Alohomora, Harry's Scar, etc.

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No: HPFGUIDX 23225

Hello, everybody!  I'm new here, so allow me to apologize in advance 
for all the sophomoric comments I'm bound to make...

>>One more Alohomora problem: where does that word come from? 
Steve's idea "Aloha mora" sounds good to me- another phrase that 
popped up while I was mindlessly picking at the word Alohomora 
was "Aloha, room", having read somewhere that Aloha means both hello 
and goodbye (or just greetings in general).

>>Amanda mentioned that Harry *might* die when Voldemort does...
I'm also of the camp that says Harry or Voldemort will die when the 
other does, so I'm glad someone brought it up!  Wouldn't these deaths 
be the most obvious conclusion to the 7 books, given Dumbledore's 
look of sadness in GoF (after the blood ceremony- something sad will 
occur because of the shared blood between Voldemort and Harry!) and 
JKR's resolute comments about ending the series at 7?  It would be 
disappointing if HP7 took such a route, though- if only because the 
anti-HP churches will then be able to add martyredom on their list of 
cross-references between Harry Potter and religion.