Harry related to the Weaselys?

[rainy_lilac at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22852

I think someone asked JKR about whether Harry would end up being 
related to Voldie in an interview. She laughed and said no, "That 
would be awfully Star Wars, don't you think?" (Yes, I am quoting from 
memory again... watch out!)

I seem to remember her also saying that so far nobody has even come 
close to guessing her ending, though that could be a red herring. 
*smile* 

For myself, I hope that JKR avoids anything that will be too deus ex 
machina or plot driven. No more polyjuice and no more unregistered 
animagi!! The more she gets inside her characters and their emotions 
and WHY things have evolved the way they have, the happier I am. What 
I hope for most (well besides a nice cheesecake scene with Sirius, 
heheheheh...) is a more in depth and complex picture of Voldie. 
Although he is a completely repulsive and black and white villian, I 
suspect that there is something lurking in the soul of young Tom 
Riddle which might make him more tragic and more interesting. 
Soemthing has to be driving him which is more complex than the Evil 
Overlord syndrome. I want a closer look at it.

I don't think he is going to suddenly turn into a relative, but I 
think there will be something which will make his ultimate demise 
more emotionally complex, less certain, not so "tied up with string".

My two bits,

Suzanne

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Sofie Campbell" <sofie_elisabeth at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
> That means that Harry would be her third cousin therefore Petunia 
is 
> his closest relative.>
> 
> Isn't that a bit cliched (sorry, can't add the accent) for Harry to 
be 
> related to the Weasleys?  I actually do not want him to be related 
to 
> them, or to Voldie, for that matter.  That's been done and done and 
> done.  Besides, if JKR is killing off beloved characters to show us 
> the effects of evil, I can't imagine she'd pull the ol' relatives 
out 
> of the blue thing.  She isn't seeking a happily ever after ending, 
and 
> newfound relations would make HP seem like a watered down fairy 
tale.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, who would groan if Harry was related to the 
> Weasleys or Voldemort*****************************************