Your greatest fear . . .

[severelysigune]

No: HPFGUIDX 121173


Amdorn wrote:
<<<<What is your "Harry Potter" greatest fear?>>>>

Sigune:
I can have very, very much as long as it's well-written and has an 
acceptable logic of its own. Snape can, as far as I'm concerned, go 
over to the Dark side again, if it makes sense in his Slytherin 
ethic. Dumbledore can die; I wouldn't be happy about it, but he's 
old, and his death might have a plausible function in the plot. Harry 
can die or lose his magic – it can be made acceptable to me, and I am 
comfortable with endings that aren't too rosy if they contain some 
irony (cruel or otherwise).
The `It Was All A Dream' thingy is of course entirely unacceptable – 
such a threadbare plot device would be truly unworthy of JKR, which 
is why I have no real fear that we might be faced with such an ending.


SSSusan:
<<<I suppose it's not a very "mature" way of looking at things, but I
really DON'T want any of the trio to die, either. I understand that
JKR could do it in a way that it makes perfect sense and is almost
beautiful, but I still just don't want it to happen.>>>

Alla:
<<Let's be immature together then, Susan! :o)
I also do NOT want any of the trio to die, especially Harry, but I
would love a long life for Ron and Hermione too. ;)>>

Janet Anderson:
<Move over, I'm "immature too." I want all the good guys to survive 
happily
and the bad guys to either die, repent, or be neutralized so they 
can't hurt anyone.>

Sigune:
Me, I'm only worried about Hermione. I really, really don't want her 
to die, not just because I like her but mainly because she is the 
only female character in a leading part. Must be the feminist in me 
<g>.



vmonte proposed:

<snip 1-6>

<7. Dumbledore being double crossed by Snape would upset me.>

Sigune:
Actually, I would like that one. I would be very curious to know how 
he pulls it off.


<8. Any romantic scenes involving Bellatrix would freak me out! :)>

Sigune:
Definitely! O_o But I don't think it's likely to happen ;-).


<9. Ginny giving up her life to repay Harry would be sad.>
<10. Neville sacrificing himself to save Harry would be sad.>

Sigune:
I don't hold much with the sacrifice bit myself. It's vastly 
overrated. I mean, who knows what a mess the people you sacrifice 
yourself for might make of their lives? <veg>

<snips 11>


Janet Anderson wrote:
<My wishes:
<snip>
We find out why Snape left the Death Eaters and why Dumbledore trusts 
him.>
<snip>

Sigune:
Yes, more Snape – but not too much and not too many details, so that 
my imagination doesn't stop dead – would ruin much of my reading 
pleasure. In fact, I think I don't want to know the exact details 
about anything much, so the discussions can continue. Just winding up 
the main issues will do for me.


Janet Anderson continued:
<My fears:
<snipping a few>
Any solution in which Dumbledore turns out to be Ron, Voldemort turns 
out to be possessed by an Evil Spirit from Beyond Time, or Harry goes 
back in time to Godric's Hollow.>

Sigune:
Wholehearted agreement from me here. 

Right: my single greatest fear:
SNAPE DYING – with as a worst case scenario: Snape dying while 
sacrificing himself for Harry. ICK! YUCK! I'd rather he went to 
Voldie again or kissed Lucius's boots or ran off to set up a 
household with Draco. Really.

Yours severely,

Sigune