So I watched an interview with JK Rowling (linked to via Mugglenet) and in it she said that while she did not cry at the end of the novel, there was a chapter that, when she finished, she bawled and grabbed a bottle of champaigne from the hotel mini-bar. As I was watching her recount that experience, I naturally wondered what on earth could have happened to make her cry like that, and the first thing that popped into my head was: Hermione dies.
I know we've been spouting off a lot of theories about this and that and I've been hoping the trio comes through this alive, but that may be unrealistic. Earlier in the interview, Rowling suggested that Hermione was the most like her and I think maybe that's why I thought Hermione died in the chapter that made her cry.
Here's the full interview in two parts..it's kind of long but pretty funny:
Anyone else have a theory about what made her cry?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I think you'd get more hits on the theory thread, it certainly would help continuity.
I'm watching now.
Posted by Christine (Member # 8594) on :
I haven't seen that thread in weeks...I went back a few pages to look for it but couldn't find it.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
It's on the first page right now.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I watched the interview. I think it is possible that it is Hermione's death, though I think it could be any of the trio or hogwarts falling down or anything that changes her world. I think I would cry the least about a charecter I identified with dying.
I was impressed by two things but now forget what one of them was. The second I know was that the last word is not scar. I am guessing the last sentence will be something along the lines of "and his scar remained"
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
I think you might have something there about Hogwarts falling. Now that I think about it, the destruction of the school is the most devastating thing I can imagine after Harry dying.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I think honestly it's worse than Harry dying. Harry is 17. Hogwarts is hundreds of years old. Harry has powers. Hogwarts has had the powers of all the witches and wizards in it. It's her worldbase, and it's set up to fall.