JKR's scary little plan

[nkittyhawk97]

No: HPFGUIDX 83536

I decided interviews are as valid as canon, so I went to read them 
and... well... I don't know. 

>From interviews:
Interviewer: "Why stop at seven books when you could make up Harry's 
whole life?"
JKR: "I notice you're very confident that he's not going to die!" 

Interviewer: "I love the idea of Harry getting older, do you think you 
might be tempted to write books about Harry when he is working and has 
a family of his own?"
JKR: "Hmmmmmm... yet another person who is convinced I'm not going to 
kill him off! Where you people get the idea I'm soft-hearted I don't 
know. I'm joking. Or am I?" 


Heh. I thought it was funny at first, but then I tried to put myself 
in her shoes to figure out what in the world she is thinking.

Okay, so I imagine myself as an author who has absolutely no 
intention of killing my main character... so why evade all these 
questions if it's a simple yes or no question?

Now, if I were her, and I was going to kill Harry (I really don't 
mean to make her sound like a murderer, you know what I mean) then I 
would find myself in a dilemma. I can't say yes because, well, I 
can't write about his future when he isn't alive, and I can't say 
no, because then people will want to know why. 

She makes it sound like she's throwing us off, just so we can 
say "she's throwing us off," and ignore it.

But, I mean, what if she meant it?

I know this all ties in with the prophecy and all that, but once he 
kills Voldemort, he isn't "immortal" anymore. The prophecy was fully 
fulfilled. Voldemort died at Harry's hands - and now he has to face 
the death eaters. I'm not saying it will end tragically like that or 
anything - of course it would be heroic. He would probably die 
saving someone (that is, if he does die).

Yes, the whole thing about Trelawney's prediction of Harry's 'death' 
by seeing the grim was all a joke - but why would JKR put that in 
there? Why death? 

She has a great way of keeping us from noticing big clues. Maybe 
this is one of those cases?

This is not really a theory - because, quite honestly, I don't want 
to believe it.

____nkittyhawk... please prove me wrong!