Harry Potter - Theories, Ideas and Whims
So after reading the first 6 Harry Potter books in order before the release of the final volume, Brian suggested the idea of a “discussion” of theories about the up coming ending. I thought that seemed a pretty smart idea.
So on that note - Onto the Theories, Ideas and Whims.
Is Harry Going to Die?? - Let’s start with the big question shall we. I think — YES!! There are a lot of ifs, ands, or buts here. There is even a campaign with major authors not to kill Harry. I think JK will have Harry die. I also feel like there is more to this.
Will Harry be dead…..REALLY DEAD? I think NO. I bet there is some magic “thing” that will allow him to come back. And on that note…..
IS Sirius Black dead? – Come on - is that a tough one. Rule number one of death - no body, no death. He will be back. And my guess will be to save Harry again. He may even die (again)
What about Dumbledore? — This one could go either way. DID Snape REALLY kill him??? Was there some sorta thing going on? What about the Phoenix idea. My thoughts….. IF Dumbledore comes back - she ripped off Gandalf, if he turns up as a ghost/spirit/talking from the dead - she ripped off Obi-wan Kenobi.
Who is R.A.B.?? - Not sure but my guess is it is Regulus [A.] Black, younger brother of Sirius.
Getting back to the Dursleys — Harry is of age, so they do not HAVE to take him back in. This restores or energizes the spell which helps protect him. Will they take him back?? Will they play any role in the end of the story??
Will Bill and Fluer’s wedding have any “catches”?? Seems a nice place to start the story.
Will Hogwarts reopen…. MAYBE?? Not sure about this. I think ultimately YES. but probably not at the beginning.
Will Harry have to find Horcruxes?? This is interesting because if so, then the first 2/3 of the book are easily him questing after them. And even figuring out what and where they are. I think something will happen to wrap this up more quickly considering Dumbledore did not know where all of them were.
What about Snape? - - Yeah - here is my theory. Snape is crazy deep undercover - like Jack Bauer deep. Seriously. JK has developed the tendency to lead us one way (through Harry’s eyes and emotions and mistakes/triumphs) and then POOF - they are not like that at all. I think Dumbledore was 100% aware of Snape’s vow and was “in” on things on some level. We still have never 100% discovered why Dumbledored trusted Snape so much. Harry has a weird prejudice against Slythern in general so that has to play in somewhere. On that note….
Draco…What’s up? - I think there will be some form of reconciliation between them. The constant buzz from book 4 on was this sense of working together and not divided into the 4 houses. There has already been a form of cooperartion between the other 3 houses when they had the Dumbledore’s Army stuff…… and on that note.
Will Dumbledore’s Army play any role?? — I think so yes. I think that will defenetly be something that will happen.
Will anyone die as a result? - I think we may get our world rocked. I think we are due for a couple major charcters to bite it. Who? hmmmmmm -I am not sure. Gut feeling is Hagrid, Sirius (see not above), Lupin and either Ron or Hermione. Yeah - everyone
Ron and Hermione? — Total hook up - at the wedding. Finally. They already bicker like a married couple.
Neville Longbottom? - I think he is more than he appears. What capacity I am not sure, but something is there.
What about Dolores Umbridge? - I think she will play a role, and he megalomania will get the better of her. It will be a mess.
And the Ministry of Magic?? - Yeah - not sure here. I think it’s capacity will be changed. Could Muggles become aware of the Magic-folk around them because of the return of Voldermort?
Peter Pettigrew - you know Wormtail? - Interesting little tid bit here, remember he owes Harry a life debt. Look for this to come into play in a/the battle with Voldermort.
OH - and Voldermort?? I think Harry will kill him but it will be at great expense and sacrifice. What that will be is hard to guess, but I think death will play a role.
On some other notes that are just “things” that could or could not happen — I think Norbert, his dragon from HP1 - will be back. Been 6 years, he will be a big one. I think Hagrid’s half-brother Grawp could have a role.
I have some concerns about the last book. She has A LOT to squeeze in. She is going to have to do something about the Horcruxes. Seriously, finding them is like a whole book in itself. Also, as I stated at the end of the review for HP6, the loyalty thing is redeeming with Harry and Ron and Hermione going it together, but it sorta flies in the face of the valiant knight thing.
I think ultimately the tool that will allow Harry to win is this Love. As Dumbledore has stated all along, love is the most powerful.
Ok — your turn.
Brian
July 9th, 2007WHEW! I was really hesitant to read that in the sense that I didn’t want to be too swayed on any ideas, mostly because sometime in the next week (12 days till book 7!) I’ll be posting my own thread. BUT, fortunetly I mostly agree. I think I may have mostly similar things to say, maybe expand on a few, and if I think hard enough my add some more.
We obviously don’t know how JKR is going to get us from point A to point B, but I think a lot of us could have guessed approximately where point B was going to be - or we could all be fools! Supposedly the last chapter (read: end of the whole series) was written 17 years ago with the whole idea of Harry in the first place. Pretty interesting if she stuck to her guns and finished the way she wanted to.
David http://
July 9th, 2007We will see about the last chapter. The concept may have carried over. I know Stephen King had the same sorta thing with the Dark Tower series (YES- I have one book to go in that series - probably later August).
Of course, we have no way of knowing if she “sticks to her” guns or not.
Mike http://www.adventuresofmike.net
July 9th, 2007I agree with just about all of this. Sirius definitely isn’t dead. As for Dumbledore - it seemed obvious that he’d return. I mean, she’s been hinting at the whole phoenix thing for a while. I used to think that Fawkes was an Animagus, but I’m not sure of whom. At first I thought it was Dumbledore himself, but then I remembered that time in CoS when Harry saw Fawkes go up in flames, and Dumbledore told him not to worry.
I still wonder where the side characters - like Nearly Headless Nick will fit in.
As for the ship stuff, Ron & Hermione definitely get together, as do Harry & Ginny. There’s definitely more to Neville’s story, and I’m wondering if perhaps he’s one of the characters who gets killed as more people find out that he’s the one mentioned in the prophecy.
Jason
July 9th, 2007I know that every interview with Ms Rich Rowling she has repeated that she wrote the ending first, and everything else came after. I can’t see even the marketing giant that she’s become lead her too far astray from what she set out to do in the end. I do think Harry dies, because I think he has to in order to defeat Voldemort, because of their bond. I hope despite the other people that will return, he is really dead. He’s been billed as a savior from the start, and to fit the full role, there is always sacrifice.
I agree that Sirius will be back, and whoop a lot of ass at the very best ass whoopin’ moment (which I’ve heard is just before dawn, rather like the best time for bass fishing, which has very little ass whoopin’ involved). I think Dumbledore will return, and was fully aware of Snape’s quandry.
I think Ron and Hermoine become the “happy ending” couple. I’d love for Neville to be deeply involved in things.
I hope we get some questing in there, but I think the Horcruxes will find a more convenient plot device to shrink down their length.
I can see Draco getting into a situation where he realizes that his father is someone he doesn’t want to be. I have a funny feeling he doesn’t live to be someone else, but saves someone, perhaps even Hermione in the process.
They can kill off someone beloved to me like Hagrid, or they can leave my favorite character Sirius dead - they can even give me a weak, anime-style, non-ending, but if someone doesn’t snuff that damn rat, I’m gonna be pissed…