[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry, Sirius Black, and the power of possession (Was: JKR and the boys)

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No: HPFGUIDX 161655

Melanie:  Gosh that is just depressing to me.  To me the idea of
Sirius's soul hanging out with a live Voldemort just makes me want to
cringe.

I still say the most likely outcome of the books is Harry going to
"heaven" which in my mind is behind the veil and finally meeting his
parents and of course having Sirius introduce them.  I just think that
is the sweetest and most sincere way to end the books.  I can't
imagine Harry ever being happy after all of this and going on to live
this normal life with Ginny.  IT's just strange to me.

Sarah:
I totally agree with you, but for some reason I happen to suspect we
might be in the minority on this list.  :)

I'm willing to bet a fair number of e-bucks that no remnants of
Voldemort's soul will ever make it behind the veil.  As Sir Nicholas
tells us, the veil is for souls that want to go there.  Not that I'm
proposing Voldemort will be a ghost, I think that each and every piece
of his soul will be completely destroyed and not go anywhere except
non-existence.  Snape might be a ghost, though.  :)

Carol:
At any rate, *I* think Harry!Horcrux is depressing (not to mention
full of plot difficulties and inconsistencies that I've discussed in
numerous posts).

Sarah:
What's inconsistent?   Dumbledore says that Voldemort stuck a piece of
himself inside Harry (and I don't think he was talking about the
swimsuit area).  Dumbledore has established that he has a high level
of denial and procrastination when it comes to information regarding
Harry (the end of OOTP), so it's easy enough to think he may have
talked himself out of this.  If Nagini isn't a herring (placed there
to get us thinking about living beings) I'll be very shocked.

Carol:
Rather than having Harry die (and destroying her own future readership
because children won't want to read the books if they know that the
hero will end up dead)

Sarah:
Yes, I hear circulation is way down on the New Testament now that
everyone knows the ending.  :)  Seriously, I hear this argument all
the time and I don't get it.  When I was a kid I would be more likely
to read something if I found out everyone dies.  I loved Charlotte's
Web, the Little Mermaid, all manner of gruesome Grimm tales, The Girl
Who Trod on a Loaf, everything like that.  Kids like Harry Potter
already, and already there are many gruesome deaths.  I don't know
where these legion of soft children are that you're speaking for.

The guy looked in a magical mirror that shows you whatever you want
when he was eleven.  He basically saw the afterlife.  Each time he has
faced death, he has welcomed it.  Especially in OOTP where he was all
"Sweet, I'll get to be with Sirius again!"  Give him his heart's
desire.

Sarah