Will Harry remain single?
Jim Ferer
jferer at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 4 09:13:37 UTC 2006
No: HPFGUIDX 154842
Eggplant: "Everyone is debating if Harry will die in the last book
but I want to ask a different question, will Harry remain single in
the last book? The next time we see Harry (Ron and Hermione too for
that matter) he will officially be an adult. Although legal I grant
you that under normal conditions it might not be wise to marry at only
17, but these conditions are far from normal. Mrs. Weasley said that
the last time Voldemort was powerful lots of people got married very
young because they figured they could be dead at any time so it's now
or never. I wonder if the wedding chapter in the next book that we all
know is coming will turn out to be a double wedding, or maybe even a
triple. Most fans would not expect that plot twist so it might appeal
to JKR; and if she kills off Harry as I think she will she might want
to have Harry Potter Junior waiting in the wings just in case she
someday changes her mind and decides to write more about the Potter
dynasty."
Harry will have to change his mind between June and the wedding if
he's going to marry Ginny. Right now he's sent her away to protect
her, to avoid making her a target.
Harry's going to be severely damaged goods once this is over; PTSD
doesn't even cover it. Ginny will have to be, and she would be,
completely patient and understanding with him. I predicted that he
would disappear after Voldemort's defeat for a while, maybe even a
long while. That's still possible but less likely now. If it's all
over he may want to come back to the people he knows love him.
I don't think Harry Jr. will be around (He'd be named James anyway),
and, if JKR kills Harry off, which I doubt, she's likely to do it so
there's no going back (no Reichenbach Falls for Harry).
Jim Ferer
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