End of book seven - what happens?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 128154


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karen Barker"
<karenabarker at y...> wrote:
> 
> Gary V wrote:
> 
> > 2. Dumbledore said the room in the Dept. of Mysteries  was full
> > of the very essence of what Harry has in abudance 
> 


> Karen:
> 
> At 'the end' Harry is going to get Lord V into that room somehow.  
> He's either going to lure him, trick him, magic him or physically 
> force him into that room.  It is full of the very essence of what 
> Harry has in abundance so Harry will be unharmed, but Lord V cannot 
> stand to be near it so he explodes / implodes / vapourises totally 
> finally and irreperably.
> 
> Karen sits back with a smile, convinced that she's got it, then
> ducks her head slightly in anticipation of the arguments proving her
> not only completely wrong, but also slightly batty!!
> 
> Karen

bboyminn:

Actually not such a bad idea. I'd say it's right up there with the
suggested 'Throught the Veil' endings. But it also presents the same
problems as the 'thought the Veil' endings, and that is, logically,
how can we get everyone into the Dept of Mysteries of all places, for
the 'Through the Door' or 'Through the Veil' ending to occur.

Harry has already been lured there once under false pretences, not
likely he will allow that to happen again. If Voldie kidnapped someone
to lure Harry, why on earth, of all places, would he hold them in the
Ministry of Magic? 

I don't know about the Implosion/Explosion thing, but based on
Dumbledore 'other ways to destroy a man' statement, I do agree that
time behind The Door would certainly destroy Voldie.

As to Number 1.) of Gary V's original post-

"1. One of them is going to be murdered, one is going to be the
murderer. (Voldemort & Harry)"

This is what Dumbledore assumes, this is what Harry assumes, and by
extension, this is what WE all assume, but murder is not necessarily
true. 'Killing each other' is based on /interpretation/ of the
Prophecy and the nature of Voldemort, but again, Dumbledore's 'other
ways to destroy a man' statement might be pointing us away from that
conclusion.

I'm in agreement with a lot of people, I could handle Harry somehow
causing Voldemort's death, but I really hate the idea of our 'pure in
nature' hero flat-out point-blank bang-you're-dead killing the Dark
Lord. I would much prefer that he found a way to destory him without
killing him. If he does kill him, I would prefer that it was /indirect/. 

Although highly unlikely, once such scenario would be for Harry to
somehow cause Voldemort to lose all his magic powers. This would be
fate worse than death. Voldemort with his many protections against
death would be force to live out his long long miserably long long
life as a powerless helpless muggle. Now that is certaily a fate worse
than death for someone like Voldemort.

Another, is for Harry in a self-sacrificial act to pull Voldemort
throught The Veil. That, in my opinion would be Harry causing
Voldemort's death without actually murdering him, and would also be a
very heroic act. 

So, while everyone inside and outside the books assumes that death, or
worse yet, murder is the logical conclusion, I really hope JKR can
come up with a more heroic and interesting twist than that.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn