What's Harry gonna do when he graduates?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 57537

> and Pip!Squeak replies:
> 
> Quidditch star.
> 

<snip Pips excellent use of canon>
 

> I don't want Harry feeling that he has to grow up to more of the 
> same. He's spent his childhood from 11 onwards fighting Voldemort. 
> To become an Auror, or an Unspeakable is to say that there will 
> never be any end for Harry. 'Congratulations, you've defeated 
> Voldemort. Well, now there's this Banshee down the road ...'
> 
> I hope someone will tell him, 'you've defeated Voldemort. That's 
> enough for anyone in one lifetime. Go play Quidditch for England, 
> the way you dreamt of.'


Hear! Hear!

But, I'm afraid someone -- unless Dumbledore is still alive, perhaps -- WON'T 
tell him that. I don't believe the Wizard World as a whole will allow him to just 
be normal. 

We're talking about a world that believes what Rita Skeeter writes, Pip. There 
is not a lot of tolerance for going against the mob.

There will always be those that think Harry should just stuff himself in a 
museum somewhere and answer questions about things he doesn't 
remember, such as how he deflected V-Mort's spell.

But I would love to see Harry go play Quidditch, and then I would like to see 
him as commissioner of the Quidditch League, or doing Bagman's job, or 
just... living.


> Possibly. One of the things I noticed about JKR's choice of timing 
> for the Quidditch World Cup is that the next World Cup takes place 
> the summer *after* Harry's Seventh Year at Hogwarts. Another pointer 
> is that she already has one school-age player at National Team level 
> (Krum).

And we've got Bagman -- who knows his Quidditch, even if he's a slimy git -- 
saying the Harry is on par with Krum, flying-wise.  Yeah, I'd love it.

And then Harry joins the Chudley Cannons and helps them win five straight 
Quidditch championships, with their greatest fans, the just-married Ron and 
Hermione watching from the stands,  Hermione pregnant with a red-headed 
bucktoothed child?

> It would be a terrific climax to the series, if Harry survives. If 
> Voldemort is defeated at terrible cost, but Harry feels he must 
> continue playing, because England has no hope without their star 
> seeker (theme's come up before...).  If he plays on without feeling 
> any joy because of grief for those lost. Then, during the final 
> itself, the 'fierce joy' returns and he realises that he has this 
> one place where he truly belongs ...
> 
> ... and catches the Snitch. The Seeker has found what he sought. The 
> crowd is cheering. The World is won.
> 
> Come on, folks. It'd be a great ending.

Yes, it would. 

"The cheers washed over Harry as he hovered in the air, holding the madly 
fluttering Snitch in his hand. For the first time in his life, he was sure that no 
one was staring at his scar."

Bring it on!

Darrin
-- And just why does the Chudley Cannons bear such a marked resemblance 
to my beloved Chicago Cubs?