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Harry Potter, hmmm rings a bell I guess.

Harry Potter, hmmm rings a bell I guess.

Please tell me you're just pulling my leg.

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Harry as a horcrux... interesting. I'll have to reread about horcruxes. I think my Harry Potter books are in Canada, though. Hmmm... a use for used bookstore cupons?

Love is probably the key, but I'll be a bit disappointed if it is that simplistic. If it's love, I hope there is some major twist to that theme.

Will Harry die? Hunh. I have a theory. Ron will die and Harry will have to find some way to keep love in his heart and keep living instead of descending into guilt and dispair. Ok, maybe not. The idea that Harry sacrifices himself and Ron and Hermione get married and have a baby they name Harry is probably more likely.

Love to discuss Harry Potter. My husband read two pages of book one and insists that the whole thing is about people in purple cloaks. On a major Harry day, I just can't take it!

When the last book came out I ran out and bought it. My son was like "Thanks for buying me that book" and I said "Sorry kid, I bought it for me but you can read it when I'm done". At least I read fast.

I don't think Harry will die. I think Harry will destroy Voldemort. And everyone will live happily ever after.

Maybe ALL the bad guys can die, Snape, Malfoy Jr. and Sr., the always horrible Dursleys. Of course, you know there are fates worse than death. Maybe J.K. will leave an open ending, you know the evil that you think is dead but it's still there. Just like the last time, they thought Voldemort was gone but he really wasn't.

All I know is that I want to be a wizard and go to Hogwarts. I want Dumbledore (and Richard Harris) to be resurrected. I absolutely need Hagrid to live. I love Hagrid.

I don't have many opinions on this because.. well, the options are just too limitless. But I'll state the opinions i have that are the strongest.

A) I think Harry will die. I mean, J.K.Rowling wants this to be her last book. Do you honestly think that if she leaves him alive and an open ending that the book publishers will just leave it at that? She's made entirely too much money for too many people. Plus, what kind of life could Harry possibly hope to have after dealing with the dismay and adventure that is his life?

I don't know about the horcrux thing. Part of my analytical mind says that it is a really good twist in the possibility if he is.

C) I don't think Snape is a bad guy. After the whole "when a man murders another, part of his soul splinters and dies" speech.. what would Dumbledore do to ensure that not even ONE (Draco) student puts himself in that kind of situation. Snape and Dumbledore had many meetings that Harry nor anyone else was privy to. I don't believe Snape is Volemort's man, I believe he had specific instructions that to keep one of the students from harming himself, he was to kill Dumbledore. Besides, he'll still be around in portrait form, to give advice. And in order for Snape to remain in the good graces of Voldemort and be believable, then everyone would HAVE to believe he murdered Dumbledore.

D) Everything else.. well, I can't even begin to speculate.

Does anyone else think that maybe still Neville Longbottom has a lot more to do with this than anyone has guessed? I know, I know.. the whole "But Harry, you bear the mark" part.. I just can't help but feel that Neville has a bigger part to play.

As an educator, I know this is horrible, but I just CANT get into HP. I tried reading the first book, and I even gave it my fifty page rule...and I was bored out of my skull.

I'm more of a historical fiction kind of a girl than sci-fi or fantasy though...

I guess I'm boring that way.

I love harry potter! I like the idea of harry being a horcrux, that's an interesting thought. I think, as much as i don't want to, Ron and Hermione are going to die. That's the closest thing Harry has to family left. First they killed his god father, then the closest thing he had to a father figure, and now his brother and sister. And I think he'll have to fight whether he's going to be like Voldemort and let that hate consume him. I have no idea what the deathly hallows are, we'll have to wait and see!

oh yeah, and with harry being a horcrux, the prophecy said that either harry or voldemort has to die, so maybe if harry is a horcrux he'll sacrifice himself to destroy voldemort. Just another thought I had.

I read the first three voraciously. Unfortunately, I haven't kept up with the rest.

I guess one day I might get myself into them again.

A) I think Harry will die. I mean, J.K.Rowling wants this to be her last book. Do you honestly think that if she leaves him alive and an open ending that the book publishers will just leave it at that?

Actually, yes I do.  For 2 reasons.  One is ego.  She may want it to be over, but then fame is addictive, so she may want to write number 8 in a few years.  And 2 is, if he was going to die, it would have leaked by now. 

But please, dont anyone buy stocks on my advice either!  Just a guess.

