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I'd forgotten that that ending is solid enough to take a break before the next story. Useful given that I think I could use one

Seriously, the gore is just so tedious

What does it say that I know an epic battle is coming up and I just...don't care? Yes, war, angst, blah blah blah. There's just not really anything interesting about it besides the world building. Wooo blood and gore. Blood and gore are boring. Let's get back to Harry's childhood trauma

I had completely forgotten about the mists

Heading toward bored again and am pretty sure it's just my own restlessness. May take a day or two to write or read something else. TSA is great for world building and moments of brilliant prose, but rather less so for engrossing plots

I still don't understand why the Potters don't have an annual tradition of going into the Maze. They've got an alien artefact that shows them their entire lives and forces them to see what they did wrong and how they can improve, but it sounds like most of them never even set foot in it. Complete waste of a useful personal development tool

Scrimgeour getting irked that Harry convinced Tybalt to get Umbridge sacked will never not bother me. There's a difference between demanding something happen just because you can and ensuring a bigot doesn't stay in charge of the very people she's bigoted against. And Harry asking for werewolf rights isn't new. If Scrimgeour doesn't consider it a priority, that's his problem

As cringe as the Harry/Draco + Unicorns build up is (and it *is* oh my god), the imagery of Harry freeing the unicorns is absolutely fucking stunning. I *wish* I could write that vividly

Did we not know Walburga's name until after HBP? I could've sworn it came up at some point in OotP

Draco's potion obsession is quite possibly my least favourite subplot in the series. Snape going stupid is annoying but at least leads to interesting things. Draco and the potion is just a tedious way to result in the break at the end of the book. Which, frankly, I don't and have never seen a need for. It's another obnoxious plot arc.