Why now?

[sad1199]

No: HPFGUIDX 110658

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> JKR seems to be giving us a lot of information and hints lately.
> 
> I wonder why?
> 
>> 
> Remember -  these books were not conceived with a fan-base in the 
> hundreds of millions in mind and it's totally impossible for  all 
of us 
> to get the ending we want. Me - I'm already getting prepared.  I  
can 
> think of three endings that would satisfy me - and all of them 
have low 
> probabilities of coming to pass. So it's likely that I'll re-read 
> volumes 1-6 fairly frequently and  pass the final one on to a 
Charity  
> shop. I  expect to  read it just once.
> Unless she surprises me, of course.
> But I'm not very  optimistic about  that.
> 
> Kneasy

sad1199 here:

 What are those three endings if you don't mind? Aside from minor 
relationship answers and some side characters being defined in more 
detail, the only ending I would like to see is Harry defeating 
Voldemort and going on to live a happy ever after... My SHIP is 
R/Hr, I would like to see Harry starting a more adult relationship 
in book seven with maybe Luna or Ginny but my problem with the SHIPS 
is that 99% of high school relationships that go to marriage don't 
last in the real world, maybe in WW the odds are better, huh? Also, 
I would like to see Snape either condemned or redeemed. I am pushing 
for redemption but, unfortunately, do not expect that to happen. As 
I posted earlier I just CANNOT believe that JKR would allow Harry to 
die at the end. It just doesn't happen. If the public is reading for 
enjoyment, how many people out there want to see the hero DIE at the 
end of the story? I also believe that even if the books are written 
for a general audience, children still read them and the hero just 
DOES NOT die in children's minds. Again, I posted earlier if Harry 
dies I may just burn all of my HP books and start a long chain of 
furious, scathing letters to the author. 

Have a Happy Love Filled Day  sad1199