Harry as a horcrux: It does make sense for him to be a horcrux. If a horcrux is something that holds part of Voldemort's soul, then Harry should be one. After all, Harry speaks Parsletounge becuase Voldemort does. Harry has some of Voldemort's powers because they were transfered into him. He also has special sight into Voldemort, which means it would also make sense. However, if part of Voldemort's soul was in Harry, shouldn't Voldemort have been able to touch Harry? or is love that much more powerful than a part of someone's soul?

I also think it's too obvious. She's fooled me plenty of times -- misdirection is all over these books. However, she also makes some things painfully obvious (Like Remus Lupin. The name just screams werewolf, yet I didn't get it for a while. I felt like an idiot!) I can't decide if it's obvious because it's true, or if it is obvious because she's misleading me.

I can see Harry dying as well. If "love conquers all" then Voldemort can only be killed by a sacrifice of some sort -- just as he was before. If Harry uses the killing curse, that will splinter part of his soul. I don't think he can do it. Sure, he's tried to, but he hasn't been able to. However, if a great sacrifice is called for, then I can see Harry sacrificing himself to save others.

Also, a little known, interesting fact. In old Chinese lore, there is a general called Running Weasel who was very good at chess and was killed by a yellow rat. Now, I haven't been able to find any proof of this legend, but if it is true, Ron could be killed by Peter Pettigrew. It would make sense... but lord I hope not. If Ron has to die, I don't want Wormtail doing it. That would be too wrong.

Also, what's up with the mirror? You know the one -- the one Sirius gave Harry in book 5, but Harry didn't open the package until the end of the book. Anyone else think this is going to be important later?

I think Harry and Voldemort both die battling it out.  We all know they are linked and I think if one dies, the other dies too.

Harry potter... was he not the col. on M.A.S.H. THE TV SERIES?

If you were a true M*A*S*H fan, you would know his name is Sherman T. Potter.

I'm rolling my eyes while laughing.

Dont forget the "swoop" in the T.

And you have to say it in the "Potter" nasal voice. (Did anyone else see that episode of MASH the other night where Klinger is trying to copy Potter's signature?)

Congrats on your 100th! I like Harry Potter but only the movies so I'm not as versed as you guys!

I haven't read the books in a while....I suppose I'll buy the new one and have a HP marathon....

Forever: Yeah, if you've only watched the movies, you won't be as "up to snuff" as I am... but that's ok. All of the movies will be released eventually. Or, you could read the books...

Life: You should! I think marathons are the best things in the world. I love having movie marathons, as well as book marathons. You learn so much when you watch/read everything back to back.

My favorite movie was the third one. I thought that director was fabulous. The fourth movie didn't really do it for me.

The first one was really annoying. I blame Christopher Columbus the director for that. I enjoyed the way they made Hogwarts appear but... I dunno. Something was off for me.

JKR is such a wonderfully creative writer. I cannot believe she will kill off Harry, but you can bet it will be some very interesting and hair raising twisting that goes on. I am on the edge of my seat. Well, almost.

I love JKR because she takes the old fairy tale structure and inverts it. The typical fairy tale / fantasy story follows a certain structure, "1. A prophecy is made concerning the hero. 2. The Hero is born. 3. The Hero is abandoned / an attempt is made on the Hero's life. 4. Skip childhood and go straight to adolescence. 5. preparation stage. 6. Entrance of donor." and so on and so forth. All of these things have happened to Harry Potter, but we didn't hear about the prophecy until book 5! That's so cool. She's done other stuff too, but I'm pretty tired right now, and I can't think straight without sleep. However, if someone asks, I would be willing to expound further. (Who am I kidding? I'm going to write about it whether anyone cares or not, because I'm that much of a dork)

I have this weird theory that Draco Malfoy will have a change of heart and sacrifice himself to save Harry.
I know, it sounds pretty weird...

OT:  Have you seen that they are publishing a new LOTR book?  The Children of Hurin?

I actually don't think it's that strange. A few books ago, the Sorting Hat's song implied that the only way to overcome the great evil was for all of the houses to unite. While having Draco turn from the "dark side" may be a bit too Star Wars, it is still a good possibility. After all, he couldn't kill Dumbledore.



Yeah, Barnes&Nobel sent me a coupon for it, and Amazon has it listed #1 on my recommendations page. It's scary how much they know about me... After I wrote that whole "Tolkien's not coming out with any new books" thing, I remembered about the Children of Hurin. I don't think I'll buy it, but wait and ask for it for Christmas. For some reason, having other people buy it for me makes me feel less geeky.