History YMMV / HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows

** In the movie, during Harry's tussle with Voldermort on the Hogwarts towers. The movie has Harry ride along with Voldermort as he tries to kill him around and through the building! And at one moment, the camera zooms in to show that the two characters' faces have ''merged''! -shudder-

* ShipSinking: [[JKRowling J.K. Rowling]] chose to sink the [[spoiler:Harry/Hermione ship]] ''thrice'', the third time of which was in this book. First, in an interview about the possible pairing, Rowling said she didn't think they were suited for each other. Secondly in ''HalfBloodPrince'', and then the internet exploded, with [[spoiler:Harry/Hermione shippers]] [[SeriousBusiness sending out death threats, burning books]], and [[FanDumb swearing to abandon the series if she didn't change it]]. To drive the nail in the coffin, this book has Harry giving the "LikeBrotherAndSister" speech to Ron and Hermione, right after a scene in which Harry/Hermione appears as an evil illusion [[spoiler:made by the locket-Horcrux]] that seems vaguely perverse and is intended entirely to enrage Ron into attacking Harry by using frequent Harmonian arguments, at that.

* ShipSinking: [[JKRowling J.K. Rowling]] had to sink the [[spoiler:Harry/Hermione ship]] ''thrice'', the third time of which was in this book. First, in an interview about the possible pairing, Rowling said she didn't think they were suited for each other. Secondly in ''HalfBloodPrince'', and then the internet exploded, with [[spoiler:Harry/Hermione shippers]] [[SeriousBusiness sending out death threats, burning books]], and [[FanDumb swearing to abandon the series if she didn't change it]]. To drive the nail in the coffin, this book has Harry giving the "LikeBrotherAndSister" speech to Ron and Hermione, right after a scene in which Harry/Hermione appears as an evil illusion [[spoiler:made by the locket-Horcrux]] that seems vaguely perverse and is intended entirely to enrage Ron into attacking Harry by using frequent Harmonian arguments, at that.
** And she still got death threats, boycott threats, and badmouthing coming from whiny [[spoiler:Harry/Hermione]] fans. The sympathy one may feel for the really brutal ShipSinking gors down the toilet at that, ''even among sane [[spoiler:Harry/Hermione]] fans'' who have to deal with being lumped with the crazy.

* ShipToShipCombat: Or rather Ship To Ship Last Stands, as this book effectively crushed the hopes of numerous shippers, but especially Harry/Hermione shippers. However, true to the nature of shipping, many [[DieForOurShip still remain in denial.]]
** It's not so much people remain in denial, simply as they prefer their ship than what was written in the books. And why should they stop liking it?
*** Things would be better if, you know, these people stopped being such ''''assholes''' to JKR for daring to write things the way she wants them to. And stop calling [[spoiler: Ginny]] a whore and a MarySue and a fat bitch while PlayingTheVictimCard about how everyone hates them.

** Definate YMMV for this one. It's not that it's too sweet, it's that, at this point, we're so used to an extremely dark and morose tone. It's like when your teeth hurt after taking a bite of something really hot and immediately take a sip of your ice cold drink.

** The [[spoiler:Snape Pensive Sequence]]. Seeing [[spoiler: Snape wail while cradling Lilly's body]] will rip those tears right our of eyes, mark this troper's words.
*** Snape casting his protronus. If you didn't cry at that there is something wrong with you.

*** I think they actually do realise that the Horcrux affects them. However, in the book, carrying it everywhere is a bit stupid, especially when Harry has a wonderful moleskin poach that can keep many things inside and shrinks down when needed to prevent it from being stolen...

* TheWoobie: Snape, particularly as a kid and teenager where he keeps messing things up with Lilly despite how hard he tries. However, certainly being unable to protect the woman you love and then protecting her child who looks exactly like the man you hate has ''got'' to be the rawer end of the deal.

** Um, like, they're supposed to leave it somewhere? That's the mistake Kretcher made. And why would putting it in the bag make any difference? Someone still has to carry the bag.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: See [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/{{Literature}} here]].
* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The fact that the movies would be split thusly; Part 1: The Great Horcrux Search and Part 2: The Battle of Hogwarts. Considering all the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome amazing moments]] that happen during the Battle, it was only natural.
** Averted in that they missed alot of truly memorable scenes, or moved them off-screen. Note [[spoiler:Fred's death, Kreacher arriving with the house elves, cutting Grawp and only giving Teddy Lupin a very minor handwave that he had even been born and not mentioning Harry being the godfather, even though it's a rite of passage scene and greatly defined how Harry had grown into a man.]] They had more than enough time to add in any of these scenes, and instead gave us the shortest Harry Potter film as the finale.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: It is quite difficult to find these on this book, but...
** When the twins take the Polyjuice potion to look like Harry, they look at each other and say "Hey, we are identical!"
** George's "holy-holey" joke.
** Potterwatch.
** In the film, Harry is searching Umbridge's office and finds a book titled "When Muggles Attack".
** "Just keep telling her about that ball of light going into your chest."

** Um, like, they're supposed to leave it somewhere? That's the mistake Kretcher made.

** I don't know about the movie, but in the book they knew that the Horcrux affected them.

* TrappedByMountainLions The main storyline falls victim to this, which is the only point of view given after the first chapter. Obviously, Harry, Ron, and Hermione hunting down the [[SoulJar Horcruxes]] is a big deal, but with its difficult pacing and long stretches of [[TheDumbledore Dumbledore]] back story only tangentially necessary to the plot, it sort of falls short compared to Voldemort having taken over the Ministry of Magic and [[TheUnChosenOne Neville]] [[TookALevelInBadass running]] LaResistance [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome inside the school]], which [[FanNickname the Golden Trio]] (and thus the readers) only hear about secondhand.

** Ron's imitation [[spoiler: Parselytoungue working on the Chamber of Secrets.]]

* LoveItOrHateIt: The most divisive book in the series, along with ''Order of the Phoenix''. Nobody can agree on anything. Are the camping chapters too long/boring, or necessary to the plot? Are the Deathly Hallows a DeusExMachina or a necessary plot point? Is the final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort an AntiClimax, or was it fitting? Is the epilogue the happy ending that Harry deserved, or is it an unfortunate letdown? There is no middle ground.

** Quite the nice take that really, considering that with this book she wrote a chapter involving Harry and Hermione together in the most romantic scenes of any of the seven books...

*** Bonus points for Maggie Smith also played [[ClashoftheTitans Athena!]]

* LoveItOrHateIt: The most divisive book in the series, along with ''Half Blood Prince''.

** Averted in that they missed alot of truly memorable scenes, or moved them off-screen. Note [[spoiler:Fred's death, Kreacher arriving with the house elves, cutting Grawp and only giving Teddy Lupin a very minor handwave that he had even been born and not mentioning Harry being the godfather, even though it's a right of passage scene and greatly defined how Harry had grown into a man.]] They had more than enough time to add in any of these scenes, and instead gave us the shortest Harry Potter film as the finale.

** Of course, that doesn't apply only to shippers. Quite a few people disliked the Epilogue for it's reputation of "TastesLikeDiabetes."

* WhatAnIdiot: Yes, to safeguard the Horcrux, let's wear it at all times. It's not like we had proof that said Horcruxes can posses or damage the bearer or had a handy bag to put it in. And the feelings of paranoia and anger, plus the deterioration of friendship... totally normal.