Day 23 - Any Part Of The Books/Movies That Make You Cry?Let me start off by saying that I spent 95% of
The Deathly Hallows Part 1 crying, and I anticipate being in the same state for 100% of Part 2. As soon as Remus and Tonks came on screen I burst into tears, and that was it for the remainder of the film, I was a mess. I hate knowing what's going to happen, that's why I cried. Because I looked at them and how happy they were but I knew that in under a year they would both be dead. And it hurt, knowing about it hurt.
The only novel I cried in was
The Deathly Hallows, and I managed to hold it together until towards the end, I didn't even anticipate that I would cry. But then Harry saw the bodies of Remus and Tonks, and they were dead. And I felt like my world had collapsed around me. It was as if my two best friends had died right in front of my eyes. I started to sob uncontrollably and tried to persevere, I tried to keep reading, but I couldn't. I had to put the book down and try and control myself. It was nearing midnight and I was curled up in a ball at the top of my bed crying my heart out, literally hurting. There was a pain in my chest and I couldn't breathe, it sounds ludicrous but it's true. Eventually I was able to relax enough to continue reading and was by this point softly whimpering while tears streaked my face. But then things kept happening that launched me back over the edge. Snape's story was heart breaking, it formed a permanent Snape shaped space in my heart and brought tears to my eyes. Harry's death scene left me unaffected, but this encounter with James, Lily, Sirius and Remus shook me to my core. It took me another good while to recover from that scene. By the time I had finished the book I was an emotional mess. I had been hoping and praying that Remus and Tonks and Snape and Fred weren't really dead, that they would be brought back. That Teddy wasn't an orphan and that George wouldn't be alone. But that wasn't how it ended. They were dead, along with Sirius and Mad Eye and Dobby and Hedwig. My four favourite characters didn't survive the series, it still breaks my heart and I literally have tears streaming down my face as I write this. Finishing the
The Deathly Hallows not only meant the end of a journey, but it meant the end of a battle, of a war. Every war has causalities, I just never expected a fictional one to affect me so. It breaks my heart and there is a lump in my throat and a pain in my chest. They fought by my side and they didn't make it, but I did. But what they fought for was real. They fought against oppression and prejudice and discrimination and hate. And I will keep fighting for them. And I won't forget, they've affected me too much for me to ever give up on them or the cause. So yes, the books have made me cry, but it runs so much deeper within me than you will ever realise.
Until next time fellow humans....
