What's With All The Bloodlust?

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 167011

Katherine Coble <k.coble at ...> wrote:

> 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.

Actually there aren't all that many posts wishing Harry would die,
just mine. If Harry were a real person I would be a monster to wish
death on a very nice boy like Harry, but he's not real. As a fictional
character his only duty is to entertain us, he has absolutely no right
to be happy unless it pleases us, the readers. I happen to think the
best way for Harry to entertain us is to die, heroically of course.
Yes I know, you'll say you could best be entertained by Harry living
and being happy, and I think you believe it, but I don't think it's
really true. If Harry lives happily ever after you'll smile as you
read the last page of the last book, but 48 hours later Harry will be
completely out of your thoughts. But if Harry dies, a character you've
loved for many years, well, that will stay with you. I'm not
predicting this but sometimes late at night I wake up and wonder if
JKR will take it up to a even higher notch; not only will Harry die
but Voldemort will win. 

But I could be dead wrong about that, believe it or not I've been
wrong before (more than once actually!), perhaps JKR will write a
great book and Harry will live happily ever after; but I don't think
I'm wrong. We'll know on July 21.

> It seems like a lot of puppy-kicking.

I would gladly kick FICTIONAL puppies all day long if a way could be
found to make it interesting, but that would take a literary genius of
Shakespearean caliber. 

So does that prove I'm guilty of blood lust? Yea, I guess it sort of
does. I'll tell you one thing, I hope Quentin Tarantino directs the
last movie and he renames it "Dirty Harry".

Eggplant