Why now?

[Cindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 110698

sad1199 wrote:
> 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. 

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I feel the same way.  I can't believe that JKR would let Harry die at 
the end.  It is possible that there is something about the veil - 
perhaps he goes to join Sirius and his parents - a sort of 
bittersweet ending.  I don't know...I just think it would be hard for 
her to write Harry's ending, to part with the character, based on how 
difficult she said it was to write about Sirius's death.

Also, regarding the high school relationships, I tend to agree, but 
James and Lily could not have been more than 20 when Harry was born, 
based on Lupin's age - around 35.  It sounded like a pretty solid 
marriage but who really knows.

And I think Snape is a real mystery.  I haven't quite figured him out 
yet - I think it could go either way, and he might actually wind up 
dying as well.

Cindy (formerly Misty_December)