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Chapter One: The Other Minister
The mental image of Tony Blair as the Prime Minister in this chapter is both incredibly amusing and really endearing, especially when he blithers on about how he needs to call the President. Hee! Bush/Blair OTP!
V. happy about Muggle and Wizarding world interactions actually being explored, yay!
"The trouble is, the other side can do magic too." Ooooooooh! I like that line.
Chapter Two: Spinner's End
There was lots of flailing about going on during this chapter, which was a bit embarrasing considering that I was still on the bus while I was reading this. Ahem. But Draco! Draco is actually going to play a part in this book! Going to actually confront and interact with Harry! And Snape! And Narcissa! And the Unbreakable Vow!
Starting to think Snape might actually be Evil after all. POSSIBLY! Either that, or planning to be dead before having to carry out his promise. The first part of it would be easy enough--"looking over Draco" could just as well mean "make sure he doesn't do anything stupid like try and kill The Boy Who Lived and get himself locked in Azkaban," but the second part ...
Hm. Unless, that is, the task Voldemort has given Draco is not actually to kill Harry. *ponders*
Oh! Also: "That's because he's sixteen and has no idea what lies in store." That's pretty much my Big Draco Theory sumed up in one sentence. Dare I hope for canon acknowledgement?
Chapter Three: Will and Won't
Not much to say about this one. Nice to see Dumbledore interacting with the Dursleys, and to finally see someone in authority call the Dursleys on their abysmal treatment of Harry, though.
Chapter Four: Horace Slughorn
Well, I'll be damned, a non-evil Slytherin. If he makes it to the end of the book without turning traitor, I might rekindle my ember of hope for Draco's "redemtpion" just yet.
Inferi sound like a fascinating concept to explore in fanfic. Yes, I have a one-track mind. No, for once, I'm not thinking about smut. But think of the angst potential, people!
"Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are." Heeeeee!
Chapter Five: An Excess of Phlegm
It's a good thing I was home by now, beecause I had to muffle my screeching into my pillow when I got to the part where Fleur announced she and Bill got engaged. Bwahahahahahaha! It really is a fanfic come to canon!
Loving the Trio interaction, and Harry finally realising he needs his friends, and that they're there for him no matter what.
Chapter Six: Draco's Detour
The mere title of this chapter has me gnawing at my knuckles. Draco! Detour! OMG!
Huh. Regulus deserted the DE? Interesting. Did we know that? And oooooh, Ollivander's disappearance could prove interesting, what with him knowing about the twin wands and all. Hm.
And Harry's Captain, a year earlier than I'd expected. Though I suppose he'll likely not have time for Quidditch anymore, next year.
Probity Probe! Excellent! Heeeeeeeee!
Blah blah blah typical confrontation, and then we see Fred and George, who are awesoe as always, though I'm disappointed at the lack of mention of Lee. :( I want to know what happened to my boy!
... I'll go have my fangirl fit over in that corner, shall I?
The stuff between Fred, George, Ron and Ginny about Ginny's boyfriends is priceless and so true to life. LOVE!
Ooooooh, mystery re: Draco. *bounces up and down with curiosity*
Chapter Seven: The Slug Club
*FLAIL* Draco! Dark Mark! Death Eater! OMG OMG OMG! Cannot speak! Cannot type! Cannot cope! Off to Hogwarts!
Also, as evil as it may be of me, I kind of enjoyed Draco getting a bit of revenge on Harry for what they did to him on the train last year. Yes, I'm still on about that. Shut up.
Chapter Eight: Snape Victorious
... You know, I had a feeling something was off when, in the Slughorn chapter, not one mention was made of the actual subject Slughorn was going to teach, but still. Wow. I mean, wow.
And the hat again urged unity, and the boys again ignored it. Sigh. Typical. Though I did enjoy Ron's little back-talk to Nick. Heee! *pats him on the head*
Also: Quidditch commentators, plural? Clearly Lee could just not be replaced by just one person! *shnoogles him*
Chapter Eight: The Half Blood Prince
*hyperventilates* It's going to be Hagrid, isn't it? I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!
