[HPforGrownups] Re: How will Harry kill LV

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 127448


Saturday, April 9, 2005, 3:31:57 AM, Jim Ferer wrote:

JF> Harry wouldn't have to give up his contact with the wizarding world. 
JF> Muggles can be seen in Diagon Alley - Hermione's parents do it - and
JF> I'm guessing that once you've seen Diagon Alley you always see it. 
JF> There's Squibs in wizard places, like Filch and Arabella Figg [we see
JF> her in the Ministry]. Harry would be more like them, not like a total
JF> Muggle.

Me:
There's even a precident for Muggles setting foot in Hogwarts -- Namely,
Myrtle's parents.

JF> Harry's struggle after it was all over would be to find a purpose
JF> again, to not just step through the Veil as he seemed wont to do in
JF> the Ministry. The reaction to the end of all this would be terrible. 
JF> Again, love for all his friends, perhaps most for one of them, would
JF> save him. That will all happen after book 7 ends, maybe.

Me:
My guess is that the biggest blow to Harry would be the loss of the
ability to fly -- Unless he adapted to flying on something else, like
Buckbeak??

Wouldn't be funny if Voldemort was actually vanquished in Book 6, and
Book 7 was all about how Magic-less!Harry learns to cope?
(*Astronomically* unlikely, but interesting to ponder...)

JF> If I was in Harry's shoes, I wouldn't want to have my
JF> memories obliterated.

Me:
Nor would I -- It makes me think of the movie _Ninotchka_, when
Greta Garbo is forced to leave Paris and return to the oppressive
Soviet regime, she nonetheless revels in the fact that,
"At least they can't censor our memories!"

-- 
Dave