How Will It End - Predictions from Keith Olbermann

[missvassy]

No: HPFGUIDX 170846

> > Last night, on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, his number 
> > one story was on how DH will turn out.
> > 
> > I guess he plays our game as well (and I thought he just was making
> > fun of the Harry Potter series these last couple of years - HA! 
> > Closet HP fan, he is)
> 
> 
> zanooda:
> 
> The theory about Harry loosing his magic was discussed here not long 
> ago, but I still don't have a definite opinion :-). It's certainly 
> not how I want the book to end, but I suppose for me it would be 
> better than Harry dying.
> 
> I also think that even if this Olberman guy read HP books, he was not 
> very attentive, because he believes that Cruciatus is a killing 
> curse. Also, he seems to think that Basilisk was a Horcrux, if I 
> understand him correctly (big snake in the basement?)


MissVassy:
Ever since OotP and the encounter in the ministry, I have thought that
the veil was used by the ministry as a form of punishment for wizards.
 I believe that when you go through the veil, you lose your magical
powers and are banished from the magical world forever.  You no are no
longer recognised by anyone in the magical world, you are invisible to
them.  The worst part, is that you still keep your memories of what
your life was like in the magical world and can truly see what you
have lost.  Maybe this is what Dumbledore is talking about when he
says that there are things worse than death.  

I think Harry could very well sacrifice himself into a life unmagical
in order to save others and destroy Voldemort.  And to him, maybe a
world without magic, though hard at first, won't be so bad.  He isn't
the same person that he was before he went to Hogwarts.  He knows now
that he has worth and that he is a good person, capable of making
friends and giving and receiving love.  He also can start anew, in a
world that doesn't know him as "The Boy Who Lived" or "The Boy Who
Destroyed He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named."  FOr him, it might not be a
punishment, it might be a reward and a release.  

I might be wrong on this, but I think we are definitely going to learn
more about the veil and it's purpose.

I do think that Keith Olberman is a little off on his Harry Potter
knowledge, but then he just might not have read them as thoroughly as
all of us.  I gotta give him props though for supporting a theory I
have had for years.