Harry & the Fisher King (Re: Harry and Hagrid )

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 106685

vivian:
> I was also wondering if perhaps the series will end at the 
> begining, back at Godric's Hollow or perhaps with the original 
> split between the founders of Hogwarts. I can't help but think 
> that JKR is always introducing the past (and I think she has done 
> it in someway or another in every book). 

Jen: When does JKR's story begin? The true story doesn't begin at 
the Dursleys, even though that's the portal through which we readers 
begin the story. My vote is for the split between the founders, even 
though I'm not particulary interested in that storyline. The 
Prophecy & Godric's Hollow are then just events within the 1000-year 
timeline of the story. That would mean whatever takes place between 
Harry/Voldemort could potentially heal the divide in the WW.

My speculation is starting to remind me of the wounded Fisher King 
in the legend of the Holy Grail, where he & his desolated country 
can only be healed if an 'innocent' comes to his castle and asks the 
correct question: "Whom does the Grail serve?" or "What ails thee?"

This is an interesting analogy because Harry is definitely the 
innocent who arrives at the castle, but he doesn't ask questions!!
When will he ask the crucial question and what will that question 
be? 

vivian:
> What's left to know?  The events of Godric's Hollow, the break-up 
> between the founders, and the torture of Neville's parents.
> 
> How will we find out about GH? Will it be through a penseive 
memory, 
> or a confession, we don't know yet? The same goes for the 
> Longbottoms, with the added possibility that one of the parents 
will 
> snap out of their illness to explain all. 

Jen: I don't know how Harry would take hearing the story of Godric's 
Hollow from Snape or Peter, but those two seem the most likely to 
have information. And I do hope Alice will recover enough to tell 
her story. That scene where Harry saw Alice in the Order photo, and 
knew immediately she was Neville's mom--I found that heartbreaking. 

If JKR has to make Harry's life hell, which she's promising she'll 
do, could she at least give Neville a little break?!?

Jen Reese