Not till next year.... between OSC, Robert Jordan, and J.K. Rowling I've got so many on hold stories in my head that they're starting to run together......
Harry Potter who lived for 3,000 years came with the One Power to face the Dark One today on his Crystal planet.
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
She also hints that he might not. There really isn't any information in that article.
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
"The final chapter is hidden away although it's now changed very slightly. One character got a reprieve. But I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die"
Yeah, no info there...........
boring........
Death, who cares.....
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
As long as we don't know who specifically is going to live or die, it isn't anything new. She's been gradually killing off more and more characters, and they are gradually being more main characters than side characters that she is killing off. It isn't really any secret that she's going to be killing a bunch of people in this book.
Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
Eh, most know he's going to die. I hope Volde- oops!
I hope he-who-must-not-be-named wins. Now THAT would be surprising and satisifying. Too many 'happy' endings from stories like such.
But, since it's a kids book, she'll make it so that Voldemort dies, and Harry must have someone kill his own self because he's a Horcrux. And two make up for Voldy's death, she'll also kill off two other characters:
Ron or Hermione and Hagrid
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Bear in mind that she's said repeatedly that she didn't write it for kids, she wrote it for herself.
However, she's also made it clear that this book will be the final book in the series, so Voldemort has to die, otherwise it simply wouldn't be over. Who dies with him is a whole 'nuther story.
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
quote:However, she's also made it clear that this book will be the final book in the series, so Voldemort has to die, otherwise it simply wouldn't be over. Who dies with him is a whole 'nuther story.
Voldemort could also win. That could end the series quite handily.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
quote:Originally posted by Reticulum: I hope he-who-must-not-be-named wins.
RET! Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
I think that Voldemort dying is a given. So much so, that I'd like to think that he doesn't even count as one of the two. After all, she said that two characters die who she didn't initially plan to (or something like that) and I can't imagine what ending she may have planned where Voldemort lives. My money's on Snape as one. I've been pretty certain that he would die for some time now. I haven't decided who the second one is. I sure hope the book does come out next year. I know that some people suspect that the 7th book will come out on 07/07/07, which of course seems appropriate.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I do not think she (Rowling) is brave enough to have Voldemort win. I do not even think she could have him perhaps even ESCAPE to fight another day while Harry dies. Maybe she will make Voldemort change into a good man upon killing Harry (I do not think I would much like that). I would be suprised if she actually has the gall to kill Harry because I do not think she does.
I can see Snape ultimately giving up his life to save Harry. Perhaps even having Harry kill Snape and at that moment finding out that Snape really was not evil and was acting for a higher cause. It would be interesting to see Harry have the death of an innocent man on his hands. Not the Lame "He died trying to save me" aka Sirius and Harry's Parents. But Harry literally making a wrong decision and killing somebody himself."
I predicted Draco's switch to being good several books ago and I really would not mind Draco and Harry being friends. And seeing what they accomplish together. No mention is ever made of Draco's abilities as a wizard save Book 2 where Draco and Harry duel and Draco' is able to conjure a snake.
In anycase Rowling probably thinks its fun talking about "oh man TEN people are going to die in book SEVEN!" But after finishing book 6 I realized that pretty much everyone is fair game for the grim reaper in book 7.
I would like to know if anybody thinks they are seriously going to open hogwarts in book 7, and if so will they do it without using the lame logic that "We can open it and use Harry as bait to kill Voldemort."
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
Just priming the hype machine.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
The biggest question from this article is who she's saving.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Personally, I don't want to know the body count before I read the book. I spent book 5 so worried that one of the kids would die that I was happy when I found out who it was.
And I LIKED that character, it's just I liked other characters more. If I hadn't known someone was going to die, maybe that person's death would have had an impact other than relief.
Pix
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I absolutely trust J.K. Rowling to tell a magnificent story. If people die, it's because they needed to die, because that's the story she's telling. These kids are adventurers, and they are at war. They are all at risk.
Having said that, I'll think very dark thoughts if Molly Weasley dies.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Through book five I also sat worrying while reading, guessing who it would be (I was pretty sure it would be Arthur Weasley for quite a while). I finished the book at 4 am Tuesday morning, and lost it, I waited awake until my mom woke up so I could tell her how much of a mess I was (without any spoilers, she was going out of town for a week and I had to have the book done before she left).
With the sixth book I knew who it would be, it was more or less obvious the whole time. But I finished that book after a full night's sleep (or may I say day's?).
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I actually read book 5 completely oblivious to the fact that somebody was going to die. I was in Taiwan at the time and did not really get any news on the Harry Potter hype. A friend got it for me and I read it inside 24 hours as has always been the case since book 4 Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
Warning: This post Contains spoilers as to the deaths of books 4, 5, and 6. If you don't want the series and major revelations of it to be ruined for you, don't read this post.
You
Are
Warned
From
Here
On
Out.
For book 4, I knew Cedric must die, under the logic that Harry will get togetherwith Cho, and that would an excellent reason for him to die. Surprising? No.
For book 5, I had no idea. I thought it would be Mrs. Weasely for sure. So when Sirius died, my reaction was: "HOLY CRAP! SHE KILLED OFF SIRIUS!" Unfortunately to my knowledge, my sister hadn't gotten to that part yet. So, I had to let her ruin book 6 for me. She wasn't next to me, but I yelled it pretty loud, and she heard.
For book 6, all she did was tell me that Snape became potions master. I KNEW Dumbledore would kick the bucket. I told my sister before the book, and to quote her; "You stupid bastard." That was her reaction when I was right. Didn't surprise me a bit when he died. She cried when he died, and she's 16. And he must be dead, unless he can trick the laws of science, because he got a portrait in the headmaster's office. However, this does mean Harry can talk to him.
For book 7, I REALLY want Voldemort to win, and take over. Anything else would be disatisfactory. Snape has to be good; you can't fool Dumbledore; he's the man.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote:So when Sirius died, my reaction was: "HOLY CRAP! SHE KILLED OFF SIRIUS!"
My daughter quit reading Harry Potter books after that happened in book 5. Put it away and hasn't been interested in any of it since.
Me -- I could care less who dies. It's a good read. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Harry has to die.
FG
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
quote:And he must be dead, unless he can trick the laws of science, because he got a portrait in the headmaster's office. However, this does mean Harry can talk to him.
anyone else bust out laughing at that one? Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
Voldey will kill Harry. While he is sitting there laughing about it, Neville will come and kill him. It turns out Neville was the one in the profecy after all.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Me.
And I've been convinced that she will kill Harry off, or at least make him somehow drop off the face of the planet, because
[SERIES SPOILERS, DEATHS, BLAH BLAH BLAH]
. . . . . . . . JK Rowling is working real hard at getting rid of everyone who is close to Harry. No parents. No Godfather. No old, wise mentor. He got over Cho. He and Ginny decided that saving the world was more important than them being together. Hagrid is a friend, but not a very helpful one, really, and he's in danger in the next book for sure. Hermione and Ron have each other to cling to when Harry dies. I don't really see why he would live, given all of that.
Though, I don't want to see that happen. I want Sirius to be found stuck in some between-dimension, I want Dumbledore to have some trick up his sleeve or at least Snape is good and all of that was to fool Voldy. But I'm anticipating a dark, depressing, war-filled novel of death and sad.
. . . . . I'll miss that school!
Edit: I totally could see Elmer's scenario happening
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
If J.K. Rowling really wants to end the series in such a way that no one else can produce a non-author continuation, then she has to kill off both Voldemort and Harry Potter. If either one of these lives, then the story can and even must go on. Every book title begins with "Harry Potter and...."
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jay: "The final chapter is hidden away although it's now changed very slightly. One character got a reprieve. But I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die"
Oh, the article I read didn't give the exact quote, just said that two characters would die.
This means I can hold out my tiny tiny hope that Voldemort can win. So happy.
Edit: I think Harry and Snape will die for certain. What's up in the air for me is if anyone else dies, and if so, who?
Posted by Grim (Member # 9165) on :
HA! So I'm NOT the only one who wants Voldy to win. Thank YOU... law of averages.
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
quote:Originally posted by Ron Lambert: If J.K. Rowling really wants to end the series in such a way that no one else can produce a non-author continuation, then she has to kill off both Voldemort and Harry Potter. If either one of these lives, then the story can and even must go on. Every book title begins with "Harry Potter and...."
