Predictions for the End (what I think, hope and know)

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Betsy Hp:
When DH finally comes out, this is the post that will either give me 
reason to gloat or force me to eat some crow.  A breakdown of what 
I'm sure will happen, what I think will happen, and what I hope will 
happen. 


Things of Which I'm Smugly Sure:  
(Yeah, this is what'll come back to bite me if I'm wrong <g>)

-- Voldemort will be defeated.  (What? I'm going out on a limb here! 
You got to give me an easy one.)

-- Harry will defeat Voldemort.  He may have a bit of help, but in 
the end, I'm sure it'll all come down to Harry.

-- Harry will live.  Happily ever after, however Harry (or JKR) 
defines it, with magical abilities intact and all of his surviving 
friends.  (Yes, OBHWF for all. :/ )

-- Draco Malfoy will play an important role in helping the good guys 
beat Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Oh, and he'll survive.

-- Snape is, and has been for the course of the books, solidly and 
unwaveringly DDM.  Oh, I'm sure there were moments of "You want to 
who?  With the what?!?"  But that just goes with the territory of 
working with Dumbledore.  Snape never considered leaving the old guy.


Trends I Suspect Will Play Out:
(This is more my sense of how the story beats will play out, so it's 
all a bit vague.  This stuff will more nibble than anything. <g>)

-- I suspect the final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort will 
be quite private and solitary: think diary!Tom vs. Harry in CoS.

-- I suspect Harry is a Horcrux, or at least, I think his scar might 
be.

-- I still think someone we think is good will turn out to be working 
for Voldemort.  No real solid clue on who though.

-- Somehow the four houses of Hogwarts working together will be a key 
to defeating Voldemort (finding the horcruxes maybe?).

-- I'm pretty sure both Hermione and Ron will survive the end of the 
series.

-- If a contemporary of Harry dies, my money is on either Neville or 
Luna.  (I lean more towards Neville.)

-- If Snape actually killed Dumbledore, he'll for sure die.  If not, 
he might, *might* live.

-- There's a link of some sort between Snape and Lily (fingers 
crossed it's friendship and not romance).  I suspect Aunt Petunia 
will give Harry a clue on that.


Stuff I'd Love To See (but I'm not holding my breath):
(This is just my wishes and dreams: no real bites, but no real 
gloating either.)

-- Percy was a spy for Dumbledore all along.

-- One of the twins has gone bad through greed or something like that.

-- Hermione is knocked down a peg or two, and conversely Ron gets a 
bit more self-confident.

-- For some odd reason, I'd kind of like the Malfoys to come out 
alright.  Maybe because Draco worked so hard for their safety in HBP.

-- I'd love for Snape to get a happily ever after.


So there it is.  Only a few months to find out just how crazy I am. 
<g>

Betsy Hp