Harry's ideal ending & my idea of a horrible ending

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86280

-Carol:
> > One of Harry's
> > friends, we know, will become a teacher at
> > Hogwarts--no Ron and
> > probably not Hermione ("It's not who you
> > think"--sorry--quoting from
> > memory) so it's probably Neville.
> 
> Julie:
> Are you sure it's one of Harry's friends who becomes a
> teacher? It seems to me that that hint that one of the
> students will end up a teacher has already been
> fulfilled, with the DA.
> 

Julie, I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner with this. Yes, It's
absolutely clear that she's talking about the Epilogue, which will
tell what happens to the survivors of the war with Voldemort. here's
the link:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/1999/1099-connectiontransc.html

Woman on phone: [W]e're curious as to whether Harry is going to have a
life after Hogwarts, or if maybe, Harry might be a Hogwarts teacher.

JKR: Well, because all your kids said `hello' so nicely in the
background there, I am going to give you information I haven't given
anyone else and I will tell you that one of the characters, one of
Harry's classmates, though it's not Harry himself, does end up a
teacher at Hogwarts. But, it is not, maybe the one you think, hint,
hint, hint. Yeah, one of them does end up staying at Hogwarts, but... 
[To woman on the phone] Do the kids want to guess at it, Kathleen?
Woman on phone: Do you guys have a guess as to who it is?
(Kids shouting in background) Ron
They say Ron.
JKR: No, it's not Ron. I can't see Ron as a teacher. No way. 


Hope that's helpful. "The one you think" seems to refer to Hermione,
and she's specifically eliminated Harry and Ron, so that pretty much
leaves us with Neville (or possibly Ginny, but I doubt it).

Carol