[HPforGrownups] JKR and the obvious

[Mira]

No: HPFGUIDX 132449

Hi Sherry,

I like your approach (and if it worked three times
already, surely there is something to it!). I also
doubt that Dumbledore will die, because it would be
obvious, because I see no real need for it and also
because Jo hinted he might conduct the Hogwarts song
once again, when things settle down in a satisfactory
way; I doubt he will die in book 6 or in book 7 for
that matter, but it might well be wishful thinking.

The idea about a spy in the Order is also good and
likely to come true. The most surprinsing and thus the
less obvious, for me, would be that Dumbledore himself
is a spy ('He is no more DE than I am', 'If we cannot
trust Dumbledore we cannot trust anybody' etc), and
that he does the right thing only because it is to his
advantage. But I really don't believe this is true. It
will all be so pointless if it is. I think I can vouch
for Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Bill, Charley, Molly,
Arthur, Moody and Hagrid not being and never becoming
spies, but this is as far as I trust the characters,
I'm afraid. Although I would really, really scowl and
glare very badly at Jo if she makes Lupin a spy. Is
there anybody else we can trust unconditionally?
Possibly Krum, because Hermione has good instincts
about people, but who else would you include on, or
exclude from the list?

An interesting prediction is Gabrielle being Harry's
love interest. She is a bit young for him at this age,
but on the other hand, it is the only truly realistic
romanting development Jo can throw at us (IMHO). Harry
might meet her at Bill and Fleur's engagement party,
and notice how she had grown into a very beautiful
young woman, Gabrielle will be smitten with him
because he saved her two years ago, and so on, and so
forth. I would believe it much sooner than Harry
suddenly noticing how one of the girls he's seeing
every day at Hogwarts is really more attractive than
he thought. So, whether it is true or not, well done
to anybody who made this prediction. But perhaps Harry
will date more than one girl. After all, if he is
doomed to kill or die at a young age, and if he
remembers how Sirius had to give up his love life (we
assume) because of the war, then he might want to live
at maximum speed while he still can. This, and we need
this book to be about greed, for ANTIVIRUS to still
float after hurricane Jo hits TBAY :)

With your permission I'll stop rambling now, but not
before bowing and apologising profousely to the list
elves and to everybody because, Sherry, I meant to
write many times to say how much of an inspiration I
find your live journal to be, but never managed to, so
I'll do it now. Hope this doesn't mean clothes for me
from the list for going OT...

Mira



--- Sherry Gomes <sherriola at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 


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