[HPforGrownups] Harry and Death

[marilyn at gehennom.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 67458

On Fri, Jul 4, 2003 at 6:47pm, rhosyn4u wrote:
> I tried to skim the messages about OoP to make sure this had not 
> been mentioned, but if it has been, I apologize.

Heehee, it definitely has, and JKR also answered a question about the
matter in the Prince Albert Hall Q&A which Quick Quotes seems to have
put up! :

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/quickquotes/articles/2003/0603-AlbertHall-FryRowling.htm

Toward the end of the transcript (search for "thestrals" or "Jessica
Bell," the girl who asked the question) JKR addresses the question of
why Harry didn't see the thestrals at the end of GoF, at least.  There
are still those minor questions about "Does this mean Harry didn't see
his parents die???" but I believe that they're answered just as well
with JK's explanation that the death has to "sink in."  As a
one-year-old child, there's not much of a chance Harry could have let
his parents' deaths sink in.

> Anyway, just thought this was interesting.

I definitely agree here!  I loved the thestrals.  They also make me want
to comb through Fantastic Beasts again and find all the creatures that
may have plot-relevance in the future!  Does the connection between
Quirrell!Voldemort's appearance in the forest and a lethifold's mean
anything?  Is there any validity to the fanfic ideas that Harry et al
will have to go up against a manticore or a chimera or some of the few
really dangerous ones left that they *haven't* had to deal with yet?  I
mean, after thestrals, a basilisk, multiple dragons, acromantula, a
sphinx, a werewolf, centaurs *and* merpeople, there aren't that many
dangerous creatures left, are there?!

--marilyn

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