[HPforGrownups] HeadMaster Snape & The Battle of Hogwart

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 164757

> Steve wrote
> ...
>
> --- PS/SS, Am Ed, PB, pg 68 ---
> Hagrid is speaking...
>
> "One of the only safe places left was Hogwarts. Reckon
> Dumbledore's the onl one You-Know-Who was afraid of.
> Didn't dare try taking the school, not just then,
> anyway."
>
> - - - end quote - - -
>
> It seem clear from the very beginning that Hogwarts
> was fair game. It was considered a strategic target in
> the battle for control of the wizard world; he who
> controls the school controls the students, he who
> controls the students controls the parent, and he who
> controls the parents controls the wizard world.
>
> ...
>
> So, I say Voldemort will gain control of the school, but
> Voldemort sees himself as far too important to waste his
> time dealing with a bunch of unruley students. So,
> logically, he will appoint his own Headmaster which of
> course will be Snape; some one experienced with, known
> to the students, and feared by them.
>
> Bada-Bing Bada-Boom -- Snape is Headmaster.
>
> ...
>
> Now the question is, will The Final Battle of Hogwart
> represent the climax of the book, or will it just be
> a minor battle along the way? Does this provide a
> way for Snape to finally prove that he is really on
> Harry's side?
> ...
>
> Still I've predicted so many battles and attacks for
> the last book, there hardly seems room for them all.
> Attack on Privet Drive, attack at the Weasley Wedding,
> maybe an attack on Grimmauld Place, attack to capture
> Hogwarts, attack to free Hogwarts, and of course, the
> final climatic battle scene. That's a lot of battles.


Kemper now:
I like your speculation and really don't have much to add except to
say that all those battles (which seem a reasonable prediction) AND
Horcruxes to be found and destroyed.  Ahh... lots for JKR to write.

Please, 5'3'' 103'' lb tweeny-Jesus, let the last book be a tome.

Kemper