Poll: Which Harry Potter death affected you most? [SPOILERS FOR ALL 7 BOOKS/MOVIES]
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Fred. His death hardly impacted me in the movie, but it was a great part of the book. Especially because Percy was there, I think that's what did it for me.
Sirius's was the best, imo, although I was relatively young when I read it, so that may have affected my judgement. Snape's, Dumbledore's and Fred's were all huge as well, but I don't think that Lupin's death was handled very well, and, while Dobby's demise touched me, I forgot about it pretty quickly.
Sirius Black. If found that while he was an interesting character, he seemed to lack a certain something that characters had. Maybe it was the fact that he sat in Grimauld Place the whole time and seemed like an angsty teen.
He was in at least 3 books...Chamber of Secrets, Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows (he might have had small parts in some other books...I think Harry got him to spy on Malfoy in the 6th one or something?)CardinalPiggles said:
The 4th book is my favourite...but the movie was a let down (they should have separated the books into 2 movies starting with Goblet of Fire cos they cut so much from the book so they could make it 1 movie).
To stay on topic...Dumbledore had the most shocking death for me. He's Dumbledore FFS he's too much of a badass to die by Snape!
Dobby by quite a large margin.
This little creature gets stamped and spit on his entire existence, barely scraping by even after he gets freed and is viewed by even his own people as a whackjob. His only friends are a drunken twerp who he takes care of only because he's a badass and no one else likes her either, and Harry, who honestly doesn't treat him very well either. Nonetheless he still helps the Order against Voldemort despite knowing how dangerous of a threat he is, just cuz' its the right thing to do.
And then at the end, he learns his friends are being held captive in the place which he is most terrified to return to, the place he spent years being tortured, which is guarded by several powerful death eaters and what does he do? He charges in and saves his friends, no matter the cost. And what does he get rewarded with for being arguably the bravest character in the series?
Not even a middle name in one of Harry's kids!
/sniffle
You're always number 1 to me Dobby.
This little creature gets stamped and spit on his entire existence, barely scraping by even after he gets freed and is viewed by even his own people as a whackjob. His only friends are a drunken twerp who he takes care of only because he's a badass and no one else likes her either, and Harry, who honestly doesn't treat him very well either. Nonetheless he still helps the Order against Voldemort despite knowing how dangerous of a threat he is, just cuz' its the right thing to do.
And then at the end, he learns his friends are being held captive in the place which he is most terrified to return to, the place he spent years being tortured, which is guarded by several powerful death eaters and what does he do? He charges in and saves his friends, no matter the cost. And what does he get rewarded with for being arguably the bravest character in the series?
Not even a middle name in one of Harry's kids!
/sniffle
You're always number 1 to me Dobby.
Fred, definitely. I've always had a soft spot for the Weasley twins, since their first appearance in King's Cross in Book 1, and Fred's death made me so genuinely angry that I had to put the book down and walk away for a few hours.
Before book 7 came out, though, I was vehemently denying Sirius's death and coming up with every loophole I could think of, but Fred narrowly edged him out to make him rank second.
I will say, honestly, that the movies did absolutely NOTHING to make me care about Remus and Tonks, so if I hadn't read the books their deaths would have meant zilch to me.
Before book 7 came out, though, I was vehemently denying Sirius's death and coming up with every loophole I could think of, but Fred narrowly edged him out to make him rank second.
I will say, honestly, that the movies did absolutely NOTHING to make me care about Remus and Tonks, so if I hadn't read the books their deaths would have meant zilch to me.
Tonks, by far. I don't even get why, she was after all a somewhat minor character, but I felt way worse when told Tonks and Lupin had died, than Dumbledore. Dumbledores death simply wasn't enough of a surprise. I guess I just took a liking to Tonks, she seemed like such a nice person.
My first choice would be Lupin and Tonks. I suppose it was the wiping of two fairly major characters at once, plus they had just had a kid together and Lupin was the last of the four Marauders. Lupin was also a fairly tragic figure and he had just kind of come to grips with that after a lifetime of dealing with it. Also their deaths happened 'behind the scenes' so it was kind of a shock as well to just be presented with it.
Second place would be Snape. I liked Snape throughout the series despite him being a bastard and I knew there'd be something more to his character. Rowling didn't disappoint and it was probably the revelation of Snape's story that was actually more effective than his grizzly death itself.
Third, Sirius. Mostly because I never felt his character had been given a real chance to develop. He was in the background in Prisoner, he made a few brief appearences in Goblet and once he finally began to get some substance in Phoenix he was taken out it a fairly cheap shot. Also in kind of mysterious circumstances.
Haven't seen the final film yet. Keep meaning too. It'll be out of cinemas by the time I finally get around to it.
Second place would be Snape. I liked Snape throughout the series despite him being a bastard and I knew there'd be something more to his character. Rowling didn't disappoint and it was probably the revelation of Snape's story that was actually more effective than his grizzly death itself.
Third, Sirius. Mostly because I never felt his character had been given a real chance to develop. He was in the background in Prisoner, he made a few brief appearences in Goblet and once he finally began to get some substance in Phoenix he was taken out it a fairly cheap shot. Also in kind of mysterious circumstances.
Haven't seen the final film yet. Keep meaning too. It'll be out of cinemas by the time I finally get around to it.
A lot of major deaths, like Fred, Dobby, Hedwig, Tonks and Lupin...
But I think the death of Snape affected me the most, considering how I was among the people who thought he was a bad guy... when I found out the truth, I was floored.
Made me feel like a real bastard...
But I think the death of Snape affected me the most, considering how I was among the people who thought he was a bad guy... when I found out the truth, I was floored.
Made me feel like a real bastard...
Fucking Fred Weasley. I only really read the last few books because I thought I may as well, but when he died I was really annoyed. The Weasley twins were awesome.
Snape, his death I think was the most emotional in the entire series.
"Severus, still after all this time?
...Always."
BAWWW.
"Severus, still after all this time?
...Always."
BAWWW.