What would you think if.....

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 92182

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Erika L." <erikal at m...> wrote:
> Jennifer Massey asked:
> 
> >What would you "feel" if JKR killed >Harry?
> 
> 
> Merri replied:
> 
> >Harry sacrificing himself to the cause >of good would be a great 
way 
> >to end the series. 
> <snip>
> >if he hangs on just long enough to say a >beautiful good bye to 
Ron and 
> >Hermione and Hagrid, if he fades away >seeing a light in front of 
> >him, and is welcomed into the WW version >of an afterlife by his 
long 
> >lost mum, dad and godfather for an >eternity of familial bonding, 
> >then I will probably have to be scraped >off the ceiling I will 
be so 
> >happy. But that's just me. 
> 
> 
> Carol said:
> 
> >(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.
> 
> Alla said:
> >Oh, yes. I don't know about betrayed, >but I most certainly will 
be 
> >dissappointed. I want the good guys win >and I want Harry to have 
some 
> >kind of normal happy life without Voldy >thing breating over his 
> >shoulder all the time. :o)
> 
> 
> I have to go with Carol and Alla on this one. I would be very 
upset were Harry to die at the end of the series. I simply cannot 
agree that Harry's death, even if that means reunion with his family 
and an end to his suffering, as Merri suggested, can in any way 
constitute a happy ending, or even a fully satisfying ending.
> 
> Merri said: 
> >Harry sacrificing himself to the cause >of good would be a great 
way 
> >to end the series. Then at the least we >fans will be assured 
that he 
> >won't be suffering anymore, and is >finally in for a little peace.
> 
> I can't agree with this at all. It's too easy. I think the books 
have made it clear that suffering is a part of life. 

snipping 

I'm not saying I want Harry to die. Far from it. I want Harry to 
marry, play international Quidditch for England, win two or three 
World Cups, have seven children, get a job as Defense Against the 
dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts and live to be a ripe old two hundred 
and fifty years old, spending weekends playing pick up Quidditch 
with the Weaslys and getting help from Hermione doing lesson plans. 
I want all those good things for Harry. I was only speculating on 
the conditions in which, were Harry to die at the ripe old age of 
seventeen, I would NOT end up sending Howlers to JKR every day for 
the rest of my own life. But I disagree that Harry dying, and 
therefore suffering no more is a cheat. At the end of Gladiator 

SPOILER ALERT!! 

after having suffered and struggled and lost almost 
everyone and everything he cares about, Maximus (played by Russell 
Crowe), having accomplished what he set out to do, dies, and is 
finally at rest, welcomed into Elyssium by his wife and son for an 
eternity of peace. That happening to Harry wouldn't be a cop-out at 
all. After all, only the good die young, right? 
Meri - who won't even get in to the real tragedy of Lupin and 
Sirius's lives