DH: Longshot theories

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 169220

---  Bart Lidofsky <bartl at ...> wrote:
>
> Bart:
> OK, I'm going to open the discussion of longshot 
> theories for ... DH. ...
> 
> I'll start ... the "Deathly Hallows" refer to cries 
> from beyond the veil, including Sirius' (whose body 
> went there with him). 
> 
> Here's another: Canon has shown Percy to be obsessed 
> with obeying the rules imposed by authority. ... 
> Longshot prediction: Percy will die, heroically, 
> BECAUSE of his obsession with following the rules. 
> 
> Bart
>

bboyminn:

Prediction 1 -

How many times in the series have we heard that Voldemort
never attack Hogwarts because he feared Dumbledore? Well,
Dumbledore's gone now, that doesn't bode well for Hogwarts.

I say Hogwarts will be attacked, and Harry will have to
come to the rescue, but I think that will be a side plot,
not the climax of the story.

Prediction 2 -

Somehow the 'blocked secret passage behind the mirror'
will come into play in the Hogwarts rescue plot as
well might the Chamber of Secrets.

Prediction 3 -

I predict the Deathly Hallows are significant magical 
objects belonging to the Four Founders, some of which
happen to be Horcruxes, but the Horcrux aspect is 
irrelevant to the 'Hallows' aspect and further irrelevant
to the power they hold when combined. "Object of Power"
Theory.

Prediction 4 -

Harry will go behind the Veil with Voldemort. The Veil
is just too prominent not to ultimately be significant.
"Behind the Veil and Back" Theory.

Prediction 4a -

Sirius will return from behind the Veil with Harry.
Though I haven't worked out whether Sirius survives
the journey or not. 

Prediction 5 -
Harry will certainly move into the Black House. I know
he said he never wanted to go there again, but practical
considerations will make him change his mind. 

Prediction 6 -

This is really a long shot, but... Harry will not have
all the Horcruxes before his last encounter with
Voldemort, but it won't matter. Without realizing it,
Harry will have some other way to defeat Voldemort. 
Possibly tying into my elaborate 'Objects of Power'
theory.

Prediction 7 -

As much as I have sympathy and understanding for Percy,
I suspect he might just be forced into a situation
where he heroically gives his life and proves his 
worth. It could easily occur as you suggest, in some
way relating to Percy's love of the rule, or it could
be Percy breaking character and making some colossal
break with the formal rules that lead to his heroic
end.

Prediction 8 -

The locked Room of Love in the Department of Mysteries
will not be as significant as reader are predicting,
and may not enter the story at all. 

Prediction 9 -

This is very thin, but I can picture Draco coming to
live at the Black House. I predict an uneasy peace
between Harry and Snape, that leads Snape to turn 
Draco over to Harry for safe keeping. More a feeling
than anything I've worked out in detail.

Prediction 10 -

A huge aspect of the story, relating to Prediction 9,
will be the mystery of how Snape gets Harry to trust 
him again.

Prediction 11 -

Through a long series of events, Petunia will show 
Harry Dumbledore's original letter, and may even have
some other possessions of Lily and James to show Harry.

Harry need information, and his greatest source of 
information, Dumbledore, is now gone. I predict this
sharing between Petunia and Harry will be one way for
the author to move the story forward while filling in
some of the missing backstory.

Hope 1 -

I hope that Ron and Hermoine do spend time at the 
Dursley's; the comic potential is just too great to
pass up. 

I also predict that if Hope 1 comes true that Harry,
Ron, and Hermione will wisely and cautiously spend 
most of their free time at Mrs. Figgs, and away from
Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley which will suit them just
fine.

Hope 2 -

I hope Privet Drive is attacked, so that the Dursleys
have to seek refuge with Harry at the Black House.
Again, the comic potential is just too sweet. 


The problem with Predictions is that it's possible to
have too many of them. In just my suggestions alone
there is more than enough story to fill a book, and
yet the key and critical aspects of the story still
haven't been addressed. Hopefully JKR is better at
writing than I am at predicting.

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn