How Will It End - Predictions from Keith Olbermann/ Harry giving up his magi
Annemehr
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Sat Jun 30 18:09:07 UTC 2007
No: HPFGUIDX 171059
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> >> Sandy:
> <SNIP>
> > However,
> Harry giving up
> > his magical powers, that mean so much to him, would be a very big
> sacrifice,
> > and a fit ending rather than having him die.
> <SNIP>
> Alla:
>
<snip>
> 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.
>
> Again, that is my vague recollection, I can be completely wrong,
but
> I also was thinking that it debunked the "Harry gives up his magic
at
> the end" ending completely in my mind.
Annemehr:
I found it by accident -- the 2005 Stephen Fry interview:
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/1205-bbc-fry.html
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SF: [...] I think that one of the current front-running endings - I'm
not sure if you're aware of this - as far as the betting goes, is
that Harry will finally defeat Voldemort at the expense of all his
own powers, and he will end by going into the world as an ordinary
Muggle. [JKR gasps theatrically] Which is an extraordinary idea.
JKR: It's a good ending.
SF: It is a good ending! You can borrow it if you like.
JKR: And be sued for plagiarism by about 13 million children.
SF: This is your problem, isn't it? You're not allowed to read
anything...
JKR [chuckling]: No, I'm not.
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It's a long interview, but this section is maybe about 1/4 to 1/3 of
the way down.
I'm also not sure it's quite as I remember it, though (I thought I
remember her saying "ooooh" or something of the sort) -- maybe the
idea was brought up again in another article?
Annemehr
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