What's Coming Will Come

[justcarol67]

Meidbh wrote:
<snip>
> > I so much want Harry to survive and have a chance of happiness
without any Dursleys, dementors or Dark Lords in the background. You 
know, a pretty pretty cinematic ending involving owls or brooms or
hippogriffs (and of course a scenic Scottish loch).
> > With a great future as an Auror ahead of him. I'm quite sure >
Warner Bros have storyboarded it that way already...
> > 
> > But
> > 
> > In bookworld, I think he might croak it. I can't see what other
ending could be final enough for book 7. <snip>

> 
jmoses22002 wrote: 
>        Lets also not forget that JKR only planned 7
> books.  If Harry does not bite the big one she'll be
> getting letters from everyone, and their grandpa,
> begging for an 8th book. 
>                         

Carol responds:
Maybe. But the final chapter will be an epilogue in which she tells us
the fates of all the surviving major characters (including teachers, I
hope), so there really won't be a need for another book detailing the
happy but boring married life of Ron and Hermione and Harry and Ginny
(or whatever). Also, since the last chapter is an epilogue and the
last word is "scar," surely the last sentence is about a surviving
Harry. Also, it's very easy to write an ending in which you kill off
your main character (almost as easy as marrying him/her off and having
the couple live happily ever after). It's a creative challenge to end
the book some other way so that it feels complete and satisfactorily
finished. I think that JKR is up to the challenge of creating an
ending that hasn't been used all too frequently since story-telling began.

Carol