ハリー」！ *dies of sap*

Awww...I don't know the details of how it ends, but I've heard it's a big Death Feast and makes a lot of people cry. I can still relate, though -- when I read the end of Order of the Phoenix, I woke up my mom up at 2 am to cry, "He died, Mom! Sirius died!" (Fortunately my mom is very tolerant.)

I don't know who I think will die except for Snape. I figure Draco may be in trouble too, because I think JKR wants to prove that he's Not a Real Bad Guy, but Voldemort wants him to be and has his number, so.... Yeah. As far as the genuine Good Guys go, I have no idea who's going this time. I hear it'll be a bunch of people, though. ;_; I sort of think it would be a good move if either Fred or George died, to show how these two who are hardly separate entities had different storylines at the end. But of course I don't want them to die. I do know I don't want Hagrid to die, either. He's seemed so tough so far, too, the way curses were bouncing off of him at the end of the last book!

I don't think Sirius'll come back either, but maybe there'll be some way to get a message from him. I mean, Lily and James showed up briefly at the end of Goblet of Fire, so.... And I love your idea about Moody! That'd be a powerful scene indeed.

Sigh, yes, plot and writing are separate skills that are not always packaged together. And as much as I like elegant prose, I'd pick plot any day. I'm pleased enough with my progress on both fronts in my Ni90 work, but then I compare it to what's already out there and I get frustrated. Comparing oneself to JKR, though, is bad news on the plotting front.

What's your novel about, anyway?