There were a few corny scenes and lines in HBP, which do YOU think was the corniest? My favourite, which was too long to enter in the poll. was when Professor McGonagall said over Bill's hospital bed as Tonks poured out her love for Lupin that Dumbledore would be glad there was a little more love in the world. Jeez, the guy had only been dead 5 minutes!

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The squeal of Won-Won was pretty corny
all the did was kiss not talk, how could she like him so much
as to give him a nickname.

Er.. other? I personally found the "I never gave up on you" speech, follwing by the the"..we could have had months, maybe years.."
Wow, could it get any cornier than that? The monster in his chest purring would be second though lol..
-Dominique

I voted for the monster purring in Harry's chest just because while I can't think of an instance where that exact description has been used in literature to describe a character's hormonal urges, it somehow manages already to sound overused. It's extremely goofy and I actually had trouble paying attention to the book when JKR used a reference to Harry's monster troubles because I kept thinking, "Monster? Bwahahaha! Funny."

I voted for the "Won-Won!" squeal because I hate Lavender and that is really corny. I mean, how pathetic is that? What kind of a guy would actually like it when his girlfriend does that?

Definitely ..The monster in his chest purred...
Omg... I really dislike that one, like Fitztopher already stated it's a horrible metaphor. The Won-won one was bad but this one is even worse. Owh and I didn't think the part with Lupin/Tonks/mcGonagall was cornie, I liked it, it was just a sweet thing to say in an emotional time like that

I chose the "... hard blazing look" line. What exactly is a "hard blazing look" anyway?! Since it ended in locking lips, i thought it was a rather inapporpriate "look" for a young 15 year old girl to have. I equate it to a "wanton look", and this certainly is not the kind of look a young girl should use. This was definitely one of the dumbest lines in HBP. What was JKR thinking?

I also agree with Dominique where she mentions that "... we could have had years..." baloney between Harry and Ginny at the end of HBP. They're only 15 and 16?! What's with the "we could have had YEARS"?! Again, what was JKR thinking?

i've got to say teh "monster purring in his chest"....ecuse me but doesn't that sound kind of like a cheap romance novel to anyone else?...as well as the "we could have had years...." thing. but it was bound to get a little mushy with the theme of love being more prominant so....

'The monster in his chest purred'

When I read this, I said out loud, "WHAAA?!"

Sorry, I really should have offered more choices! The part where Harry states to 15 yr old Ginny that they could have had years together..how realistic is that? JKR is the same age I am, she should've known better! The problem is that there were sooo many corny lines in this book, that I just choose the ones I remembered as really over the top.

ROFL, it's got to be the purring monster. That was SO weird. I was reading the book outside on my hammock when I read that line, and I'd thought I'd read it wrong. Then I realized I hadn't, and I nearly dropped the book from laughing so hard. The neighbors must've been really weirded out.

But really, that was more then corny, it was just plain strange. Since WHEN has hormones been described as a monster? Oh, and a PURRING monster? I agree with dream_of_a_siren:

WHAAAA??

Although it's good for a nice laugh. (After DD death I read that part over and started laughing all over again. )

Lol! The monster in his chested purred..
I didn't even bother re-reading that part again. The only time I read it, I was thinking..'umm..ookay..'. Whaa's exactly right! And for the record, I didn't even know that monsters purred..I thought it was only cats that did that .

hiya mugglemary if you want you can add more choices to the list if you have thought of more topics that can go in the thread...you should be able to edit your poll...if you cant figure it out for some reason feel free to PM me with the added things you want and I will put them in the poll for you!

EDIT: I have added a new option to the poll..."we could have had months, years even" which is said by Harry to Ginny!

hmm, i didn't really think any of them were really corny persay... cliche, yes, dumb, yes, but not exactly corny in my opinion. reading HBP the other night, i found teh corniest line i've come across...

pg 573, in the hospital after DD died..

harry: "and then Snape - and snape did it. the Avada Kedavra"

i mean, bom bom bommmmmm

its just a silly way to put it. "the avada kedavra"

didn't think much of the last paragraph of the book either. it was pretty disappointingly corny. "one last day of happiness together.." something like that.

