I read the books this year because I wanted to feel pain, basically, and I wanted to be justified in disliking Harry Potter. I was not disappointed. However, I still don't understand how the fuck the end of the book worked. It was so harebrained and convoluted and sloppy as fuck that I don't know what actually happened. Am I stupid or was it a bad ending? And what the fuck happened? How did they actually kill Voldemort?

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    I actually totally forgot about the “love protection” aspect of Harry’s earlier sacrifice - because Harry sacrificed himself under the impression he was going to die, his non-death still conveys love protection to literally everyone on his side in the battle and they wipe the floor with the remaining Death Eaters

    The love protection magic seeming like such a rare and little known about thing always made me think that the HP universe was full of unfeeling callous lizard people for whom the thought of sacrificing themselves for others would never even cross their minds. With all the evil wizards running around murdering innocent people you'd think there'd be way more cases of people having the instakill spell bounce off them just by sheer probability. Then again, the series is set in Britain

    • the_minority_retort [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      Right that seems like such a fucking gaping loophole. Out of the thousands that Voldemort killed not a single one actually loved their child until the Potters?

      It’s this elitist fantasy where even love is a commodity able to be enjoyed by a select few “good and smart” people of the caliber of the Potters. Disgusting

      • gayhobbes [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Out of the thousands that Voldemort killed not a single one actually loved their child until the Potters?

        To be far these are English people we're talking about.

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          On the other hand, Harry's self-sacrifice near the end of the last book makes all the good guys immune to Voldemort's goons, which shows it doesn't have to be a parent laying down their lives for their children and that the scope of the magical protection is quite large

    • Biggay [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I think your view of wizard sociopathy is well placed, and that in a better setting, they would all absolutely view non-wizards as lesser in the ways they view magical creatures. This is better done in the netflix Sabrina show IMO.