The Heir

[orlaquirke2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 45972

Audra wrote:

I believe that Harry will eventually be responsible for founding a 
new age in the WW.  The new way of thinking may be not only an end to 
prejudice against non-purebloods--it may even be a union of "muggles" 
and wizards living together openly.

Me:
I don't think this would be a satisfactory conclusion. Surely the 
entirety of the fantasy and sci-fi genres hold on the imagination of 
some people (i.e. me, you, lots of others) is that the world or 
events described could, somewhere or somehow, be true. Why do we 
spend hours on the computer debating the finer points as an online 
community if not to make sense of how it could be true. In a way, we 
are sharing a dream. If the end of the series culminates in the 
wizarding and muggle worlds being reconciled, then that rules out the 
possibility of such another society existing alongside ours. I think 
we'd have to look deeper inside Harry's character for what the new 
mode of thinking will be, but I can't help feeling that an ending 
such as you suggest would be a dissappointing one for many of JKR's 
fans. Then again, JKR does write the books for herself, not 
specifically for her fans, and she has stated that fantasy is not her 
favorite genre, so maybe she doesn't understand the psychological 
attachment to it?

Orla