Yeah, I agree with the "we could have had years" Although what preceded that (I never gave up on you) was pretty corny. "I never gave up on you." Oh no! Of course you didn't you just thought you'd go get it on with some other guys and wait around for your true love? I will admit it worked though. I'm not sure I'd like that kind of jealous love, but whatever works for her.

I voted Won-Won. Why becoz you know those silly lame nicknames either your parents come up with or boy/girl friend OI those are so embarrasing Then the part where Lavender bought Ron the necklace what WAS she thinking? I have seen one of those sort of neckalces in the store and did a double take just to gag and fall over from laughter! But the purring in the chest was weird....I dont know maybe when you are as old as JK and trying to describe feelings you had years ago just doesnt work she should just leave it to the pros in fan fic forums Oh and the we had years part......the whole time i was sitting there going...er ......... that was weird.....I didnt like it made me all uncomfortable.......
so yeah!
bye now
fjkrs

lol nice idea I voted for "..The monster in his chest purred..."

Just because it is soo cheesy she’s been going on and on about this tiger or monster or what ever it is and now its purring sorry but that just makes me laugh!!

we could have had months, years even

If Ginny was already snogging like crazy at that age, I'd hate to imagine how far they'd go, had they been together for YEARS....*shudders*

I thought that the corniest line was when Dumbledore told Harry "I am not worried... I am with you." The last line "one more golden day with Ron and Hermione" or something like that was pretty corny also. For some reason, the others on the list didn't bug me too much; maybe I'm just a romantic.

Peace,
Prof McG

I voted for "There was a loud squeal of Won-Won." Baby talk, by people other than babies, makes me want to throw something. Enough said.

Had I not seen that first and pounced on it, I would have said "we could have had months, years even". Years? To me, "years" means at least a decade, and by that definition, they're both too young for it to have been years.

The one line that made me throw down my book in disgust and yell CHICK LIT!!! was "Could thier friendship survive it?" Arrggg - I hated it. It was when Hermione asked out Ron and Harry was contemplating his thoughts on it.
I still cant read it - it makes me want to scream and I frequently do.

"we could have had months" ew I hated the h/g thing its sooooo wrong. the whole book was cheezalicious but that ending made me want to barf.

I can't vote cos I don't think any of them are corny. I kinda like the "monster in Harry's chest" parts cos it shows how much he really wants to be with Ginny. I think the corniest line in all of HBP is Snape's "I, the Half-Blood Prince..." yada,yada,blah,blah,blah etc., etc.,

well mine was not here. but most of the options you put in is corny. but anyways, mine is not in the book but in was PoA. the "he was their friend scene" i mean it's not corny but it was......i don't know how to describe it. let's just say it was badly done and they could have done better. no offense. but i thought most the choices were corny. i never really noticed it. and i agree with all the repliers about what they said and was the corniest in their opinion.

Yeah, I would defenatly have to say the "monster purring in his chest". I realize where she was going with that whole monster thing cuz she said something related to the moster in his chest several times and i just think the whole thing is corny. The other choices werent so bad but im sure that even if there had been other choices, id still pic the monster cuz that was just plain CHEEZY!

I voted for the monster purring. I think it was a bit cheesey.

But the Won Won stuff I thought was quite funny and gave me a giggle when Lavender starts sqealing it and Hermione gets all jealous, rather than it being corny.

Oh yeah and the 'we could of had years', okay I was accepting the months but he took it a bit far and it did make me cringe a bit.

There were a lot of lines that were corny in this book, but I don't think thats such a bad thing, you need a bit of cheese every now and then... it's a good source of protein!

I agree about all the replies, but i did love the 6th book. I put in the "we could have had years" i would have loved if he had gone "we could have had years...friggen Cho"

However all was forgotton whenin this scene:

[I]Harry had just arrived at the Burrow

Mrs Weasly: Are you hungry dear?
Harry: Yeah
Mrs Weasly: I'll just knock something up

I lived for that line!

Definatley the monster thing. I laughed when I read that. I also felt really disgusted (i don't know, guess that was just me).

Anyway, it was a good metaphor.

Hahaha... Oh god, I almost forgot about the monster thing until right now. I almost puked when I read that. What was she thinking when she wrote that? It sounds like she got it off some 13 yrs old's Harry Potter fan fiction. Anyways the whole "we could have had years" thing is pretty bad too, and thats what I voted for.

