[HPforGrownups] My guess about book 7

[lil.magill at adelphia.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 161063

---- tthinc <tthinc at yahoo.com> wrote: 

I am sure that Harry will be talked into going back to Hogwarts for
Year 7 as I would like to think that DumbleDore left a vast amount of
thoughts in a pensive for Harry.
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Marion here:

I wonder what role McGonegall will play now that Dumbledore is dead?  While she always seemed to be Dumbledore's right hand, she also never seemed to have all the facts.  I don't think she is aware of the prophecy.  If she had been given some of this information, I think she would have given Harry et al more of an ear when they came to her urgently looking for Dumbledore.  Instead, she would give them the speech about "I don't know what you think you know, but the adults have everything under control".  If she is headmistress, which is a safe assumption, will she work with Harry and allow him access to the pensieve, Dumbledore's portrait, etc.?  Hogwarts has been so integral in the story to this point, I feel sure a lot of the action must take place there, even if Harry isn't a student.  

My other concerns?  If Harry's not at Hogwarts, what roles will Ron and Hermione 
play?  Fred and George were on the back burner in book 6, and I missed them.  I don't think they can play a very big role in their joke shop, but I think the stories really need the humor they provide.  This has been an ensemble cast from the start, and I hope it will continue to be, but the story seems to have Harry striking out on his own.  I do look forward to seeing how the Dursleys, specifically Petunia, are handled.  Throughout the books I've searched for just a smidgeon of sentimentality and love for her sister and nephew in her, but it just hasn't been there -- what she's done for Harry has been solely out of fear, I'm afraid.  What could have made her so very cold? 

Marion