Why not Actually Re-Write? Just for fun.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 180259

---  "va32h" <va32h at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> 
> > So, what if we speculatively rewrite the books, in fact, why
> > don't we all do it right now?
> 
> va32h:
> 
> Well I've mentioned before that I rewrote the whole darn thing,
> which was really a very fun and therapeutic process. 
> 
> One of my first changes was letting Hedwig live; Harry sets 
> her free with the admonish to take care of herself and come
> looking for him again when it's safe.  I just found it hard 
> to believe that Harry - who had been cruelly confined so much
> of his life - would keep Hedwig penned up in a cage once he 
> was free of the Dursleys.
>

bboyminn:

Oh, on this I agree, how many times has Harry let Hedwig loose
only to have Hedwig show up on her own at Harry's new location.
She found him at Diagon Alley (the Leaky Cauldron in POA), she
found him at Grimmauld Place, why not just let her go and say 
come fine me when it is safe.

Makes perfect sense to me.

Even though I have long predicted Hedwig's death, it didn't
make it any less painful when it happened. And in some sense
I feel cheated. Things were happening so fast and furious in
those moments and in the time after, there really wasn't time
to stop a grieve for Hedwig. She was just gone.

I suspect that's the way it is in real war too. One minute
the soldier next to you is there, then he is gone, but the
battle rages on and there is no time to stop an grieve, and
so, you never really do your grieving. I think that is a
factor in Post Tramatic Stress Disorder, unresolved grieving.

That's OK, I've decided in my universe Hedwig is still alive. 

Steve/bboyminn