... *actually reads chapter now*
Crap, no actual revelation yet. Wouldn't have expected it this early, but still. *bounces*
Loved Ginny's (seeming?) paranoia about the book, and the reminder/revelation that Lily was good at Potions. I bet the Snape/Lily shippers are cackling in glee right now, hee. Oh, and on a related subject ...
"You don't have to call me 'sir', Professor." ... WHY IS THERE SNAPE/HARRY BDSM HAPPENING IN MY HEAD? BAD HP FANDOM! NO COOKIE!
Chapter Ten: The House of Gaunt
Ooooh, Voldie backstory! Interesting backstory, too, although the business with Dumbledore's hand is getting annoying. Tell us already, JKR! Stop being tantalising!
Interesting comment of Hermione's at the beginning, as well, about the girly handwriting. It did occur to me at first that it was Lily's old Potions book, but then Harry found the HBP note and I forgot about it. But now ... Then again, Lily's not halfblood, but Muggleborn.
... We think. As far as we know. *ponders*
Chapter Eleven: Hermione's Helping Hand
Yay Ron and Ginny for getting on the Quidditch team! And yay Hermione for hexing that annoying twit!
And OMGYAY for jealous Ron/Hermione bickering! *waves pompoms at them*
Aaand Harry's got detention with Snape. I think I read a fanfic like that, once.
Chapter Twelve: Silver and Opals
OMG Katie! *worries* She has to be okay! And um, I am possibly too attached to fictional characters, yes.
Aaaand once again Harry fixates on Draco while Ron and Hermione roll their eyes at him *gives them both a cookie for putting up with Harry*
Chapter Thirteen: The Secret Riddle
Bla bla bla more Voldie backstory. I'm sure once I've finished the book this'll all make more sense and be more interesting, but I'm more interested in other things right now.
Chapter Fourteen: Felix Felicis
"No, I wouldn't." Oh, Ron. *hugs him* Oh, and, Dear Harry: You had AN INKING that this might happen? AN INKLING? You really are the most socially retarded boy in the world, aren't you?
... I'm going to ignore the Harry/Ginny stuff before I pull a Ron and start screeching at Harry that he's not good enough for her.
Wah! Fighting! And that was mighty clever of Harry, pulling that trick with the potion. Good job, Harry. *hands him a cookie* Less impressed with the teenaged soap opera that's going on.
But! They mentioned my boy! *twirls Lee* ""A voice that was jarringly different from the usual commentator's" indeed. He's not forgotten!
... Sorry. Fangirl fit, corner. Right.
Chapter Fifteen: The Unbreakable Vow
More soap opera, more ignoring on my part, though I will admit I was cheering on Harry for asking Luna out to the party.
And, of course, Draco. We've only seen bits and pieces of him until now, mostly second hand, but I'm still intrigued. Of course, I'd been expecting him to fade into the background in this book, with Harry taking on Voldemort rather than busying himself with school rivalries, but I'm so happy to be proven wrong.
Still not sure about Snape. Yes, I am a suspicious bitch.
Aaand I'm halfway through, at 3:45 AM.
Chapter Sixteen: A Very Frosty Christmas
Two interesting minor notes: the Weasleys apparently go to the Muggle village nearby, or at least the kids do, and I think I saw a hint of Tonks/Fleur or just general Tonks-is-a-big-lesbian in there. Yay! And, of course, several paragraphs to make the Snape/Lupin shippers squee at the top of their lungs.
I'm actually mad impressed with how Harry handled that confrontation with Scrimgeour. Could it be that he's actually growing up? Time shall tell.
note total absence of any mention of the evil weasley from my notes on this chapter. *eyedart*
Chapter Seventeen: A Sluggish Memory
More Voldie backstory, though this one contains a bunch of potentially interesting magic stuff as well. Will have to return to that after I've finished.
