Predictions, Wishful Thinking & Anything But *That*...!

[eggplant107]

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Jen Reese" <stevejjen at ...> wrote: 

> Hagrid will die a noble death 
> in service to Harry 

Hagrid could die, but there are others that are far more likely to;
like Percy, Snape, Wormtail, Voldemort, and sorry to say, Harry. I
also predict that the people who have already died will stay dead;
Dumbledore will not suddenly jump up and yell "Surprise, I was only
joking!"

> No Weasleys will die during the
> writing of this book 

I think Percy will escalate from being a insensitive jerk into a full
blown traitor who tries to lure Harry to his death. I think he will
end up being killed by a member of his own family. If JKR doesn't do
this and makes Percy see the errors of his ways she would be ignoring
a very dramatic plot turn. And things like that really happen in civil
wars.   

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

Perhaps, but whatever that gleam was it is a 2 edged sword. A fraction
of a second after Dumbledore looked triumphant he looked tired and
defeated. My guess is he just thought of a way to kill Voldemort, but
then he realized it would mean Harry's death too.

> Harry Horcrux will prove to be a red herring 

Even if Harry is not a Horcrux there will certainly be a time when he
thinks he is.

> Snape and Lily had a connection.  

Yes I agree, and that's the real reason Snape hated James so much, he
got the girl. He hated Harry because he knew he could have been his
son but wasn't. 

> Voldemort will lure Harry with the
> temptation of hurting and/or
> murdering Snape

Yes I think that is entirely plausible.

> Harry will be *this* close to giving in
> to his feelings of hatred and revenge 
> when at the crucial last moment he will
> remember that his 'ability to love...is
> the only protection that can possibly 
> work against the lure of power like 
> Voldemort's' and he will stop himself.  

But I'm not so sure Harry will stop himself, Harry's hatred of Snape
has reached titanic proportions. In tragedy the hero needs one fatal
flaw that leads to his downfall,this could be Harry's. And remember
the title the last book will have, it's not "Harry Potter and the
Funny Little Bunny Rabbit".

Eggplant