JKR and the obvious

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 132446

Hi,

i've been reading dozens of predictions of what people expect to happen in
HBP.  I don't feel up to predicting too much, but here are a few thoughts.

JKR is good at not doing the obvious.  For instance, in SS/PS, we were
supposed to think with Harry, that Snape was trying to kill him.  I'm an
avid mystery reader, and I always suspect the obvious.  I never did believe
Snape was trying to kill Harry, because it was far too obvious.  It was the
same with POA.  From the first time we're told Sirius Black is out to kill
Harry, I didn't believe it.  It was just too obvious.  I admit that fake
moody had me fooled for quite a while, but when I started really trying to
figure out who could have put Harry's name in the goblet, I had to decide it
was Moody.  He was the new character; he was seemingly so good and
supportive.  What surprised me was his identity.  I don't think I figured
that out.

So, to HBP.  I would guess that most people expect Dumbledore to be the one
who dies in HBP.  I'm going to say no to that, because it's too obvious, too
expected.  If he dies, I think it will happen in book seven.  If I had to
predict someone, I'd say a Weasley or one of the aurors we know.  And i hope
one of the big baddies, such as Lucius or Bella.  After all, it's time to
have a bad guy die.  i wouldn't be surprised to have a spy in the order,
because it seems logical that Voldemort would try to have someone close to
Dumbledore, as he had Peter the last time around.  i think the HBP might be
someone historical, such as Godric Gryffindor, and I think the title could
be Prince as in champion, champion of the half bloods.  JKR has said that
part of the story line was in COS, but it didn't fit there, so she took it
out.  The only thing that really seems to fit is the story of the founders.


But as I said, she is so good at not doing the obvious, and I could be
completely surprised by the outcome.
Mostly, i just can't wait for JKR to give us all a big surprise in some way,
and I'm expecting that whatever seems blatantly obvious in the early parts
of the books, will turn out to be completely false.  It will be so fun to
see what she does this time!

sherry