OOP:Re: She wouldn't---would she?---no spoilers

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No: HPFGUIDX 65306

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "maneelyfh" <maneelyfh at y...> 
> wrote:
> 
> > And in a motherly voice....Death is not a bad thing, it is what 
we 
> > all live for, right?  Its like the end of the race.  I have been 
> > teary-eyed at the thought of Harry's death. I want to see him 
marry 
> > Ginny and live happily ever after. His death would definitely 
> > finalize the series, which we all are going to hate and be 
greatly 
> > saddened by.>
> 
> Well - no, actually.  I don't live to die.  I live to live.  I 
want to 
> enjoy my life and not think about dying or losing people I love to 
> Death.  I want to keep life going by having a baby, and maybe 
another 
> baby after that.  
> 
> Harry deserves these things too.  He should be able to defeat 
> Voldemort, savor the victory and then go to the Caribbean for a 
two 
> week vacation.  He should be able to take his time dating, settle 
on 
> Ginny when they are both in their late twenties (sorry, couldn't 
> resist) and have beautiful kids who will also go to Hogwarts and 
grow 
> up to be great witches and wizards.  His Death wouldn't finalize 
the 
> series for me, it would kill the series.  
> 
> If Harry dies, I'll think that JKR is warning us that Evil 
triumphs, 
> and even though in life that is true sometimes, I want to feel 
> satisfied through literature that Evil never never wins.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, as sappy as she wants to be 

Me:

I guess I'm as sappy as you are Jenny!

My mother was talking about how she loved Nancy Drew stories when 
she was young, and that she still re-reads them today.  She said 
that she couldn't imagine doing that if Nancy had been killed off at 
the end of the series.  That kind of sums it up for me and Harry.  I 
want to revisit these books, with a reflective smile, as I read them 
to my grandchildren.  I would feel so horrible, for all of us, if 
this wonderful, magical adventure ended in tragedy.  It would take 
away the pure wonder and awe from earlier impressions of JKR's 
brilliant series.  I hope that she took the collective gasp of the 
4,000 children attending the reading yesterday (when she hinted that 
Harry might not live beyond the 7th installment) as a reminder of 
how devastating her writing could be.  She has the opportunity to 
create something that will be remembered as triumphant or something 
pointless and empty.  I hope she chooses triumphant.  If given JKR's 
opportunity, I would rather create something that may be 
considered "sappy" by some - which produced smiles for my readers, 
rather than something more "realistic" - which would unnecessariy 
produce tears.

Beth (Still waiting for JKR's phone call asking me my 
opinion. . .)