[HPforGrownups] Which way?

[Lady Macbeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 101669

Kneasy  wrote:
Have your expectations changed as the series has progressed?

Lady Macbeth replied:
I can't say that they have - I was one of those "kids" (though I don't know
if the label fits, being in my 20s at the time) who picked up a book for the
first time in years to read the first book.  What a breath of fresh air!  I
don't think I've actually dared to have any "expectations" of where the
series is going (ok, a few - though, if Jo truly does not care what critics,
fans or publishers think, then those "expectations" go out the window as
well).  The only things I expect for certain out of each book is a gripping,
memorable tale, and that hasn't changed. :)


Kneasy wrote:
It's just possible that the author may take us along a different path, a
much more thoughtful and challenging path to an   ending that promotes not
so much a sigh of satisfaction as a continuing debate on decisions and
morality. This would please the second group.

Lady Macbeth replied:
This would please ME...probably.  ^_^;  It's something along these lines
that I'm hoping for.

Kneasy wrote:
They invite the reader to use their discretion in how *they* interpret the
actions of characters; the author stands aside, it's all up to you.

Lady Macbeth replied:
This is something I really enjoy in a book, and something I look forward to
seeing come out in the last two Harry Potter books.


Kneasy wrote:
There is yet another possibility;  Harry defeats Voldy, then takes his
place. (He's his equal, remember; it doesn't say opposite. And what if the
transferred powers are corrupting Harry from within? He was certainly
unHarry-like in the last book.)

Lady Macbeth replied:
Have you been reading my fics and not e-mailing me feedback?! :C  LOL  This
is one of the things I was thinking I would love to see Jo take an angle on
(or something similar to this idea) but it wouldn't sit well with a lot of
parents or publishers. ^_^;

Kneasy wrote:
Or - Voldy is deposed by his own side as a hazard to their own health, let
alone anyone else's.

Lady Macbeth replied:
Oh, I get it. You're taking lessons on getting in peoples' heads and you've
been inside my head this whole time. ~_^

Kneasy wrote:
Or - Voldy, powerless, is caged forever in the Chamber.

Lady Macbeth replied:
That would suck.  I want Harry to be able to have control of the Chamber of
Secrets.  It's a great place for him to have for his own, being as only he
and Voldemort can get in.

Kneasy wrote:
I for one  hope  that the  author has wider vision than most of us have,
wider than most of us can imagine. That she'll still have the capability to
make us think, to challenge us to look at things differently instead of
presenting us with a conventional ending. No, that isn't a call  for 'evil'
to triumph, it's a wish for something a bit more intellectually daring,
provocative even, than the standard fantasy fare. Meat,  not just potatoes.
Something to chew on.

Lady Macbeth replied:
I'm sincerely looking forward to this too.  I really, really, really want
these books to break the mold of what a "children's book should be" and be a
very powerful tale that will stand the test of time.

Kneasy wrote:
the other path could go somewhere else entirely.

Lady Macbeth replied:
The story of my life!  LOL  But seriously, as I mentioned above, this would
be TERRIFIC to see.  As the character Lydia said in "Beetlejuice" - "I *am*
the 'strange and unusual'."  It'd be nice for Jo to lead the world away from
the "normal" and "traditional" for once. :)

-Lady Macbeth


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