[HPforGrownups] Possible Endings

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 12773

(I'll address the second hint first so as to put my "possible spoiler"
  at the bottom...)

At 09:18 PM 2/21/01 -0500, Rebecca Boswell wrote:
>2) When asked the question of possible post-Hogwarts books about Harry's 
>life, JRK replied "You seem pretty confident he's not going to die"
>     Harry...dead?!? Naw...that's way too typical.  The hero sacrifices 
> himself in the end for a greater cause...far too cliche.  But if it 
> happens anyways...::cringe::.

Well, obviously, if he dies he can't be DADA master.  (Unless he's a ghost.)

My hope is that JKR just said that to keep up our anxiety.

>1) A member of the trio will become a Hogwarts professor, but not the one 
>you most expect.
>     Well, DUH, that means Hermione is out of the question because she's 
> who we'd most expect.  That leaves Harry and Ron.  I couldn't see Ron as 
> a professor at all, he's far to impulsive. If Harry becomes a professor 
> it will be tremendously corny.  It will be moreso corny if he becomes the 
> DADA teacher, seeing as that position is empty all the time. ::grimace::

But not nearly as corny as Harry spending his life a pro-Quidditch player.
(And ending up like Bagman??   Arugh!)

My idea is that there really *is* a jinx on the DADA post and that Harry
will be the one who finally lifts it... But Harry will not be the DADA teacher
himself.  He will be Headmaster of Hogwarts, Hermione will be Minister of
Magic, Ron will be an Auror, and DADA will be taught by.............
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........ Neville Longbottom!   (Anything will be possible once the curse on his
memory is lifted, and this would of course be the final poetic justice: 
Neville's
revenge on Snape!)



                                                 -- Dave