"There was a loud squeal of 'Won-Won!'"

i chose this because i read it and laughed. and i didn't laugh at any other parts in the choices.
I didn't choose the monster-in-the-chest one because when i read it i thought it was a really cool metaphor type deal, and not really corny.

I thought the whole "won-won" was extremely corny. The other lines I loved. I thought they fit perfectly! The whole Harry having a monster in his chest was hilarious! And the "we could have had months- years even." made me sad... I loved the romantic speech etc.
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some are pretty corny, but tats what makes the book FUNNY! don't ya think?!

yeah...there was a lot of corny lines in HBP but i kinda liked them all being there..it adds a lot of humor and i find my self laughing at a lot of them...

"Won! Won!"
I'm so glad the days of adolescent baby talk are over! But I couldn't stop laughing at Lavender for saying it. Definately a cheesy HBP line.

I don't really think any of the selections in this poll are corny. I'd have to go through the book (which I'm rereading at the moment) and find something.

I voted for "we could have had months, years even". When i first read it i felt like i was reading a bad written fan fiction. *shudders* I cant imagine a 13years old Harry going out with the 12 years old Ginny. *shudders again*

The monster purred.[Mod Edit], I almost feel off my bed laughing at the idiocy of it. Anyone think Rowling may be appeasing a few fantasies?
There are a lot of 'corny' lines in the book bu I feel they're there for humor and, however corny they may be, they do express how we'd feel, or have felt, after experiencing such a scene. I don't know much about monsters but I've felt a bitter pool of ice everytime I saw my first crush's boyfriend kiss her. It told me to do the same things but I ignored him. Kind of like how I ignore my commonsense.
"Won-Won" *laughs* What makes me laugh isn't the scene but how I know plenty of girls who talk to their boyfriends and respective males just like that.
Oh! What's wrong with them dating at such a young age. I had my first girlfriend at ten. True we were a little more developed than the rest of the kids our age but that only made it more fun. No we didn't do anything seriously stupid. My mother gave me the talk via video of the hazards and consequences of STD's at eight. It worked, trust me.
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Well, none of them are that corny, but I guess the Won-Won thing was the most unrealistic and the stupidist. You know what a really corny line was? In the move High School Musical on Disney Channel, Troy says: "That gitrl's name was Gabriella. And she's very nice!" So unrealistic. Okay, now I'm getting off-topic...

I would chose the line 'We could have had moths, years even.' What was JK thinking. They are only 15 and 16. It's not like they are going to be thinking of getting married and spending their lives together.

I would have to say that the "Won-Won" line is the corniest. I laughed a lot when I read that!
I guess JKR made Lavendar say that nickname so their relationship would be so-cute-it's-just-annoying-and-sick.

I voted for the "we could have had months.. years even" line. I can't even explain it, the whole Harry/Ginny romance thing almost killed the whole book for me. I felt like it was turning into a cheesy romance novel. Plus, I just don't like the Harry/Ginny pairing. Ginny seems too immature and Harry isn't the most grown-up person in the book either.
I just didn't like it.

I said "Won-Won" because the nick-name was so sickening! I liked the rest of them though, they were good.

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"The monster purred in his chest..." lol...trashy romance novel material.

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And there was a load squeal of "won-won" argh! i hate that pairing! i couldn't stand lavender and when she made up that pathetic excuse of a nick-name i felt like doing some drastic mesures! there wasn't many corny lines in HBP but that had to be the worst one! and i guess now everyone knows how to tick me off... just say the words won-won and i'll be helpless!

The monster in is chest is pretty cheesy, but that's how he felt. And besides there were other emotions that the "monster" had. Well, the whole monster thing is kind of cheesy, but the cheesiest is the Ginny/Harry conversation. I'm sure that when I first read it, I probably wanted to cry, but now its like a bad romance movie.

Voted for "we could have had months..." blah blah blah. Yeah heard all that before.


Haha I vote for this one, too! *snorts* I mean "I never gave up on you?" Surely there are other ways of phrasing that, right? I said before that I was glad JKR didn't make the Ginny/Harry thing too fluffy, but yeah, she did use some pretty cliche lines.