[HPforGrownups] Will Hagrid die at the hands of his own mother?

[srsiriusblack at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 51733

In a message dated 05/02/03 22:45:57 Pacific Standard Time, 
kdoucette at gt.rr.com writes:


> Hello!  I've had this thought for a while, but am just now getting 
> around to posting it.  There's been much discussion about who's going 
> to die in OoP.  My primary thought is that Hagrid will die and come 
> back as a ghost.  My understanding about a wizard becoming a ghost is 
> that he/she dies in unhappy circumstances.  So here's my theory:  
> Hagrid & Madame Maxime go to find the giants and persuade them to 
> help in the fight against Voldemort.  I think that the giants won't 
> be too cooperative, and eventually a fight will occur.  Madame Maxime 
> ends up getting killed, and Hagrid tries to kill the giant who killed 
> her.  Lo and behold, who else is it but Fridwulfa--his own mother!!  
> Not recognizing her (she left him when he was 3), he's about to kill 
> her when she tells him that she's his mother.  He backs off in 
> amazement, but being the cruel, heartless giantess that she is, 
> Fridwulfa kills him anyway!  Thus, the unhappy circumstance at death, 
> and Hagrid will now come back as a ghost for future books.  
> Just my thoughts.  Let me know what you think!
> 

<whines> NO NO NO NO NO. Hagrid cannot die. Period. If Hagrid dies I will 
lose a part of my wittle ickle soul. ;)

With that out of the way....

I have often thought that the only reasonable death of Hagrid would be at the 
hands of his own mum. However, until Madam Maxime admits to her 
Giantess-ness, I will not be satisfied with this theory. She infuriated me by 
denying to my beloved Hagird who and what she is. I do not want to see Hagrid 
die. Literally, I think I will cry my eyes out and burn the book, which is of 
course, why I have ordered three English copies- just in case. But, at this 
point, within the discussion groups Hagrid is considered most likely to meet 
an untimely demise. 

But, I *do* think that if Hargid is our dead man in Book five, he must return 
as a ghost. He has a duty to Harry. That alone is unfinished business.... 
Hagrid rescued Harry from the house of Lily and James. Hagrid rescued Harry 
from the Dursleys and delivered the Hogwarts letter... Hagrid feels he has an 
obligation to Harry and he will see it through.

-Snuffles.... who is very sad thinking of a dead Hagird.


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