I disagree with you about the epilogue. So much was made of the fact that neither could live while the other survived that it was a good thing to show that Harry did, in the end, get a life of his own. There's a reason it was an epilogue rather than the final chapter, though. It's what happens AFTER THE STORY IS OVER.
How could you ever have doubted Snape? EVERYthing was foreshadowed, and Rowlings made it clear from the beginning that he was a complex character.
Likewise, Lupin. He was scared, and acted like it. Harry did the right thing with him, (though not because he had a clue), but because he was acting on reflex.
I was glad Neville was the one to kill Nagini, even though she wasn't a horcrux after all. Neville didn't know that, and, come to think of it, neither did Voldemort.
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on 2007-07-25 08:30 pm (UTC)How could you ever have doubted Snape? EVERYthing was foreshadowed, and Rowlings made it clear from the beginning that he was a complex character.
Likewise, Lupin. He was scared, and acted like it. Harry did the right thing with him, (though not because he had a clue), but because he was acting on reflex.
I was glad Neville was the one to kill Nagini, even though she wasn't a horcrux after all. Neville didn't know that, and, come to think of it, neither did Voldemort.