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[mrv3000]

About half way through The Half Blood Prince and have a few thoughts.

• CHEST MONSTER!! XD XD I'm snickering every time it comes up.
  
  
• I've now read the infamous bird scene between Ron and Hermione. They're obviously not the perfect couple at the moment, but I don't think it necessarily dooms them to a life of cop calls for domestic disturbances. (Not that I'm now waving the Ron/Hermione ship flag since I'm still not caring that much about any of the ships.)
  
  
• Thought it was a bit interesting that at first both Harry and Tom thought their respective dads were totally awesome (without actually knowing), but turns out they weren't. They both didn't even seem to consider that their mothers could be powerful. Huh.
  
  
• I now see what people mean when they complain that Ginny went from zero to awesome in 3 seconds, but...I'm really not having a problem attributing it to Harry's POV. Harry often needs to be bashed with the obvious stick before he notices something, which means there's a lot of stuff (especially the more subtle character stuff) that goes missing. It's sometimes a bit frustrating, but... Eh. I'm fine with it for the most part.
  
  
• The Tom Riddle stuff is only mildly interesting to me. I'm way more interested in Harry's parents & co.
  
  
• McGonagall rules all.