The editor was sobbing

[kristin1778]

No: HPFGUIDX 166891

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "va32h" <va32h at ...> wrote:

> 
> va32h here:
> 
> I have always 
> believed Harry would live, and seeing the covers I am more convinced 
> than ever. Harry has such an expression of hopefulness and expectation 
> on the US cover - he is not dying inside of any book with that cover, 
> IMO.
> 
> va32h
>

Kristin1778: 

My heart, definitely sank a bit when Levine mentioned sobbing. If he'd
just said he cried a little I wouldn't be nearly so worried, but
sobbing makes me think someone dear to a lot of us does die.

I think something we need to think about is how Rowling would view
Harry's death. We all think of dying, and we think horrible, tragic
ending, but what has Dumbledore been saying since the first book?
Death is nothing to fear, death is just another adventure, there are
worse things than death, etc... Voldemort's major weakness is that he
fears it so. I've suspected for sometime now that Harry's willingness
to lay down his life may be what does Voldemort in. 

Lots of us think Harry will have to make a sacrifice. Some people
think he'll lose his magic, others think he'll have to leave the
wizarding world. I kind of suspect Rowling would see both of those
things as more tragic for Harry than actually dying. In Harry's
universe, at least, there is an afterlife, you do go on. If Harry
dies, he'll be reunited with Dumbledore, Sirius, and his parents, and
in the fullness of time Ron and Hermione will join him. He'd be at
peace, and he'd finally have his family. In the epilogue she'd let us
know that his friends miss him, but appreciate that they are alive
because of his sacrifice and are helping each other to go on with
their lives. Now, I will be sobbing my eyes out over such an ending,
but I don't think Rowling would want us to see it as an unhappy ending to
the series.

Kristin