Future books: humor element, Voldemort/Harry encounters

[christi0469]

No: HPFGUIDX 34326

Devin wrote


> how many more times will they come into direct conflict before 
> the series ends?  Personally, I think two.  One where Harry and 
> SOMEONE (in an earlier post tonight, I suggested Ginny--and if you 
> are a G/H shipper, you should read that post because I think I 
> painted *pats self on back* a pretty compelling case for that ship 
> and even a moving picture of the possible moment when Ginny and 
Harry 
> come together--but Ron or Hermione or Draco or any combination of 
> them might work) face off against Voldemort, and are overcome but 
> escape thanks to the sacrifice of someone else (Hagrid? 
Dumbledore? 
> Lupin?).  It would be VERY interesting to see Ron's or Hermione's 
> actions in the face of Voldemort.  Remember, only Harry and Ginny 
> have ever seen an incarnation of Voldemort recently and lived to 
talk 
> about it (without being a Death Eater, obviously).  How would Ron 
and 
> Hermione fare in the face of the Dark Lord, encountering him for 
the 
> very first time, only having heard from Harry second-hand what he 
is 
> like, the terror he creates?  How would Ginny fare?  Would she be 
> stronger, having seen Tom Riddle before and having even possibly 
> absorbed some of his power?  What would Draco do?  Would he 
embrace 
> the Slytherin way and face down Harry with Voldemort behind him or 
> would he, as I suspect, suddenly realize what good and evil 
actually 
> are (not weakness and strength as he thought before, but good and 
> evil), and team with Harry?  And what about Pettigrew's bond with 
> Harry?  Great dramatic possibilities.  

 
> Now, for my other obsession (well, all right, there are many of 
them, 
> but this one hits me harder recently): what do people think about 
the 
> very last Voldemort/Harry encounter?  I'm not even talking about 
HOW 
> Voldmort will go down, or if Harry will survive, although these 
are 
> interesting.  I just feel these details are too far out of reach 
for 
> discussion (though that hasn't stopped me before :), maybe will be 
> always out of reach till I sit, madly taking in the last two 
hundred 
> pages of Book Seven, and suddenly it will all become clear to me.  
> I'm more interested in things like: where? how?  I've been 
> considering Godric's Hollow.  Perhaps in some desperate race to 
get 
> something associated with his parents' past?  What about in the 
> "Fortress of Shadows", that title that's been copyrighted 
recently?  
> Anyone have some great ideas?  As for how...I think that it must 
be 
> in a way that is voluntary for Harry, where he knows what he is 
about 
> to get into.  It's all fine and well for a Portkey to get him to 
the 
> fight in GoF, but by Seven, I want a Harry moved by his own 
actions, 
> not by the machinations of evil.  Maybe that's not fair 
considering 
> his voluntary walk into fire (literally and metaphorically, 
> respectively) in PS/SS and CoS.  However, I also want a Harry more 
> confident in his own actions.  Not saved by help from outside 
(i.e. 
> his mother's benediction, Fawkes and sword, mysterious wand 
> connection).  I also think the very end of the fight must be them 
> alone.  Just Harry and Voldemort, no one else.  Does anyone have 
> thoughts about this stuff?  Does anyone have theories on that 
which I 
> consider unfathomable (will Harry live? how EXACTLY will Voldemort 
be 
> defeated? something to do with Harry's blood?--a personal 
beginning 
> of a theory for me)?  Once again, let's talk.
> 
> All right, I have to go to bed, now...after I look up past 
discussion 
> on these topics.  Oh God, tomorrow won't be very good for me.


  Two encounters does sound good. There is no conon evidence to 
suggest the number of Volemort/Harry encounters, but I do like the 
theory. I could very easily see one encounter where someone 
accompanies Harry and ends up sacrificing themself, which would be 
yet another thing that Harry has to get past emotionally. 

 My theory of the final encounter is that Harry will have to face it 
without any luck whatsoever. No protection from sacrifice, no Fawkes 
with Gryffendor's sword, and no brother wands refusing to do battle 
will come to Harry's aid in the final encounter, IMHO. We will 
finally get to see how powerful Harry is in his own right. I do 
think that the series will end with Voldemort being completely 
vanquished, as well as his DEs. Harry may or may not survive, but he 
will finish off Voldemort (again IMHO). 

 I also have to say that I like your theory of Harry and Ginny 
getting together, though I do not subscibe to any particular SHIP. 
Perhaps you should write a fanfic about it. It might prove to be 
good therapy and ease the wait for OotP. There is info about fanfics 
in the Lexicon, and I think Fictionalley.org has some advice about 
how to do it and where to post it. I would do it myself if I had any 
confidence in my writing ability.


Christi