Harry's experiences : what's missing ?

[dungrollin]

No: HPFGUIDX 116161


> But to expand the concept to a more general level - I'm going to 
> ask the fans to do something they may find difficult.
> 
> Put aside thoughts of what you *want* to happen.
> Now provide evidence - from the books, from JKR interviews, her
> website, wherever, that there will be a happy resolution.
> 
> Because I can't see any such evidence.
> 
> Cries of "Oh, she must!" don't work, nor do expostulations that
> "She couldn't do that in a childrens book" because she didn't 
> write the books for children. On more than one occasion she's 
> stated that she wrote the books *for herself* -  and it wasn't a 
> particularly easy time in her life, either.
> 
> This is why I posted 101614 "Which way?" hoping to get some 
> feedback on the idea that she might do something radical.
> She's written a series like no other - what evidence do you have
> that the ending will not also be like no other?
> 
> Kneasy

It could be argued that Barry Cunningham would never have 
commissioned a children's series that ended in the death of the hero 
(if you look at all the other books he's published since).  
Particularly the death of a child hero.  I met him, once.  He was 
dressed up as a parrot.  *Terribly* nice chap.

But since that's not the kind of evidence you're after, and I can't 
think of any from canon, I'll keep my fingers crossed that you're 
right... 
Betrayal and revenge, massacres of the innocent (and not-so-
innocent), and a good twist of carnage. Hooray!

Dungrollin,
- noting that a couple of days of watery sunshine don't make up for 
a month of drizzle, and that she can't wait until she can emigrate 
from this miserable rotten country with it's miserable rotten 
weather.