What if it's not his powers?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 98725

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ali" <tsuki_no_miko at h...> 
wrote:

Ali:
> I agree with you that Harry probably won't be sacrificing his 
powers.  However, I very much disagree that he will end up 
sacrificing someone important to him.  For one, it's a difficult way 
to end a story, making both the reader & characters uncomfortable 
with someone they've watch grow.  At its heart, HP still attempts at 
being a children's series, and I can't see JKR, someone who 
vehemently wants us to dislike Voldemort, ending her series with her 
beloved character having to make such a monumental decision.  Good 
still does good in the world of Harry Potter, and good does not 
sacrifice people other than the self.  

Geoff:
There is possibly a different take on this. I remember a story once 
where the hero was faced with a situation in which two of his 
colleagues were threatened and he could only save one of them.

Supposing that were to happen. Harry would not be making an 
apparently cold decision to "write off" one of his friends but would 
have to make the agonising decision of whom to save. Of course, it 
could also arise at such speed that he acts instinctively without 
having time to weigh the consequences of his choice.

Just my idea....