In an interview, JKR said that she don't want anyone to have any series after the 7th book of HP. That is why she had to kill some of the characters which she may also don't like to kill them. So, I think it is logic to conclude that:

Firstly, Voltermolt MUST (yes, it is a strong word to me) die. If Voltermolt stay alive, the might be books about how other wizards and witches fighting with him.

Secondly, Harry MIGHT (I don't want him to die either) die. If Harry stay alive, there might be story about his future. Maybe his life as an auror.

Thirdly, either Ron or Hermoine WILL die. We know that they care about each other (to me I feel that), if both stay alive, there might be story about their love and relationship. Even more advanca, about their child. Hehe...

So? How you guys think about what i had said?

of course i don't want any of the weasleys to die but if one has to go it can be percy he is a prat anyways
its a possibity that LV(scum) will use ginny again but i doubt he will kill her he needs her alive to lure harry if he goes that way again (whole sirius thing)

I'm thinking that Harry and Hermione will die in book 7. (They will go off, hand in hand, to a bigger and better place [i.e. Heaven] together! )

I'm guessing the character that JKR has reprieved is Ron. I had always thought that Ron would die in the final book. Now, I'm not so sure.

It's also possible that the character that JKR has reprieved is Draco. Quite possible! But, I still think that Ron will survive and Harry and Hermione will die.

Hey Im MissPotter and im really looking forward to the seventh bookundefined

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hi guys, i'm new here, but i read some of the opinions and i wanted to post an opinion of my own =]

Well, to me, i have a gut feeling that Harry may die. But the only thing is, if you notice how the books are written, they follow Harry (and ONLY harry)."Following Harry" meaning that the book only says his feelings.
If Harry died, how would the books continue? When your dead, your dead.

Unless.. Harry turns into a spirit (or a ghost)? JK Rowling has said (vaguely) that she wouldnt want to write a sequel to the HP Series, so she's kind of saying that Harry may die, but for some reason it just doesnt seem probable to me. Its a hard feeling to describe, but what do you guys think:

Could Harry come back as a spirit?

That's right, if Harry survives others authors could write others novels about him, so JKR would make die Harry. But it could be a mistake too: in fact it happened with Sharlock Homes too: the author made live again his character because fans's critics.

However I don't want to guess if Harry will die or survive (obviously I hope he will survive )but in my opinion I think that Snape could be one of the two characters:why would he returne to Voldemort if he betrayed him? Surely LV will kill him.
Beside since Harry's first year Snape defenced Harry. Why change he his direction?To follow the Dark Lord?
It has not sense...what do you think about it?

Ok, I'm gonna be brief. I think that this will be a bitter-sweet ending. Voldemort will die, Harry will triumph. But after all the deaths, all the struggles the characters had to go through, can they really, truly be happy and celebrate the end of the Dark Lord?
One thing I'm almost 100% sure about - Voldemort will die. JKR can't let him live; then the other 6 books would be sort of pointless (harsh word, but oh well), wouldn't they? I just don't see it happening.

i say harry will sacrifice his life somehow to kill LV and save everyone else-- it will br the tyipical Harry Potter ending

Well, well, well. Haven't we been a busy bunch? Lots of interesting thoughts and opinions since I last visited. I have stated before my opinion that Harry would die. It's almost a must, given yes she will not be writing any more HP books and she doesn't want anyone else penning Mr. Potter for her. If she kills Harry off, there is no chance of sequels or non-author stories popping up. Although she does enjoy reading the fan writings on Mugglenet.com, she says so on her official website. But, just because there will be no more HP books, doesn't mean that there won't be more books about Hogwarts. Anyway, speaking of HP, there has been lots of speculation about Harry having his mothers eyes bieng important. What are your thoughts on this? I personally think that Harry having his mothers eyes might be important because of Severus Snape. Or perhaps Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail). Perhaps an unrequitted love? Snape secretly obsessed with her, but because she was muggle born not wanting to persue her? Also, if you remember, Harry saved Pettigrew's life, making yet another magical connection with one of Voldemorts cronies. James Potter saved Severus Snape, so there is also a magical connection there as well. Remember somewhere in one of the books it states that when a wizard saves another wizard, a magical debt is owed. Dumbledore said this to Harry at some point. I think these connections will prove very important in book 7. Also Draco Malfoy has an important role. Perhaps Voldemort kills Lucious for his mistakes in the Dept. Of mysteries? Causing Draco to want revenge, so he decides to play double agent like Snape did? I don't know. Should be interesting to see how JKR ties up her loose ends.