And Dumbledore once again sends Harry off on a mission. Hrm.
Chapter Eighteen: Brithday Surprises
Won-Won. Heee. Still amusing as fuck.
Harry's stalking Draco again, even noting that he's not in his bed. Ah, young love. I mean, um. Yes.
OMG IF YOU KILL RON I CUT YOU H0R! *breathes* Okay, this is obviously a red herring, because it's too early in the book for the death to occur, but I really wish JKR would stop using Weasleys as red herrings. Arthur in OotP, now Ron, you'd think the hair would make it too obvious, but noooo.
Chapter Nineteen: Elf Tails
*sigh of relief* Jesus Hell, I wish she'd stop doing that. Funniest line in the whole hospital scene:
"I can't see anyone trying to bump off a Quidditch team," said George.
"Wood might've done the Slytherins if he could've got away with it," said Fred fairly.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes. Yes, he would've.
You know, as happy as I am that Ron and Hermione are talking to each other again, I wish those two would talk out their problems for once, instead of waiting for one of them to end up in hospital and then have a tearful reunion.
And Harry's being reasonable again. I'm starting to get concerned, here. Who are you and what have you done with Harry Potter?
Chapter Twenty: Lord Voldermort's Request
Amusing line of the chapter: "I swear they're getting smaller." Heee! I love Ron and his hate/dislike relationship with firsties.
More backstory, and Dubledore being kind of a huge dick. Bah.
And we're past 2/3rd now. Wow.
Chapter Twenty-One: The Unknowable Room
You know, this whole dropping the HBP into the story occasionally, trying to be all casual-like? Really doesn't work when THE GODDAMNED BOOK IS CALLED HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE! Calm blue sea, calm blue sea ...
More of Harry obsession over Draco, and at last we're getting somewhere with this plotline. And some hints from Myrtle. *smacks Ron upside the head*
... Did I hallucinate that, or did Harry just make sense again? And being all observant about other people's feelings, too! That's it, he's clearly a pod person. Or a polyjuiced one. Or possible one of those zombies, whatever they're called, Infernis.
... and the home stretch
(At this point, I kind of got too impatient to comment on each individual chapter. I'm sure you'll understand.)
It's 6:45 and I've just finished the last chapter. The phrase "Oh my god. Oh my god! OH my fucking GOD!" keeps repeating in my mind. Snape. Draco. Draco. Snape. I. They. He. And then. And he. And.
I think I'll just sit here and flail for a while. I can't believe what happened. I'm torn between being sad over Dumbledore, crying with ... something over Harry and Ron and Hermione and Ginny, and doing a little booty-shaking dance at every single fucking person who, over the course of the last six years, has told me I'm a stupid teenie for thinking Draco may possibly not be completely Evil-with-a-capital-E. I have a feeling that by the time I get a chance to post this, the glee will have won out, at least momentarily.
Gah. How much longer until Book Seven?
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I hope that the characterisation of the Prime Minister was of a very boring person? Did he mention cricket?
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No mention of cricket, just a lot of blustering. :D
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I guess that's a solid indicator that Harry Potter doesn't take place in the 'real' world.
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(Nothing against people who don't think he'll "go good", obviously, but a certain contingent of them have been looking down on my kind for six years, and I feel rather good about getting my own back. :D)
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You tell em, Melle!
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Also, the people who tended to be most down on me about Draco were actually Snape fans, which, a 14-yo boy (this was around the time of GoF, even, at which point Draco was really just an annoying twit, not even up to proper arsehole status) is Irredeemably Evil, but a guy who was actually a Death Eater can be redeemed? The fuck?
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Also, OMG I cannot decide about Snape. D: I am so torn. Also, REGULUS BLACK TOOK THE LOCKET. AND IT IS IN GRIMMAULD PLACE RIGHT NOW. WHICH HARRY OWNS. *dies of happy*
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I have o stop thinking about Snape because I keep going back and forth on the Evil or Not thing and then I end up having to have a lie-down because it makes my head hurt.
