How Will It End - Predictions from Keith Olbermann/ Harry giving up his magi

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No: HPFGUIDX 170996

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:

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> Alla:
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> I was pretty sure I read this quote from JKR, but now I cannot find 
> it, so maybe somebody could help me.
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> Unless I am majorly confused, I seem to remember that interviewer 
> asked her about this ending , whether it is likely to happen that 
> Harry will give up his magic at the end, or something to this 
effect.
> 
> I also seem to remember that the answer was that this is a good 
> ending, but she does not want to be sued for stealing it from 
> fanfiction or something like that.
> 


Yes, I remember something like that as well.  I don't know if she 
said it would be a "good" ending or not.  I seem to recall her saying 
that it would be a "dramatic" ending.  Regardless, I also remember 
some statement to the effect that, dramatic or not, that wasn't the 
way things were likely to go.  I think it goes along with her 
statement that one is either magical or not, decided at birth 
(although that seems to cut against someone using magic late in life, 
doesn't it)?

Anyway, I also recall JKR reacting with surprise in an interview that 
people were taking her statement about Harry maybe not surviving 
seriously.  Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean much of 
anything -- she may have been caught out in a double bluff.  Anyway, 
I'm with Phoenixgod that Harry losing his powers would be in lots of 
ways more of a downer than Harry dieing.

We will see.


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