OoP: End of Book 7 and Harry's Scar

[julievette72]

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Hello everyone. I know there has been a lot of speculation on the 
end of the series. Will Harry live or will he die? I have been 
mulling over these questions in my head and I have a proposed 
ending. Excuse the lack of quotations I don't have my book with me. 

The story line itself, as we know, is not a light hearted plot. As 
each book progresses the darkness seems to increase, encompassing us 
and plunging us into a frightful world. The prophecy has shed a 
little more light for us on the future of the next two books. Now, 
there are quite a few possibilities for the meaning of the prophecy: 
(1) Harry must kill Voldemort to live and vice versa (2) Both 
Voldemort and Harry must die. This prophecy could include Neville 
meaning he would play an important role, possibly help Harry dispose 
of Voldemort or even die in the line of duty. 

Now, wouldn't it be a shocker for possibility 1 and 2 to be 
combined? What if Harry vanquished the Dark Lord, say
 by pushing 
him into the Black Veil or into the room containing love (as has 
been suggested in earlier posts) and then decided it was his time to 
go too? I can see Harry, bearing the marks of a horrible fight, 
exhausted and longing to be with his loved ones (Lily, James, Sirius 
and other members of the Order who had met their untimely end), say 
his farewells to Ron and Hermione and walk straight into the Black 
Veil. It would not be a sudden death like if he were to sacrifice 
himself by pulling V into the Black Veil; instead it would give the 
book more closure I suppose.  Harry would be able to be happy in his 
afterlife. There would be no slanderous newspaper, no indiscrete 
stares at his scar, no assassins trying to kill him and no evil 
wizard plotting his demise, just peace. He would be reunited with 
what we know he yearns for the most, his family (PS/SS – Mirror of 
Erised).  This would make the ending, while utterly tragic and sad, 
happy in a sense.

On a side note, after Harry defeats Voldemort maybe his scar will 
burn up thereby closing the link between them and completing his 
destiny.   

It would be a tear jerker for sure. 
This of course is just a theory and I am not hoping for Harry's 
death by any means. I just think it would be a rather final and 
complete ending.  What do you all think? 

Cheers! 
Lindsey