Harry's Fate

[Wade Caroline]

No: HPFGUIDX 152750

> lessnitch <lessnitch at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> As a mother and a HP fan, I am really concerned about Harry's 
> fate. Will he live happily ever after and does JKR have a big 
> shock in store for us? HP has had a tough life, <snip>
> I think Harry deserves a future with Ginny preferably (I think
> HP & G will be great together). I know people are going to die
> in the last book but I hope it is none of our heroes.

> laurie <parisfan_ca at yahoo.com>:
> <snip> I kinda feel that if Harry dies I'd like him to go out 
> in a blaze of glory and be know for the one who defeated Lord 
> V and not 'the boy who lived' <snip>.
   
  Wade:
   
  This has been bothering me for a long time. 
   
  I agree with "parisfan" that this kid has had a lousy life, and 
the reader really roots for him.  But JKR has never really indicated 
what Harry wants for himself. Yes, he wants to be an Auror, but 
won't that be a dull life once LV and the DEs are vanquished?  The 
books do not feature Harry spending a lot of time in quiet reflection. 
   
  He will be how old in Book 7?  Eighteen? Nineteen?  Not likely 
he will be settling down to raise a family at that age, with Ginny 
who is even younger, or anyone else. 
   
  These are plot problems for JKR, and she will sort them as she 
will, but as a highly engaged fan, I have a bad feeling that she 
will choose to have Harry "go out in a blaze of glory".  These are 
not fairy tales after all, and JKR has not shied away from killing 
off beloved characters before.
   
  Personally I will be heart broken but I believe the ending will 
be something like this:  "Ron and Hermione ran up to where Harry 
had fallen.  They held each other as they looked down at their 
friend and saw the red slowly disappear from his scar."