Reactors Reacting to ALBUS DUMBELDORE DEATH SCENE | Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[@JeanneFeisont]

Him saying “Severus, please..” not because he wants Severus to rethink, but because he wants him to do it so Draco doesn’t have to go down that dark path… Peak.

[@Nonalhomophobie]

And because he is dying already, the curse is on terminal stage, and he just had to relive his worst memory with the drink of despair in the cave.

[@Gamers4lifeOfficial]

Don’t know why, but this is my favorite film in the franchise. The revelations, the story, it gave the fans a real look into the dark times coming. Also snape is just the best character in the entire sires.

[@Da1UP]

Always been my favorite too. But the book is so much better though, it explains a lot more about everything

[@VoidGian]

And I hated this movie because the book is one of my favorites, the fact they left out Voldemort’s origin story, how and why he created his horrocruxes. The story about Kreacher and Regulus Black :( The love story between Ginny and Harry were more interesting than it happened on the movie. How they skipped the battle at the astronomy tower. Dumbledore's army and the Order of the Phoenix against the Death Eaters, even Hagrid fought. Snape's escape was more poetic and dark and in the movie it was so meeh. Dumbledore's funeral. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU DAVID YATES. I could keep writing on how angry I still am about how they ruined my favorite book.

[@Abel-yq1yd]

HBP book is the best book in the series and ironically HBP movie is the worst movie in the series

[@Swissswoosher]

It’s not made clear in the movies but Snap chose his nickname “Half Blood Prince” because he was a half blood and his mother’s maiden name was Prince.

[@ar471]

A LOT isn’t made clear in the movies.

[@Swissswoosher]

@@ar471 yeah, true. But some things are better in the movies too.

[@ar471]

@@Swissswoosher Other than, “I must not tell lies,” I can’t think of any. But to each their own.

[@Swissswoosher]

@@ar471 subtle change I liked was changing the colour of Hermione’s Yule ball dress, and Dumbledore’s escape from his office in Order of the Phoenix was way more epic

[@ar471]

@@Swissswoosher I don’t mind stuff like that. It’s entire missing plot points that bother me. Ask a movie watcher where the shard of mirror came from. They have no idea, Harry just suddenly has it with no explanation.

[@MM-nl4fl]

14:56 “really?khe will khill khim?” Makes me howl every time 😂😂

[@ReactorsAssemble7]

@@MM-nl4fl 😂😂

[@Wetalkdramas]

That couple is so cute ! Their emotional level is same

[@TheIrishBosnian]

Chills every time.

[@jcurses]

I remember when these books were being released and I read this passage. I was convinced that it could have been interpreted as "Severus, please...(don't)", or, more likely, he was imploring Snape to go through with it. Every year, he was hyped up to be a villain, with it always being a red herring. Dumbledore is constantly standing up for Snape and his allegiance. It wouldn't have made sense, narratively speaking, if Snape was a simple turn coat. I was happy I was right when Deathly Hollows was released on midnight. I read that all in one sitting.

[@trippm102]

Snape knew Draco had to do it so he chose to spare him the pain and took out Dumbledore for him. Looks at the color of the spell it’s a different color showing it was done out of love and mercy not malice or hate

[@sunshui6114]

That's just a movie thing. In the books, it's just as green as ever. Dumbledore died from it all the same.

[@overjoyedbrass]

it's the same colour and Snape was under unbreakable vow, he had to do it if malfoy couldnt

[@jaanfo3874]

In the books it was planned between Snape and Dumbledore. Dumbledore was already dying, Snape was under the unbreakable vow, and they were hoping that since it was a planned death rather than a defeat the Elder Wand would not ally itself with Snape and its power would die with Dumbledore (the real explanation)…. What they didn’t count on was that the Elder Wand didn’t ally itself with the person who killed its last owner, but the person who defeated them in a dual. Since Draco had successfully disarmed Dumbledore he unknowingly became the master of the Elder Wand before Dumbledore died.

[@Joeyhill-wj6js]

He had to do it regardless as Malfoy couldn’t kill you have to mean it for good or bad to truly kill… also dumbledore said that snape must be the one to kill him to get true trust from Voldemort.. films and books are different I know but fuck books

[@CaptainRed1000]

So Snape’s reveal as the HBP tells us three things about the character. 1. He’s an amazing Potions master, which we knew already. 2. He’s of a half-blood lineage. 3. He invented the Sectumsempra spell. Is there more significance to the HPB title in the books that would make this reveal even weightier? I’m failing to see why this is a big deal.

