[HPforGrownups] Re: What's Harry gonna do when he graduates?

[Becky Walkden]

No: HPFGUIDX 57562




--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bluesqueak" 
<pipdowns at e...> wrote:

> Is there any hope for this?
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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.
>

Ahhh, but how much more heartwrenching if, after being tapped 
for the team and all,   Harry has to watch   as a spectator, 
because <sniff> he sacrificed his magical powers to defeat 
Voldemort ---and it's *Ron* who catches the Snitch.

Pippin


ME:  I wonder.  Just like his father who also was an excellent Quidditch player but didn't seem to play after his school days, I think it is really quite possible that after the battle and turmoil of fighting Voldemort the game simply won't mean as much to an adult Harry Potter as it does now.  All our scenarios have him becoming a professonal player/coach but it is very possible that he has a greater destiny then that.  At least in time.  For the time being, after book 6 I think rest and raising a family quietly would appeal to him more then anything! While a lot of us seem fond of tragic type endings (dying to kill Voldemore or as Pippin said, losing his powers..which I doubt is possible.  Magical powers isn't something you pocess as much as it is part of you it seems)I think neither a tragic ending or a sports championship ending is in the cards.  Now, eventually I wouldn't be surprised if he fullfills the same role in the wizarding society that Dumbledore fills now.  But that'll take a lot of time and much more wisdom then he has now of course.  In the meantime, while I love sports (being a runner myself) I just don't think his destiny is to be a world cup Quidditch player! Not that I'd be TOTALLY shocked if I'm wrong here!  Huggs Becky PS And there's NOTHING to suggest that Ron is in the kind of top elite catagory that would take him to those heights.


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