You all know how to get me thinking! It was an interesting thought that JK could possibly write another book about Hogwarts and other characters. Personally, I wouldn't be interested in reading another book without Harry in it, especially if it is about what happens after Harry dies.

I would be very interested in reading about DD as a youth or about when James and Lily were at Hogwarts. But I think I remember someone saying that JK has said that she wouldn't write any books about past events. Any one else remember hearing this?

Wow - lots of cool ideas. I'm really not sure how it will end. There's no doubt of course that Voldemort will die, there's no way that J.K.Rowling would have him win. I can really see Harry dying and in a sense I almost want him to. It's not that I hate his character in any sense it's just that I can't really see him being very happy after going through so much drama in his life. As well as that it would help to ensure that no author would write a spin off series about him a couple of decades (which I don't think any of us would be able to stand). So I think that Harry's scar will be a horcrux and in order to destroy it (the final horcrux) Harrry has to be killed. But I also really like MDAL's thoughts about how Harry has his mother's eyes, I've never really been able to figure out how they would be important but their theory really does make sense.
Basically, in the end of the story I think that Neville will be the student that is now teaching at Hogwarts. If Harry lives I'd love to see him become an Auror. Not sure about everyone else... Ron and Hermione getting together I suppose, Ginny I don't really care about but I wouldn't mind if she ended up with Harry. I hope that JKR will give Luna Lovegood an interesting fate as well.

i think LV will die and Harry And Ginny will get back together and Ron and Hermione will get together and it is about time for that...i have a feeling that Hadgrid is going to die in Book 7 and i dont think Sirius Is really died he will come back.....

First and foremost, I would like to say that whether or not JK kills Harry a "spin off" of the series could always occur. People have quite the imagination and could come up with some way that Harry can come back to life. So I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that by killing Harry, JK ends any possibility of a "spin off." As for my other thoughts, I just finished reading the third book and I read the part about Peter Pettigrew having a connection to Harry. I think this will be extremely important especially because of this statement by Dumbledpore on the subject,"The time may come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew's life" (427). Also Dumbledore says,"You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us...Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself most plainly when you have need of him" (427-428). Maybe this will play some importance as well. And I have one more thought. I think Neville will play a very big part in the last book. I don't know why but I just have this feeling that he does.

I don't have any speculations, but I do have 2 notes for you all to consider.

It sounds pretty much like JK will be killing Harry. She said she doesn't want anyone writing sequels after she dies. (case in point: sequel to "Gone with the Wind" written after the author died because the author didn't kill off Scarlet O'Hara) To me, this says that she's killing Harry to make sure there's no unauthorized sequels. But I hope the following consoles a few of you just a tiny bit:

1. She may kill Harry, but don't assume she is killing a young Harry! Maybe she ends the book with Harry getting old and he dies of old age!

2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes (he got sick of the character). There was such an uproar that he was forced to bring him back. And so he did. Tales can always be written to weave explanations around so-called deaths.....

I guess Harry will die...maybe JKR intends to end it that way...Voldy'll definitly be eliminated though! In my opinion...Harry and Ginny's relationship is over...since i don't believe that Harry has enough time to spend with Ginny...especially after what he said to her in the last chapter of the HBP also because a dark and treacherous journey lies ahead...which involves the destruction of Horcruxes, Voldemort and the evil web he has spun in the wizarding world!!! Although i'm pretty sure that Ron and Hermione will accompany him in this quest...cuz he didn't really refuse them in the end of the HBP!!

Maybe Harry will end up like Dumbledore: a very great and powerful wizard, but also alone. Are any of the Hogwarts professors married?

I've been thinking all along that Harry would die, but last night another totally off the wall idea popped into my head. Harry will defeat Voldemort and life but....he will lose his wizard abilities and become Just Harry again...a common ordinary Muggle with some rather unusual friends.