[@ethancryder8570]

As far as the plot goes it reveals the significance of shapes character, he’s of so much importance throughout the entire book/film and is driving force for the story. He simultaneously protects Harry from danger and Draco from danger while infiltrating the inner circle of Voldemort and gaining his trust. So the reveal is that it’s really his story this time around

[@BrotherBear-ou8jc]

He chose the name because he is a half-blood wizard and his mother's maiden name was Prince. Therefore he is a half-blood Prince. The real weight of this scenes comes from the fact that when Dumbledore says, "Severus... please" he is actually begging Snape to kill him as they had agreed, in spite of Snape's reluctance.

[@poliwhirl6166]

In the book Harry uses the book all year for potions and attempts to figure out the identity of the “Half-blood prince” for most of the book. The reveal therefore has a lot more impact at the end of the book as we realize that this person Harry had been idolizing for an entire school year was Snape, the man he now hated most

[@rmar67]

@@BrotherBear-ou8jc Right. It was not “Please don’t kill me”, but rather “Please remember our agreement”.

[@Abel-yq1yd]

That's the problem with the movie. In the books HBP is like another character with the trio. Harry is obsessed with him and Draco which are the two most pivotal plots of the book which for some reason is sidelined in the movie and the final reveal that Snape was the HBP literally shocks you the first time you read it. The movie absolutely did not do the book justice.

[@nuffyj8614]

Am I the only person who didn’t care who the half-blood prince was? The book (and to lesser extent the movie) tried to emphasize that it was a big deal so the reveal would be effective, but…it was a previously owned school book with some regular-ink notes in it…it’s on Harry that he did spells without knowing what they did. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@reso-o5t]

I thought it worked ok in the book, due to more information regarding snape being available, but it definitely fell flat in the movie.

[@dylusional419]

It was the key part of the book the fuck

[@nuffyj8614]

@ Rowling certainly wanted us to think so…but it was a pre-owned book with normal writing in the margins…why be so concerned? Bad previous owner or not…the book’s not doing anything…Hermione was mad he was doing better in class than her; Ron was mad he wasn’t the one to get the book; and Ginny just has a lot of baggage when it comes to magic books (which, let’s be real, this textbook wasn’t one, just a book about magic). It was all blown way out of proportion to make us go “ooh” at the Snape revelation. While reading, I *knew* it was going to come back because of how much attention it got, but I couldn’t understand why I was supposed to be so worried about it except that it was the title of the Harry Potter book.

[@alexmaverick6647]

I mean, Snape is arguably the most important character in the story here, and so the title is a way to show his significance while not revealing it until you’ve read it or watched it. The identity of a potions book owner isn’t the point. The significance of Snape in this book (and the next) is the point.

[@biancataylor1986]

Snape had to kill Dumbledore because there was unbreakable vow

[@addhole]

Vow

[@MHGFTW]

Vase

[@sadiaheidar7866]

Vein

[@MHGFTW]

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[@ncbuckshot4282]

Van

[@ShadowMomchi-PhoeniexELj-ir6vo]

Wow.

[@Seenic69]

4:14 ‘i don nower’

[@ReactorsAssemble7]

@@Seenic69 😝

[@DoNotLookHerePlz]

You forgot a nuclear reactor

[@Abel-yq1yd]

This movie is arguably the worst adapted movie in the entire franchise and it still managed to provoke this much emotions from viewers.. its a testament to the quality of the HP story

[@xxdragonxxhdtm8120]

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[@Memory_visit]

The bigger shock is this guy dating her 4:04

[@ReactorsAssemble7]

@@Memory_visit 😂

[@jbwade5676]

😢😢

[@alextrill1746]

Illiterate people being surprised by stuff from the book =D

[@Swissswoosher]

Which they never read

[@alextrill1746]

@@Swissswoosher that's how we know they are illiterate

[@kevinmunguia7381]

they butchered the story from goblet of fire onwards

[@JPerryBeats]

Dude everyone has a first time reading the books or watching the movies. Don’t try to gatekeep Harry Potter everyone is welcome to the community even if they just heard of the series for the first time today. Ppl like you are the reason that fanbases die

[@reisen9584]

Yea, the book was trash. I know the moment almost instantly snape is half blood prince, no surprise

[@jgaka27]

Half blood prince movie was sooooo cringe

[@ReactorsAssemble7]

@@jgaka27 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the best movie In my opinion

[@Vwall007STASMR]

@@ReactorsAssemble7it also has the best score. And I liked that the student actually looked like 13 year old student with the way they’re dressed. I also liked the darker tone

[@ReactorsAssemble7]

@@Vwall007STASMR I agree

[@tiznip]

you are in the minority

[@jgaka27]

@@ReactorsAssemble7 My favorite book and movie of the series was chamber of secrets also kinda bias cause Gilderoy Lockhart was my favorite character but I feel like it was more fun and mysterious