Harry the Auror... or not?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 75179

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sleepingblyx" 
<sleepingblyx at y...> wrote:
> Karen:
>  Still, maybe he can be the DADA teacher and a Quidditch 
> > coach! :-)
> 
> 
> I know I replied to this thread earlier... but who thinks that 
> Harry will actually *live*? 
> 
> Ther does seem to be a big doubt in my mind, esspecially when I re-
> read the "Boy Who Lived" label. He wasn't the boy who survived. 
And 
> to say "lived" and not "lives" seems past tense worth noting.
> 
> We know it is his deepest desire to be with his parents. By the 
end 
> of the series, we don't know who else will be "behind the veil". 
We 
> also know that LV is afraid of death, and if some people's take on 
> the prophecy is right, then neither will live at all.

Annemehr:
I don't know why they take the prophecy that way, because to 
me, "either must die" means one or the other.  If it said, "one must 
die at the hand of the other" it would make it sound like a 
*certain* one must die.  By saying "either must die" the prophecy 
doesn't specify which one it is.

It's like if someone asks you, "do you want eggs or cereal this 
morning?" and you reply, "either," it means you'll have one or the 
other, not *both*.  You're just not specifying which one.

That said, I still don't trust anyone's take on this prophecy (mine 
included), so I still have no idea whether Harry will live or die, 
even though I'm sure V will be defeated somehow.


 Blyx:
> Auror and DAD just seem to  mundane, and anti-climactic. 

Annemehr
I guess I'm one of the few, but I *don't* think Harry would have no 
reason to live after defeating Voldemort.  Sure, he would need to 
make a new life for himself.  I see him starting out much like the 
end of GoF:  "He liked it best when he was with Ron and Hermione and 
they were talking about other things, or else letting him sit in 
silence while they played chess."  I know this is a stark contrast 
from the end of OoP (which also applies to talking to Hagrid, BTW), 
but I think Harry will be past his OoP isolation by the end of the 
last book.  Though he will be "The One" he will have his friends on 
his side as they were at Kings Cross this last time.

Anyway, after a time of quiet, which I'm picturing mostly at the 
Burrow, he will finally feel like doing something.  And, what do you 
know, the Weasleys are just about to do a bit of de-gnoming, and out 
to the garden he goes.  Has a good laugh for the first time in a 
while, too.

That's how it would start.  He'd just do whatever came to hand.  
There is always plenty to do in life, and I'm sure he would find his 
place in the world with time.  And, there's that 18th birthday to 
celebrate.  Harry could certainly have a life worth living after 
Voldemort; the Next Great Adventure will come soon enough.

That is, *if* he survives, of course.

Annemehr
who wants him to survive