I think Harry will die (was: I don't think that Harry will die)

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 160195

"Geoff Bannister" <gbannister10 at ...> wrote:

> having read several of your posts in the past,
> I get a very slight, vague, teensy-weensy 
> feeling that you like murder, mayhem and blood
> flowing in the streets. Could this actually be true?

No, I don't like murder very much, in fact I've hardly killed anyone
in weeks.

I like Harry a lot and if he were a real person I'd want him to have
the longest and happiest life possible, but as he is a fictional
character I curse him with the most interesting life possible.

Suppose Harry lives happily ever after, a week after you finish
reading book 7 you'll hardly think about it at again; but if Harry
dies in Ginny's arms covered in blood from grievous wounds received in
his heroic battle with Voldemort I'll bet you'll still be thinking
about it for a long time.  Suppose JKR wrote a conclusion that would
give Stephen King nightmares, now that would be an interesting thing
for a "children's writer" to do.

I suppose a compromise between your position and mine would be for JKR
to make Harry's fate a little ambiguous. Perhaps in the epilogue we'll
see an elderly Hagrid telling hid grandchildren:

"Harry just Disappeared. Vanished. That's the biggest myst'ry, see...
 he was gettin' more an' more powerful -- why'd he go? Some say he
died. Codswallop, in my opinion. Dunno if he had enough human left in
him to die. Most of us reckon he's still out there somewhere bidin'
his time." 

  Eggplant