Because there haven't been ANY non author Harry Potter stories.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
She owns all the rights to derivative works such as that would be, and has the ability to ensure her wishes are honored after her death. Even if she leaves everybody alive she can prevent there from being another Harry Potter story published (without being sued into oblivion) for approaching another hundred years (and possibly much longer, if things keep going as they have been).
Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :
As I see it, the deaths of Sirius and Dumbledore were to strip Harry of his crutches in the final fight with Voldemort. The one thing the Movies fail to show is Harry's growing skill as a wizard. Or Ron and Hermione for that matter, but the books put Hermione's talent a NEWT level by book five, Harry was "Doing things I can't even do" (Victor Krum) in his fourth year. Much is made over failures and comic accidents along the way but If Harry can buckle down and master the things Snape hinted at, Oculmency, Silent Casting, and control his emotions and make a plan, he can beat Voldemort.
He knows that Voldemort knows he is one Hourcrux down, so he knows that Voldemort will want the Sword of Griffindor. With that in mind he can set a trap.
The rest of the book should be training and looses ends, vengeance for Sirius, determining the disposition of Snape and Malfoy, then final confrontation.
I would like to see Nevil find a cure for his parents, it would be nice if they could take out Bellatrix, I also would like to see more of the twins... There is so much I will miss when it is done.
Harry cannot live until Voldemort dies, that is a given, it would be nice if he survived though. Here is a thought, what if Harry is naturally a squib? What if Destroying both Voldemort and his scar removes all his magical power? Good as dead from the POV of the magic universe...
BC
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
Maybe Dumbledore will REALLY die. He's getting old, after all.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Oh, sweetie, Dumbledore is dead. I'm so sorry.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
As I see it, the deaths of Sirius and Dumbledore were to strip Harry of his crutches in the final fight with Voldemort. The one thing the Movies fail to show is Harry's growing skill as a wizard. Or Ron and Hermione for that matter, but the books put Hermione's talent a NEWT level by book five, Harry was "Doing things I can't even do" (Victor Krum) in his fourth year. Much is made over failures and comic accidents along the way but If Harry can buckle down and master the things Snape hinted at, Oculmency, Silent Casting, and control his emotions and make a plan, he can beat Voldemort.
An excellent point about the movies, and one I hadn't thought of.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
If anything the books have shown that any time Harry takes something seriously he excels at it. His attempts to learn Occulmency were pretty pathetic as he was always so distracted, but when he setup his own club to learn defence agains the dark arts they made some significant progress.
I really think we will see Malfoy as a powerful ally in book 7. I really do not think he COULDNT kill Dumbledore (albeit in Dumbledores weakened state) he simply DIDNT when he was reasoned with. He probably is going to hate Voldemort for how his father has fallen out of favor with him.
But nobody answered the question. "Hogwarts in book 7, open or closed?" Why?
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
I'll guess Hogwarts will be closed. Who could go to school and concentrate on books with Armageddon, or Ragnarok, or whatever--the ultimate showdown with Voldemort--taking place?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Open, one student (Ginny) will want to go.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
I think Ginny will find a way to follow Harry, and I'm afraid she'll die trying to protect him or something along those lines.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Snape will be spared.
Hagrid and Nevill will die.
Hogwarts will be closed.
Just my wild stab in the dark.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Oh, sweetie, Dumbledore is dead. I'm so sorry.
I don't think he is. I had a hunch that he wasn't, but then Card's extremely insightful review here made me sure of it.
Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :
Hogwarts might be open not as school but as a fortress, after all it is a castle, it might be the center of government. Parents may come to the school and live in dormotory in the room of requirements.
Just a notion. I think Harry might set his trap for Voldemort at his parents house in Godric's Hollow. I wonder who else we know lives there?
BC
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Snape used 'Adva Kadendra' (Can't spell!) on Dumbledore right?
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
She's been threatening to kill him off for years. It shouldn't be a shock.
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
quote:Originally posted by fugu13: She owns all the rights to derivative works such as that would be, and has the ability to ensure her wishes are honored after her death. Even if she leaves everybody alive she can prevent there from being another Harry Potter story published (without being sued into oblivion) for approaching another hundred years (and possibly much longer, if things keep going as they have been).
