[HPforGrownups] A fate worse than death ALIAS finale vs Book 7

[ClareWashbrook at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 152851

 
Randy:

>> I think this may be a possible ending for Book Seven.  A 
dead Voldemort forces Harry to be considered a murderer, but an 
eternally trapped Voldy is much more effective.  Harry will not 
have become a trained assassin as his legacy from Hogwarts.

What do you think? <<


Clare:
Firstly there's the death prescriptive neither can live whilst the  other 
does, one must die at the hand of the other (paraphrasing) stuff of  prophecy.  A 
death is required and it aint "Tom Riddle and The  Philosopher's Stone".
 
Murderer?  My grandfather isn't alive anymore, so I shall take offence  on 
his behalf.  He killed a great many people during WW2, having been in  most of 
the major battles.  He polished his boots with his beret and  eventually 
committed suicide but he WAS NOT a murderer!  War is a horrific  occurrence but it 
does occur.  People kill but mostly it is not wantonly or  vicariously and the 
act of taking a life is not always murder.  Such  simplistic wording is 
misrepresentational; it demeans the experiences of so many  people in and out of 
war, in conflict and in danger.  Taking a life is  never a simple thing and does 
not deserve to be branded generically.   There ARE murderers and one's own 
morals, beliefs and forgivenesses must  govern the thinking on such matters.  War 
does not equate to such  discussions, neither does fighting for one's 
existence.  
 
We bandy around "serious" considerations in regard to what is fundamentally  
just a story; if we do so then those "serious" considerations must be taken  
seriously not with easy generics.  Distinctions exist and cannot be tossed  in 
the paper basket for the sake of an impact.
 
An incarcerated Voldemort?   Wouldn't there always be the  possibility of 
escape or rescue?  This would pave the way for a sequel,  which we know is not 
coming or desired by the author.  Such a conclusion  also fails to 
satisfactorily deliver; it would not feel like an appropriate  conclusion - it would be 
unfinished.  The "bad guy" is not fully dealt  with/punished.  Then there is the 
Merlin precedent and he does get out of  the entrapment; in a world where 
Merlin was historically rather than  mythologically present, such a precedent 
could not be overlooked.  Nor  would it be by a referential author reliant on 
substantiary mythology.
 
smiles,
Clare xx