What would you think if.....

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92140

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jennifer Massey"
<barbienut75 at e...> wrote:
> What would you "feel" if JKR killed Harry?
> 
> My cousin said to me the other day, she didn't feel the need to read
the HP
> book becasue, they will end like they should, good will win over
evil. What
> if JKR didn't end it like she should, and shocked the whole world?
> 
> Would you be pissed? I've not been reading these books for very
> long....probably not even 6 months...but by the time the 7th book
gets out
> I'm sure I will be attatched to Harry, I am already, and it would
kill me if
> he died. I probably would never read another JKR book again.
> What about you?

For me it's a case of what's right vs. what's easy. It would be very
easy to have Voldemort kill Harry (heroes and protagonists die all the
time), but it wouldn't be right. Good has to triumph over evil, thank
you, or we'll have wasted our time sympathizing with these characters
and their world for seven books. Really, though, Voldemort can't win
because that would mean there was no defeating him and he would
ultimately take over the Muggle world. That can't believably happen.
VW1 has to end in 1996 with the permanent overthrow of Voldemort. The
hard part for JKR is figuring out how to make that happen without
turning Harry into another Voldemort. (I emphatically don't want him
to use Avada Kedavra or any other Unforgiveable Curse. I do want him
to use his wits and his courage and to survive.)

So how would I feel if JKR killed Harry? Betrayed! She'd be Wormtail
in my book.

Carol