Copyrights aren't permanent. Eventually they will run out and then anyone can write anything about Harry Potter they want. Killing him off might prevent any sequels but people could still write prequels, say about Harry's parents, or his childhood before Hogwarts.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
But reading his childhood before Hogwarts would be absolutely boring. And I think Fugu meant that the copywrites would last approximately 100 years, I don't know how they work ,but he does.
Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :
One thing that is worrysome about those who, like me, think that Snape and Dumbledore set up the whole thing at the end ahead of time, is that the Avada Kadavra curse has to have serious hatred and power behind it to work.
So, how would Dumbledore trust in Snape if he knew the man hated him enough to curse him to death? It is a puzzle that makes one think Dumbledore might have not expected to die under that particular curse, or that the whole possibility of a good Snape is a red Herring.
BC
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
quote:So, how would Dumbledore trust in Snape if he knew the man hated him enough to curse him to death?
Did Snape really hate Dumbledore THAT much?
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Hence why it was a whole setup! In order to make Harry so mad that he can use the curse himeself! (like he needs the help...)
Haha, just pulling stuff out of my butt now, but I really do think there was a lot more behind that than we think, for example it was ONE BIG SETUP.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
It is possible to hate someone a whole, whole lot-- and still trust them and remain loyal to them and/or their cause. I wouldn't say a leader could count on it, but I believe it is possible, and a leader as charismatic as Dumbledore might just inspire that unique combination of hate and trust/loyalty.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Oh. And I am also in the Dumbledore is dead camp.
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
quote:Originally posted by Soara:
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Oh, sweetie, Dumbledore is dead. I'm so sorry.
I don't think he is. I had a hunch that he wasn't, but then Card's extremely insightful review here made me sure of it.
I could go either way on the Dumbledore is dead debate. There are enough valid arguments for each side that Rowling could do either possibility without it seeming forced. However the one thing that I have never for a second doubted is that SNAPE IS NOT EVIL, and whether Dumbledore is actually dead or not, it's something that he and Snape had planned to carry out for the greater good.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
I also think Dumbledore is dead, much for the same reasons Bean does : JKR wanted Harry to count on himself and on friends but not on "superior", parent-like figures like Sirius or Dumbledore. Mrs Weasley gives him much love but I don't think she would be of a big help in a fight, Sirius or Dumbledore would have been.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
Do you have to hate the target of the spell, or do you just have to have a lot of hate in you and be able to turn that hate toward the target? Also, it's just possible that Dumbledore's insistence that Snape keep to the plan and kill him made Snape hate him.
Also, it was totally a set-up. If Snape is evil in the end, then Rowling shoots her own point in the foot - being ugly and having greasy hair really DOES make you evil. I refuse to believe she's going to contradict the point she's made over and over in each book.
/soapbox
Posted by cheiros do ender (Member # 8849) on :
Wow. Male protagonist grows up and then dies. Sounds oddly familiar.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I agree. Dumbledore is dead because of Joseph Campbell - the mentor needs to die so the hero can truly be tested.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Perhaps.
Could Snape have been silent casting another spell while simply saying the words to the death curse?
They have mentioned about creating spells on your own and how it is something only the gifted and truely talented could accomplish. Could a spell that looks like the killing curse have been fashioned by Dumbledore or Snape in order to save Malfoy from the effects of failing in his mission. As far as Voldemort is concerned Dumbledore is dead and he has no reason to suspect otherwise. But then again when Sirius died alot of people formulated reasons as to why he was not really dead but hey as far as we can tell he is still dead even though his body is nowhere.
Also I do not think there has to be deep hatred for the target as the false Mad Eye Moody in book 4 cast the death curse on that bug. Did Barty Crouch Junior really have an intense hatred for that bug in particular? Or did he just have to draw on the well of hatred he had for his father, and other non death eaters to cast the spell?
Also if this is the case how is Harry going to defeat Voldemort without the use of the killing curse? Rowling certainly is not going to have Harry use hatred and emnity as a tool to help the hero vanquish evils figurehead. I hope its not going to be something lame like Harry reflecting the spell back at Voldemort.
Though it might be interesting (along the lines of Harry's scar is the last horocrux) that perhaps Voldemort thinks he has yet one horocrux besides Harry and in reality Harry is the last horocrux. Harry sacrifices himself and allows Voldemort to kill him this as a sort of Irony the 2nd time Voldemort tries to kill Harry he himself is killed.
