Horcrus disposal (was Re: The List update)

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley"
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Neri wrote:
> 
> > 2. She's going to cheat big time. Say, Draco mentioned only in
> > passing, or the Hxs found and destroyed in one chapter each. 
> Prepare
> > for BIG disappointments.
> 
> Interesting, that you think it would be disappointing for Harry to 
 dispose of the Horcruxes quickly.  I take a different view.
> 
> I think JKR *could* write an interesting book in which a major 
element is a picaresque succession of Horcrux adventures.  It would 
be rather episodic.  However, it would IMO be seriously out of 
kilter with the rest of the series and the way it has been building 
up.  (Admittedly PS is very episodic, but the episodes are
different  from each other in character.)

Pippin:
I'm expecting something like GoF, where we had several self-contained
tasks, as a result of which Harry gained both the knowledge and the
confidence he needed to survive his confrontation with Voldemort.
Then we can end up with an epic confrontation.

An huge battle on the Hogwarts grounds would provide an arena in
which a great many characters could prove their worth, meet their
fate and fire off some of the Chekhov's guns all at once. Wormtail,
for example, could smash the case which holds Gryffindor's sword 
with his silver hand and throw it to Harry to use on Nagini, while 
meanwhile someone else is exercising magic late in life, the houses 
unite, and so on.

Voldemort's body vanished when he possessed Harry at the MoM.
If he were possessing Nagini and Nagini were killed, what would
become of him if his horcruxes had been destroyed?  If Voldemort is 
possessing Nagini when he dies, that will spare Harry having to kill
a human being.

I suspect Harry will inadvertently kill Voldemort too
soon, decide to chuck the last horcrux through the veil, and that's
when ESE!Lupin will try  to stop him.

Pippin