Harry's ideal ending & my idea of a horrible ending

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86175

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Diana" <dianasdolls at y...> wrote:
>   It occured to me that the ideal ending to book seven from Harry's 
> point of view might just be to be a normal teenage wizard.  He might 
> not be an auror, or headmaster or famous Quiddith player.  He might 
> be quite happy being just Harry, with no prophecy hanging over his 
> head anymore, no more Voldemort nightmares, no more weight of the 
> world on his shoulders. 

Carol:
I'm sure you're quite right that all he wants is to be "Just Harry."
That would also be my ideal ending. However, I don't think it's at all
incompatible with being an auror, which is the only ambition he's
expressed. I'd like to see all three of the Trio as aurors (evil won't
end with the destruction of Voldemort). Or maybe Hermione will become
a bureaucrat at the MoM and straighten out all the "Fudged" regulations.

Diana: 
>    And no more having to live with the Dursleys!  He wouldn't need 
> their protection anymore so he could go where he liked.  He could 
> live with the Weasleys, which I'm sure would be his first choice, or 
> possibly even the Grangers, if Hermione set it up.  He'd be 17 by 
> the end of book seven, so maybe he'd even live on his own or rent a 
> place with Ron, provided he had something to do for a living. <snip> 

Carol:
Actually, he'll turn seventeen during the summer before he enters
Hogwarts for his seventeenth year, meaning he'll be "of age" during
almost the entire seventh book. No more worries about the Restriction
of Underage Magic. Maybe he'll inherit Sirius's other house, not
Grimmauld Place but the one Sirius inherited from his uncle. 

Diana:
>    I saw an interview with JKR on Biography where she said she had 
> the epilogue to the series already written.  This tells me that 
> she's already decided everyone's fate, their careers, their spouses, 
> etc. (if she uses the epilogue for that purpose and goes that far 
> ahead in time, that is). <snip>

Carol: Yes, it's pretty clear that she knows everyone's fate and that
the Epilogue will spell everything out (eliminating the need for
speculation by readers and an eighth book from her). One of Harry's
friends, we know, will become a teacher at Hogwarts--no Ron and
probably not Hermione ("It's not who you think"--sorry--quoting from
memory) so it's probably Neville.

Anyway, I'd like to see Neville marry Ginny and Ron marry Hermione
(imagine *their* brood of red-headed children), which pretty much
leaves Harry with Luna. I don't care about the SHIPS, though,
really--just a settled, normal life for Harry and a family of his own.
That's the reward I think he wants and deserves.

Carol