Harry losing his powers

[eggplant9998]

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"antoshachekhonte" <antoshachekhonte at y...> wrote:



> I would actually welcome a book 7 conclusion
> in which Harry succeeded, lost his powers,  
> but found a happy, peaceful, fulfilling life 
> surrounded by people who loved him.

If you asked me to come up with the single most unsatisfying ending 
possible that would be it, even worse than Harry waking up at he
end of book 7 and finding it was all a dream. Ugg!  First of all 
everybody living happily ever after would be so sappy, so sweet, so 
very cute and adorable I think I'd phhrow up. Secondly, loosing his 
powers would be a terrible cliché, in ever science fiction or 
fantasy movie of the 50's the object of wonder must be destroyed or 
rendered ordinary in the end, the forbidden planet blows up, the 
amazing invention is lost, the incredible creature dies, and the 
book that contains the secrets of the universe is burnt. Apparently 
this was to reassure the viewer (or reader) that everything and 
everyone would return to their previous humdrum existence after 
their little adventure. Unfortunately doing this makes for a
humdrum story.

Eggplant