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They totally reminded me of the Dead Marshes, when Dumbledore and Harry go and get that locket. *g*
It really is a fanfic come to canon!
It is, it is. Don't know if I'm amused or disappointed.
It's going to be Hagrid, isn't it? I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!
Hagrid?!
"You don't have to call me 'sir', Professor." ... WHY IS THERE SNAPE/HARRY BDSM HAPPENING IN MY HEAD? BAD HP FANDOM! NO COOKIE!
Mwahahahahaha!! Oh, yes. Why can't I have H/S BDSM in my head? *sniffs*
And, of course, several paragraphs to make the Snape/Lupin shippers squee at the top of their lungs.
Liek, totally. ;-)
Aaand Harry's got detention with Snape. I think I read a fanfic like that, once.
I grinned madly when that happened.
you'd think the hair would make it too obvious, but noooo.
*snorts*
And Harry's being reasonable again. I'm starting to get concerned, here. Who are you and what have you done with Harry Potter?
o_O I actually thought it was a good continuance from OotP!Harry. Not so much with the useless anger, no, but still a bit of it, and the sarcasm, too. Still a stubborn fuck, and I think he's becoming more and more like his father.
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Yes! Totally! The "there are bodies in there" line, especially.
Hagrid?!M
This was before I actually read the chapter proper, and my big HBP theory was that Hagrid would be the HBP. (Everyone simply assumed that "halfblood" = half wizard, half Muggle", but Hagrid is a halfblood, too.
... It made sense at the time!
o_O I actually thought it was a good continuance from OotP!Harry.
Oh, totally not complaining, it's just that the (roleplaying) Harry in my head is an idiot, and suddenly there's this Harry who's all smart and stuff, and yes.
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Well, between his absolute obsession with Malfoy, even when evidence pointed in another direction (he turned out to be right, but I think that's more coincidence than a credit to Harry's intelligence), and his refusal to mistrust the Half-Blood Prince even when evidence did work against him, I think Harry's still got enough stupidity left to, well, be Harry. He's just grown a mite. :-) I think he's still more unreasonable and quick to anger than the Harry in the earlier books.
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Oh man, the fandom is going crazy with HBP. H/D stories are EXPLODING out of thin air. I think I am the few who hate Malfoy but read HD avidly. I'm feeling the lack of Caps Lock!Harry and more reasonable Harry love. I just love that boy. O GOD! The mirror scene and 'I want to see what Draco Malfoy is doing inside you'. Could we have expected anything more gay out of HP??!
Also, Flear KICKS ASS!
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See, I know quite a lot of people who read HP and don't like Draco--in fact, part of my moment of pure glee over the toilet scene was because I spent six years being told I didn't believe Draco was capital-E-Evil was because I'm a teenie who read too much Cassie Claire (... get me started, I dare you) by certain parts of fandom.
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Well clearly he is in super-sekrit training with McGonagall (and Sirius before her got eaten by a drapery) to become an Animagus and spy for the order. That's why no one's talking about him. *g*
(Also, Dudley is totally a wizard and suppressing his magic was part of the deal Petunia made for keeping Harry.)
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Clearly! (You know, this is why Icn't see a magpie without squeeing inwardly anymore. :D ) also, taking out time to train Luna to be commentator. Because girl is clearly talented.
Am also now picturing some afterlife Boggart changing into a drapery when Sirius comes by. Heee! (Boggart: *facepalm* "Does no one have respectable fears anymore?)
(Also, Dudley is totally a wizard and suppressing his magic was part of the deal Petunia made for keeping Harry.)
OMG YES!
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(Ha! My work here is done. *g*) Of course, he's got to have a proper successor.
Bwahahahaha!
He so is! And that was what the 'abuse' comment was about because if I remember OotP correctly Dudley is no longer morbidly obese and his stupisity isn't his parent's fault. Unless the stupidity is the result of forcibly supressing magical talent.
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Oooooh, good point!
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I have those occasionally. :D