Amph Gaming Diagon Alley: The Official Harry Potter Thread/Hogwarts Legacy

CoS was my least favorite HP novel mainly because too much Dobby and Lockhart.

 

I liked COS because of Dobby and Lockhart.

 

"Oh I say we are grand aren't we? No buttered scones for me mate, I'm off to play the grand piano!"
Monty Python reference.

 

Okay...... Lockhart isn't my most favorite character ever but he is pretty entertaining. Dobby otoh I like a lot.

 

Dobby was only in 3 chapters out of all 18 chapters

 

4. Not that we know who or what he was in the 1st chapter.

 

I don't think that that's true. I think she's gone on record as saying that Ron is also modeled after somebody she knows.

 

Lockhart's fate in COS was perfect. I also liked his appearance in OOTP. That was needed.
I remember Rowling saying Lockhart was modeled completely after someone she knew as well.

 

Oh yeah, he was looking thru the bushes at Harry

 

Chamber of Secrets is my least favourite novel in the series (though I still enjoy it - just that I like all the others better ). It takes nearly 40% of the story until the plot actually gets moving (the discovery of Mrs Norris and the writing in blood on the wall), Lockhart for all his build-up doesn't really play that big a role in the end (and aside from a cameo in the 5th novel doesn't even appear again in the rest of the series) and St Nick's Death Day chapter is probably the most pointless chapter Rowling ever wrote (though I suppose it's nice if you like to find out about the eating habits of ghosts ). Rowling herself admitted she was scared-stiff of being a one-hit wonder so she ended up playing it ultra safe writing this one, following a similar format as the 1st book but where it worked there in setting up the magical world in this novel it just drags out for too long IMHO.

 

COS felt just as original to me as the first one.
I liked that Rowling didn't make Lockhart out to be important.
Can you imagine the publicity he would get if he did save the day?
No. He got what he deserved. Rowling went against expectations with her characters. Pettigrew was killed in DH without him helping Harry. Snape didn't make any overt attempt to help Harry defeat Voldemort and was dying before he could talk to him. The DeathDay party was fun. That's the problem with shorter stories is that things need to movie faster. I thought the pace was good. The worst book of the series was Half-Blood Prince.

 

I liked DH because we left Hogwarts for the first time.
The whole romance subplot of HBP got old real quick. The characters were all way out of character imo. Slughorn and Scrimegour were great additions though.

 

I'm convinced that Hermione and Ginny conspired together to break up Cho and Harry in OOTP (I know they wouldn't have lasted anyway but they should have tried) and attempted to get Harry and Ginny together in HBP. It had to happen. Hogwarts wasn't safe. If they went Voldemort would have attacked the school and people would have died. Harry would blame himself .
Dumbledore's back story was interesting to me. Showed that he knows what he's talking about. He's had experience. Yes I do think he is a meddlesome old coot though. I don't think Dumbledore's dad was anti-muggle. Who wouldn't be pissed if their child was attacked? Albus wanted to control them. How is that benevolent? That was an interesting twist about Grindelwald though.

 

That was a brilliant twist in SS/PS.

 

Is it true that J.K. Rowling originally intend to kill off Ron ?

 

I know she was debating killing off Arthur Weasley in OOTP and I believe she revealed to Daniel Radcliffe in an interview for the final movie or something that she possibly intended to kill off Ron as well.