Percy instead of Fred

[Rowena Ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 175229

Hi,

I am new to this group but hardly new to yahoogroups. Here is the very short lowdown on me. I am 38 years young with 4 kids ages 15,13,11 and 2 and I've been a huge fan of the HP books since they came out. I have moderated lists on yahoogroups before in the genre of Star Trek and I run a scifi message board with monthly themes (this month is obviously Harry Potter as scifi and fantasy go hand in hand) for 5 years now. The conversation on Hp which is my current obesession has gone stale at my board (maybe just lacking a bit) so I am here! Now down to the nitty gritty.......

Book 7 SPOILERS BELOW************************







Percy should have been the one who died not Fred. Reason being, Percy had only recently made ammends with the Weasleys and was forgiven.His death would have been the ultimate sacrifice for his years of traitorous abandonment.

Neville should have been the auror NOT Harry because it truly would have shown the depths or rather leaps and bounds Neville made as he grew into a fine young wizard. His parents were aurors and Neville never thought he measured up but he did didnt he!?

Harry should have been the DADA teacher. I was sure this would happen but I figured he would play professional Quidditch for the Chudley Cannons (weren't they the underdogs with a really bad team? book 4) PERFECT for Harry.....

Ron an auror?? Yeah right.....nope I do not see it. I see him in a civil servant type job at the ministry like his father.

Hermione.....Id have liked to have seen her take on a job nobody would have expected like Care of Magical Creatures OR better yet diplomat of sorts between the different species, centaurs, giants, werewolves, mermaids and on and on.....Somebody to sort of take over for Hagrid in caring for the magical creatures but in a more Hermione way like diplomat.....My opinion.

Draco...I was dismally disappointed that Draco did not commit some unfathomable act in his father's eyes that helped the trio out in their moment of need. He did help and I won't point out all the examples because you all know but it wasn't direct enough for me. I had hoped in the Epilogue when they see Draco at the train station JKR would have surprised us and had Draco come over with a smile on his face and a friendly handshake. People can argue that that would not be very realistic that Draco and Harry and Ron would be friends but during great upheavals in peoples' lives people DO change whereas had none of book 7 happened it would be completely plausible that they would hate each other for the rest of their lives..It would have been a nice twist is all.

The Epilogue......I thought it was rather cheesy, but I like cheese. However...Id have rather seen the epilogue start off at a Quidditch match with Harry as Seeker and maybe even Ginny as Chaser and the game ends and Harry catches the Snitch and then comes over to the stands and hands the golden snitch over to Albus Severus and sitting next to them is Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione with their two children......that would have been ultimate CHEESE in my opinion...So Harry plays professional Quidditch and then retires and teaches at Hogwarts in defense against the dark arts and later becomes a wonderful headmaster following the footsteps of his mentor Albus Dumbledore..and all was well....The End.....

Of course I will have to live with the real version but I like this idea better.

JennyPenny