[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's summer in the 6th book

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No: HPFGUIDX 101331


> jodel at aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>(Don't forget that the whole series *started* from Vernon Dursley's PoV. It 
>>may very well end there.) 
> 

>Lynx412 at AOL.com wrote: 

>        Ow. That just led to a disturbing theory for Harry fans. IIRC, JKR has 
> said that the last word in the 7th book is scar. Add this 'end with Vernon' 
> theory and...the Dursleys at Harry's funeral with Vernon thinking 'at least the 
> hid his scar'
> 
>        Cheryl
> 

LOL! That would be a terrible way to have the ending fit!
But I doubt it is going to happen that way, because open casket funerals 
are exceeding rare in the UK, at least in the muggle world. Default 
practise is a closed coffin and at no point do you see the body during 
the ceremony. If you want to view the body and say your goodbyes to it 
you normally have to make an appointment to visit the funeral parlour or 
"Chapel of Rest" before the internment or cremation.

Of course things may be different in the WW. I'm sure it would be much 
easier to preserve the body temporarily with a charm than with 
formaldehyde or whatever muggle morticians use.

While we are on the subject of death and mortality (hee hee) I'm sure 
the reason we are going to encounter a graveyard at Hogwarts sometime is 
when Dumbledore finally expires in some noble manner. Where else would 
DD get interred but there?

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