[HPforGrownups] Predictions, Wishful Thinking & Anything But *That*...! (Re: Satisfaction..)

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I'll hop on this train but I can't guarantee anyone's gonna like it, heh.

Jen:
> 1)  Peter will help Harry somehow with his silver hand but it might not
> be on purpose.  He's going to end up in Azkaban where he's belonged all
> along.

Sarah:
Azkaban (which doesn't seem too potent anymore, I can't imagine why
Lucius is still stuck there), dead, something along those lines.
Agree with the first sentence.

Jen:
> 2)  Hagrid will die a noble death in service to Harry and no, there's
> no hope we will be spared the Grawp grief scene.

Sarah:
Hagrid is definitely toast.  I hadn't given any thought to Griefy
Grawp, but thanks a lot for the image.  :)

Jen:
> 3)  No Weasleys will die during the writing of this book although one
> or two may be harmed.

Sarah:
I'd disagree here, but the problem is I can't specify who or how many.
 I will go out on a limb and say that at least Ginny and Bill probably
make it.  I don't know if it looks good for Ron, though.

Jen:
> 4)  The 'gleam of triumph' will prove to be something about Harry's
> blood that will come back to haunt Voldemort in the Locked Room.

Sarah:
Definitely something with the blood.

Jen:
> 5)  Lord Voldemort's demise will be "Voldemort in the Locked Room with
> Love" (hehe, that's from the Clue game if anyone plays).

Sarah:
Agree with the first two Clue cards.  I know Dumbledore said that it
was really just love and all, but I'm hoping beyond hope it can be
something just slightly more interesting and less of a no-brainer.
"Sacrifice/courage in the face of death" would be a good one, as would
"Soul."  As far as I can see, those are really the things Voldemort
doesn't have and Harry possesses in such great quantities, not love.

Jen:
> 6)  Harry will survive the locked room with his untarnished soul and
> the rest of him intact.

Sarah:
And here we have a parting of the ways.  :)

Jen:
> 1) Harry has a Voldemort soul-piece inside of him by some strange twist
> of magical fate that occurred at Godric's Hollow. (Heck, every other
> occurrence at Godric's Hollow was a never-before-seen phenomenon, so
> why not this one?).  Overlooking this possibility will prove to be
> Dumbledore's greatest emotional mistake to date.

Sarah:
Arguments against this are basically semantical to me at this point.
There are books and books of canon that Harry's forehead is related to
Voldemort.  This induces powers, dreams, visions, emotions, tactile
feelings.  Dumbledore in book two says that Voldemort put "a bit of
himself" in there.  If it's not a soul slice, it's as good as one.
And I think it has to come out.

Jen:
> Hopeful alternative:  Harry Horcrux will prove to be a red herring
> storyline similar to the one in OOTP when Harry thought he was the
> weapon.

Sarah:
Well, the prophecy was the MacGuff-- I mean, item everyone was worried
about, but only for information about Harry, so to me that's not a
herring.  Harry is and was the weapon.

Jen:
> 2) Snape and Lily had a connection.  I'm hoping for the potions buddy
> connection over a Snape infatuation and a Snape infatuation over an
> actual love affair.  If there was a love affair, my last line of
> defense is the hope that JKR won't actually *describe* their romance.

Sarah:
We are ITA here, and I'll go one step further.  My favorite idea is
that the "connection" is, Snape stole Lily's potions chops by writing
down what she did in class in his book.  This mitigates Harry's
"cheating" a little, because the potions stuff is Lily's anyway.  And
it lets the connection be not reciprocal.  Because a romance is TEW
EWW, so to speak.

[snip Jen's far out category to add some of my own]

1.  Nagini:  totally not a Horcrux.
2.  Not much interesting at Godric's Hollow, at least in terms of
treasure/relics.
3.  SPEW will rise again, much to everyone's boredom/annoyance.
House-elves probably all decide they want to be freed, due to
objectionable headmaster/mistress.
4.  Prophecy is really about three people
5.  Harry dies, Voldemort dies.  The other person in the prophecy
makes it.  *zips up flameproof jumpsuit*
6.  The "final battle" or whatever we're calling it, is probably not
at Hogwarts.  It may well be in the DoM as Jen posted, or of a bit
larger scope, across various venues in London.
7.  Snape will be more helpful to the good guys than the bad, but has
a self-centered technical reason for doing so.

Sarah.  Who knows lots of people have their reasons for swearing up
and down that Harry will never die, but still thinks you gotta break
eggs to make an omelette.  :)