[HPforGrownups] What's With All The Bloodlust?

[Katherine Coble]

No: HPFGUIDX 167005

I've been on this list for a long time now.  Mostly I'm all discussed- 
out, having hashed through most of the issues already.  But I'm  
continually amazed, and now kind of disappointed, at all of the posts  
which seem to be almost GLEEFUL in their hope that Harry die.

What do those of you who insist on this eventuality expect to gain by  
it?  Why the constant posts about how not only is it inevitable but  
those of us who do not hope for Harry's death are too foolish to  
appreciate Great Literature?

This last book is going to be hard on all of us.   We're die-hard  
fans for whom these books have become a sort of good friend.    
Regardless of any outcome in DH itself, the ending of these books  
will be a eucatastrophe for many of us.    Something we love is  
over.  Whether Harry dies or Harry lives, the series will have  
'died', in that it's lifespan will be over.

I think it's difficult enough for us to deal with the death of the  
series itself, that for many fans the death of Harry or certain other  
beloved characters is not something we like to ponder.

There are a lot of posts hitting my inbox over the last week which  
seem almost cruel in the relentless way they predict Harry's death.    
Why are those of you who write those posts so insistent on that point  
of view?  It seems like a lot of puppy-kicking.


Katherine