King's Cross - Harry's party

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 175780

>
> lizzyben:
>
> In looking for a happy Snape ending, I came across one fan story w/a
> much more satisfying ending to "King's Cross". After Harry leaves the
> station, DD is left behind in the station with the crying, suffering
> baby. He ignores it & sits somewhere else, watching many many people
> pass through the station. They all get onto the train, but DD cannot &
> he doesn't understand why. He waits for years & years, & it becomes
> more & more difficult for him to ignore the baby's cries. Finally, he
> picks up the baby, and comforts it, and takes it onto the train with
> him. He had to show compassion in order to finally get on the train.
> This little story was so much more satisfying than the end of DH.


montims:
I keep reading things about other people being at "King's Cross", as though
this is where everybody goes when they die...  It was quite clear to me from
DH that this is the place *Harry* chooses, because it is right for *him*.

When he tells DD where it is (P. 570, UK version): "King's Cross station!"
Dumbledore was chuckling immoderately.  "Good gracious, really?"  "Well,
where do you think we are?" asked Harry, a little defensively.  "My dear
boy, I have no idea.  This is, as they say, your party."

Later, p.579, it is made clear that the whole scene was happening inside
Harry's head.

What I'm trying to say is that, if we follow JKR's rules, a person near
death will go in their head to a white misty place, which will resolve
itself into a place which has meaning for the dying person.  That will not,
except in rare cases, be King's Cross...  I believe.


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