But as a previous person posted (sorry too lazy to see who it was) I would love to have Nevill go in and finish off Voldemort and everyone finding out it was actually him that was being mentioned in the prophecy
Harry would then go down in history as a hero and completely on his own merits rather than simply by being, "The Boy Who Lived."
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
quote:I hope its not going to be something lame like Harry reflecting the spell back at Voldemort.
Actually, that's probably exactly what will happen...
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Dumbledore is dead. That's the end of it. One point of the story is how Voldermort fears death so much he's willing to kill seven times to avoid it. Dumbledore on the other hand believes in facing death. My only problem with the Snape being good theory is would Dumbledore really want Snape to kill him and have that on his soul? But would he really beg for his life like that?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I believe that to perform Avada Kedavra, it has been stated that "you have to really mean it." You have to want the person dead. I don't know if that necessitates hate or not.
I do like the "Snape was performing another spell" theory. But I still think Dumbledore's dead.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I'm thinking he hated Dumbledore for putting him in such a horrible position. That's why every inch of his face was filled with rage and anger.
Posted by Bean Counter (Member # 6001) on :
Could Snape make a Hourcrux for himself now? Is there a reason for him to do so.
BC
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I'm pretty sure the conditions of the oath Snape took mean that if Dumbledore hadn't died, Snape would have. Of course, the phoenix theory still works, I really really hope it's not true; but I certainly don't trust Rowling enough to be convinced it's not.
I think Hogwarts will be closed as a school, but possibly open as a headquarters. I'm convinced that the final battle will take place at Hogwarts.
Spoilers from interviews and the like: * * * * *
Mugglenet has compiled most of the information we know to be true of Book 7. I'm copy and pasting here for reference.
Character Information
* We will find out something "incredibly important" about Lily Potter * We will find out who R.A.B. is * We will discover more about Dumbledore's past * We will discover where Snape's loyalties lie. * Something will be revealed about Petunia Dursley, although it will not be that she is a Squib * Viktor Krum will return (World Book Day, 2004 interview) * We will see a reappearance of Dolores Umbridge - "It's too much fun to torture her not to have another little bit more before I finish." (MuggleNet/Leaky Interview) * JKR has said, "There is a character who does manage, in desperate circumstances, to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare..."
Plot Information
* Harry will face Voldemort for the final time * Harry will be attempting to find and destroy Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes * Harry will return to the Dursleys' during the school vacation, but the magical protection Dumbledore arranged will expire on his 17th birthday when he comes of age * Harry will visit Godric's Hollow * There will be a reappearance of the two-way mirror * We will see the wedding of Fleur and Bill Weasley * The fact that Harry "has his mother's eyes" will prove to be an important plot point * At least one character will die
Other
* The last word is expected to be "scar," but may change * We will finally learn the full reason why some people become ghosts when they die and others don't * The final chapter, which has already been written, will detail what happens to the characters that survive * There will be no more Quidditch matches
Debunked rumors:
Character Information
* There will be no character named "Icicle," and JK said that she didn't recall saying there ever would be * Dumbledore is not Harry's relative * Harry is not related to Voldemort and he is not related to Salazar Slytherin * Lily Potter is not alive * Lily was not a Death Eater * Crookshanks is not an Animagus * Neville is not the son of Peter Pettigrew * Remus Lupin does not have a twin brother * Petunia is not a Squib * Dumbledore is not Harry/Ron from the future * Mrs Norris/Crookshanks will not be discovered as an Animagus
Plot Information
* Harry will not become Minister for Magic * Peter Pettigrew’s silver hand will not kill Lupin * Lupin will not return as a DADA professor * The prophecy refers to Harry, and not in any way to Neville * The final part of the prophecy does not mean Harry has to kill Neville, or vice versa
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
quote:Originally posted by Synesthesia: Dumbledore is dead. That's the end of it. One point of the story is how Voldermort fears death so much he's willing to kill seven times to avoid it. Dumbledore on the other hand believes in facing death.
That doesn't necessarily mean that he would be opposed to faking his death if in doing so he could achieve the same effect as actually dying... I'm just saying, it's not like not fearing death is the same as wanting to die, or even not caring.
