Your greatest fear . . .

David & Laura cyclone_61032 at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 5 21:40:00 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 121240


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doug Pratt" <dad at p...> wrote:
> 
> I've been thinking about the "biggest fear" question, and come to 
the 
> conclusion that I don't have one. In the years in which I have 
read, 
> reread, read aloud, had read to me, and reread again the HP canon, 
> JKR has never disappointed me. I now trust her completely. I have 
no 
> fear that the next two books will be as satisfying and delightful 
as 
> the last five have been.
<snip> 
> As for what happens when Book Seven is out...well, it will not be 
an 
> end, but a beginning. Look at the Sherlock Holmes canon. Conan 
Doyle 
> created a world and peopled it with characters so compelling that 
> many of us feel they are not just fully realized people, but 
friends. 
> Hundreds of years later, people are discussing the original 
stories, 
> creating new ones, and endlessly enjoying the gas-lit world of 
Holmes 
> and Watson. Can any of us doubt that JKR has given us the same 
gift? 
> That's why we're all here!
> 
> Very best regards to all,

David:

Good coments Doug.

I wish for the books to have a satisfying ending; closure. I want to 
still enjoy a re-read 20 yrs from now.

I'm ok with Harry having to sacrifice himself to take out V'mort. My 
sad guess currently is that he will die to save his friends and the 
world. (Did I not read somewhere way back that one of JK's favorite 
books was the Tale of Two Cities?)

But, I would much prefer an ending where Harry and V'mort are 
fighting a draw and Ron and Her-my-oh-ninny come in and help. Now 
for me, that would be an ending I would read again and again. The 
trio formed so accidentally and so seemingly innocently on that 
first train to school, formed a power great enough to take down 
V'mort. The power of the love and friendship between the three 
creating a undefeatable force!!!

Well, that's my wish anyway.









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