What? You mean I just told you the ending?
My mother does not read the Harry Potter books. She does watch the movies, so she’s now up to Order of the Phoenix (Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge was phenomenal, incidentally, and entirely worth the movie, though other than the ending — from the time Harry et al get to the Ministry — I thought it was rather well-done). She did not know the ending of Half-Blood Prince, though I’d've thought she guessed who died, but not who killed him. Did not, because on the front page of today’s newspaper there was a huge article asking if Dumbledore is really dead, and if Snape is really bad, and if Harry is actually a Horcrux. Then there was another enormous article on the front page of the opinion section, asking a bunch of people what they thought would happen, which recapped in greater detail the story of HBP, and now she is irritated. You cannot forget these things.
This explains why I will go offline at midnight London time until such time as I have finished the book, just in case. Well, this and the “I am leaving at 5 am Saturday, and need to read the book from midnight to 5, so I will need to be packing Friday night anyhow” issue. But mostly it’s the fear off assholes who intend to spoil the book for everyone else.
July 14th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Mr. Blue has also not learned the end of the sixth book. But I would laugh and laugh at him if it were spoiled for him by the front page of the newspaper. That’s what he gets for taking TWO YEARS to read the sixth book.