Predictions for book 6 and 7.

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 119198


> Now Meri: 
> 
17: Neville is toast. He's gonna sacrifice himself to the cause and 
go down like a massive hero, but not before getting a new wand,  
shocking the entire by becoming the number two student in sixth 
year, showing up Snape in Potions and beating Hermione in Herbology.

Alla:

Sorry, Meri but I agree that Neville is the most likely unlikely 
candidate to be a teacher. I think that if anybody close to Harry is 
toast (hopefully not Harry), it won't be Neville.
I wish I knew who it would be though. I do agree though that Neville 
will show Snape who he really is pretty soon.

Meri: 
> 18: Ron and Hermione will finally get together on screen. 

Alla:

I was REALLY hesitant to make a SHIP prediction, because when I say 
I don't care about SHIPS, I mean it (except Sirius/Snape or 
Sirius/Remus).

I want kids to be alive and happy, but who gets together with whom, 
I could care less.

But since you said it, I can only concur - I think the text is VERY 
clear in moving towards Ron/Hermione and also less clear, but clear 
enough towards Harry/Ginny.

 
Meri:

> 20: Dumbledore is going to die. 

Alla:

Actually, I am NOT so sure anymore about this one.. Story logic 
dictates that Dumbledore is toast, very very toast, but I was almost 
positive that this is going to happen in OOP, instead JKR completely 
destroyed Dumbledore's immage as infallible mentor right in front of 
Harry's eyes and that was much more effective, IMO, than simply 
killing him.

I think that Harry realises that Dumbledore cannot help him much 
anymore (although I would LOVE to be wrong on this one) and it 
almost equals to the impact his death would have had.

I think that there is a small possibility that Dumbledore survives 
at the end if only to see that he interpreted the prophecy 
incorrectly.


Meri:
23: Either Remus or Peter will die at the hand of the other. 

Alla:

Please let it be Peter, please. :)


Meri:
 
> 24: Book 6 will end in a cliffhanger. At which point every HP fan 
> around the world will flip out and start sending Howlers to JKR. 

Alla:

LOLOL! I actually agree that there is a possibility of cliffhanger 
ending.

Lupinlore:
> 2-1 in favor of Peter helping Harry, although with the proviso 
that he may not actually intend to help Harry (think Gollum at the 
end of  LOTR)

Alla:

Indeed, I can see this possibility
> 

Alla previously:
 
 6. Harry will think that Snape betrayed the Order in HBP.

Lupinlore:
 
> 2-1 in favor of this or some similar belief by Harry about Snape.
> 
Alla previously:

7. We will learn in book 7 that Snape did not betray the Order.

Lupinlore:
 
> Even money. I don't think Snape will consciously betray the Order. 
However, his dislike of Harry (and others) may lead him to do 
> something that is an inadvertant betrayal.  Also, all these 
instances in all the other books of Harry suspecting Snape and being 
proved wrong are starting to smell suspiciously like a double-
blind.  It may  be time for Harry to be suspicious about Snape and 
be right for once.



Alla:

It would be A LOT of fun to read for me. All Harry's suspicions will 
finally come true. It could be double bluff, definitely, but I'd 
still say that int he end Snape will tunr out to be not ESE>


 Kethryn's hand at predictions -
1.  McGonnagall is a gonner.  Probably at the end of book 6.  It 
sucks, I know, but she is not only expendable but, tactically from 
Voldemort's PoV, she is an excellent choice to knock off, striking a 
blow at both Harry and Dumbledore.

Alla:

Well, either Dumbledore or McGonagall are toasted, but for the 
reasons above, I may actually agree with you that McGonagall could 
be dead.

Kethryn:

huge snip of agreeable predictions .

> 11.  Draco is forced to come to some hard choices and, under a lot 
of strain, he forgets to be nasty to the trio.  Lucius and he are 
going to have to have a show down if Draco is ever going to develope 
into something other than a nasty little git.  I am betting, too, 
that we will be seeing more of Narcissa (or at least get some of the 
story there) in 6.


Alla:

I disagree. Not because I don't want Draco to become more than 2-D 
character, but because I think that JKR gave up on his development. 
Although "Draco's detour" gives me a little bit of hope. Not much 
though.

There is not much space left to write credible story of Draco's 
redemption, IMO.