Still, I agree that he is probably dead.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
quote:* There will be no character named "Icicle," and JK said that she didn't recall saying there ever would be * Dumbledore is not Harry's relative * Harry is not related to Voldemort and he is not related to Salazar Slytherin * Lily Potter is not alive * Lily was not a Death Eater * Crookshanks is not an Animagus * Neville is not the son of Peter Pettigrew * Remus Lupin does not have a twin brother * Petunia is not a Squib * Dumbledore is not Harry/Ron from the future * Mrs Norris/Crookshanks will not be discovered as an Animagus
*sigh* All of those ideas would have been sweet if they were true.
Anyway, I'm sure Rowling has read that list and went "Heheheh."
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
They're all confirmed by Rowling, mugglenet got them off of her website or from her interviews.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
quote:* Lily was not a Death Eater
Snape: [pointing finger] Do you know who your mother really was? Harry: Don't you dare insult my mum! Snape: She was a death eater! Harry: No! It's not true! Lupin: Yes, Harry. We never told you, but not you're old enough. It's true. Harry: [falling to the ground, body in spasms] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Damn, I wanna write the 7th Harry Potter book!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:The final part of the prophecy does not mean Harry has to kill Neville, or vice versa
Why would anyone think this to be true?
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Personally I couldn't believe that anyone would think Dumbledore was Harry or Ron from the future until I read the (extremely long and complex) rational behind it. Then, I still couldn't believe it.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
quote: * We will finally learn the full reason why some people become ghosts when they die and others don't
Has that one been confirmed since the 5th book? Because the lexicon still says that it may have been included in the 5th book instead.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote: JKR has said, "There is a character who does manage, in desperate circumstances, to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare..."
Ok, guesses: Petunia (which removes her potential squibhood), Mrs. Figg, Filch, Vernon (now that'd be a real shock!)
Anyone I haven't thought of?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Petunia can't be a Squib; she's Muggle-born, remember? That doesn't mean she won't be the one to do magic later in life.
To the Dumbledore=Harry from the future thing, I can only say, "What the freaking heck?" There are so many ways that cannot be true... Why on earth would anyone come up with that?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
The Dumbledore = Harry from the future theory to me just looks like just one of the billions of crazy theories people come up with.
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
I was just waiting for Voldemort to say to Harry in their final showdown, "Harry, I am your father!" It is just a coincidence that Harry looks a lot like James.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
The theory on Petunia being a squib was fairly good. Saying that no, Lily wasn't a muggle born, and for some reason they decided not to live in the wizarding world.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Petunia gives that speech about how her parents were proud to have a witch in the family. I have always tended to think that both their parents were squibs. If they were both muggles it seems weird that they would have accepted Lily's witchhood with such pride.
In any case, if Petunia uses magic, she's not a squib.
My money's on Filch though.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote: I'm pretty sure the conditions of the oath Snape took mean that if Dumbledore hadn't died, Snape would have. Of course, the phoenix theory still works, I really really hope it's not true; but I certainly don't trust Rowling enough to be convinced it's not.
I have a strong feeling that Fawkes will still play an important part though.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
If the profecy can have nothing to do with Neville, why did she spend so much time writing that it might be?
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
quote:There will be a reappearance of the two-way mirror
What two-way mirror? They're not talking about the mirror of Erised are they?
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
quote:Originally posted by Glenn Arnold: Petunia gives that speech about how her parents were proud to have a witch in the family. I have always tended to think that both their parents were squibs. If they were both muggles it seems weird that they would have accepted Lily's witchhood with such pride.
quote:If the profecy can have nothing to do with Neville, why did she spend so much time writing that it might be?
Not might be, but could have been. Voldemort has marked Harry as his equal in his repeated attempt to kill him. He just as easily could have marked Neville, since his parents defied him three times, and since Neville was born in the same month.
I think Rowling brings this up from time to time in order to point the irony that someone as timid as Neville could have been the only thing that could destroy Voldemort, or that circumstances might have given Neville different characteristics.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Rereading his "spoiler" review, I'm glad to see OSC gets the same sequelitis from Rowling that I get from him.
Maybe Snape said "Abra Cadabra" instead of the other thing.
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