My 7 book 7 predictions

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 147903


> > Luckdragon:
> > After reviewing the 6 books for the umpteenth time I thought it 
> would be fun to make some predictions for book 7 based on little 
> clues or even just hunches we have thought up from what we've read 
> so far. 

Oooh, can I play?

In no particular order:

-- Snape is DDM! (duh).  And motivated by love of Lily and guilt.  And
is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

-- a mysterious phoenix patronus will run around, leading everyone to
think Dumbledore is alive.  It will in fact be Snape's patronus,
changed on account of his shock at the sacrifice of Dumbledore (love
this theory-- not mine, I hasten to say)

--The final defeat of Voldemort will somehow feature the Room of Love

-- Harry will travel to the other side of the veil, Aeneas-like, speak
to one or more people, and return alive

-- Ron and Hermionie 4 EVA!!

-- the ancient history behind the Gryffindor/Slytherin split will be
revisited, prove to be more compicated than thought, and somehow play
into the defeat of V-mort.  Probable vector:  the Sorting Hat

-- Dumbledore's portrait will have Many Helpful and Vague Things to
Say and will Twinkle a lot.

-- going on a Tarot card hunch:  buried truths will be revealed, and
people thought to be dead will rise again-- Regulus?  Vance?

-- going on trusting the alchemy structure:  Hagrid will die

-- going on a vague theory of story-physics:  Snape won't die.  I'm
probably shakiest in my confidence in this one, but I have my reasons.
 If he doesn't die, he will go to work at St. Mungus as a curse
healer, joining their fine roster of famous healers who also invented
horrible curses (Entrail-Expelling Hex, anyone?)

-- most of the cast will live Happily Ever After

-- Book 7 will be a magic Tardis book, fitting all this stuff in and
yet being shorter than OoP, according to JKR.

--Sydney, (who honest-to-God has started and abandoned huge
Mystery-and-scapegoating posts, none of which are coherent)