Book 7 predictions/oh no fluffy bunnies again

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Siriusly Snapey Susan responds:
> Hmmm....  I don't know, Carolyn, you might not have intended to 
> sound snide or anything like that, but, well, it kinda reads that 
> way to me.  
> 

Carolyn
Well, it certainly wasn't intended personally. I was responding to a 
stream of similar-sounding conclusions on the outcome of the books, 
which generally anticipated Harry surviving and finding ways of 
enjoying his subsequent life. From this POV, I do not withdraw the 
general intent, which was to try and change the focus from the 
minutiae of Harry's personal life to a consideration of the wider 
issues post VW2.

The sweep of JKR's canvas is huge, and her plot is getting darker by 
the minute. She appears to me to be a realist and a sharp observer of 
the human condition. I'm interested in how she might handle some of 
the broader themes, at the same time as tying up the loose ends of 
the characters' stories.


SSS:
>>Since a snip of my post was included in yours, I would like to point
out that I didn't say anything which implied sunsets or fluffy
bunnies. What I postulated--a Harry who lives but doesn't have his
magical powers--isn't necessarily a cliched sunset or fluffy bunny,
is it? I also know that I never said that all evil would be
vanquished, only that Harry would succeed--somehow--in
defeating/killing Voldy. I never imagined that evil would be
eradicated. So I actually agree with you on that.<<<

Carolyn: 
Excellent. So, Harry is incapacitated and shuffled off somewhere like 
Bilbo..and the story moves on. Or, he's dead. Same thing really from 
a plot development angle. I am wondering what flavour we will be left 
with at the end. Will we be left with the impression that the WW 
continues on in its secret way beneath our feet, round the corner, if 
only we could see it?

Or will the outcome be more serious, that even if Voldy is dead, the 
WW is in unstoppable decline, unable to facing up to its rotten 
ethics and sagging morality ? JKR has said that there never will be a 
rapprochement between the WW and RL - is this bad news for the WW ? 
What is its future in the 21st century? [Try the Artemis Fowl series 
BTW for a few amusing insights!]

Tolkein certainly ended up (more gently) on a note of declining magic 
and a steady move towards modern society. His was a mystical and 
nostalgic tale of the early history of man, our lost world, where men 
did things men have gotta do, and women admired them for it..sorry, I 
digress.

JKR is dealing with an altogether more contemporary situation. It is 
focused on one boy's story, but as a context for his personal 
struggles, she has created a very complex environment which IMO could 
go any of the ways that I outlined in my earlier post, and then some.