What if Harry dies?

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 85062

Tonks writes: 

Some recent posting made me stop and think for a while this evening 
> > as to what the reaction *would* be if Harry meets his end in 
book 
> > seven... or six for that matter. ... what kind of awful mess has 
> > Pottermania created if Harry were to die?
> > 
> > ...edited...  
> > 
> > So pause for a moment and think, what would your reaction be? 
> > 
> > _Tonks

<sniping>

Meri here: 
I think that it will depend more on how he dies what people's 
reaction will be. Cedric and Sirius's deaths, were very sudden, and 
seemingly useless in the long run, and if Harry should go this way, 
I intend to be among the throng that freaks out over the 
pointlessness of it all. However, should Harry die bravely and well, 
sacrificing himself for the good of the world and ascending into 
some non-Christianized afterlife, that would be very different. And, 
of course he should be welcomed into the afterlife by his long lost 
mother, father, godfather and a slew of other adoring relatives, 
leaving behind him a WW at peace with itself, proud though sad 
friends and an at last defeated Voldemort (ala Maximus 
in "Gladiator", though subbing LV for Commodus). I picture myself 
weeping here, and not stopping for quite some time. Just my thoughts 
on the subject.
Meri (who really really really wants Harry to live through book 
seven and marry Ginny)