I also think that if Harry lives he will have to sacrifice his magical powers. Or to defeat Voldemrt he will have to sacrifice a close friend.
If none of these things happen, then I think he will become an extremely powerful wizard, like Dumbledore. I wouldn't be suprised if he becomes headmaster at Hogwarts.

i believe at the end of the book

dumbledore will fart

and harry will say

"ouch that hurt my scar stinky stinky stinky scar"
[Mod Note] Fast has been punished, feel free to continue everybody; thanks.

Hi! I'm new here and I wanted to say what I thought.

I think that Harry and Ginny stay together and that Ron and Hermonie get together.
During the final battle Harry kills Voldemoert who kills Snape before that because voldemort found out what he was doing for Dumbuldore before he was killed by snape. Ginny and Hermonie both rush to help Harry even though Ron trys to stop them but they didn't listen so they get baddly hurt but they don't die.

I think that Neville will have his glory day and save a bunch of people but end up dieing. I don't think Snape is evil, i think that he had to kill Dumbledore so Voldemort wouldn't see he was really on the good side. I think Snape really is trying to protect Harry but won't lead on how much cares for him because of his dad. I think that Dumbledore knew about the unbreakable vow and knew he would die, cause in the sixth book Hagrid over hears Snape and Dumbledore arguing and tells him he has to go through with it. I think that Harry and Ginny will stay together not matter what he says. Ginny might even be one of two that will end up dieing that wasn't intented because JKR never gives Harry a break.

hi

just wanted to add my thoughts.......

lupin will kill wormtail
snape will die saving draco
tonks will die in battle
arthur will die in battle
percy will die saving other family members
ron declares his love for hermione
neville teaches at hogwarts
harry triumphs over voldemort
and they all live happily ever after

of course we can only guess and hope our favourites survive

roll on july 2007

no i recon that harry and ginny wont get together in book 7. because they broke up and harry was pretty determined not to give in to her.
i rekon there will be a new character who harry should fall in love with his one true love,
ahhhhhhhhhh how sweet
i do not think harry should die a virgin,
and i am pretty sure that hes gunna die along with voldemort at the end of the book.

also i rekon that j.k will write in a curvier role model who is heroic, after the media speculation over her being a hipocrite about stick thin role models. maybe harrys girlfriend????

just a thought
xxhpno1fanxx

Ginevra Potter-



I think you are right about harry and voldemort both dying. i sorta think that either harry will kill himself because i believe he may be a horcrux but is killing voldemort at the same time. like my cousin gave me the idea that harry is going to go to the department of mysteries and drag him and voldemort through the veil. She could be right, she could be wrong.. also i think they may have to kill neville. any ideas?

I think that either harry will severely weaken voldy and neville will kill him, or vice versa. neville will be a hero but might die
I am obviously a harry ginny shipper and my hope is that at the end either hermione or ginny will be pregnant, but i think that there is another thread on this topic so I won't say much also because i doubt jo will put teen pregnancy into a book that is kind of a classic.

oh and if it weren't a kid's book I would think crabbe and goyle were gay.

I think it's pretty obvious that at the end Snape is going to save Harry before dying horribly at the hands of Voldemort. It will then make the reader feel really badly about his death. JK's been building a really confusing picture of Snape for six books now and i think just to make it more interesting she will contradict our suspicions and instead make Snape good.

I think it will all end at Hogwarts though. If Harry's not returning for his last year then the school will play some part somewhere and what could be more interesting than have Harry and Voldy fight it out in a place where they both think they know everything. eg. they have both been to Chamber of Secrets, Harry has the Mauraders map, both know secret passageways etc. JK has riddled the books with secret places that the triop have discovered and we know that Voldy has discovered alot of the castle. What was the point of this if they didnt play some sort of part in the final book?

In the end Voldy will die and Harry will (probably) live. I can't see her killing off her main character.

I think that (when Sirius thought to have been killed), Lupin stopped Harry from going near him as he thought Sirius may have come back again. He didn't want Harry to see him because if he had come back to life and continued to fight the Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries, Sirius could have died again, meaning an even slimmer chance of Harry seeing him again.

i think that voldermort is going to kill harry
and then ginny will kill voldermort

hi
i hope that ron and hermione will get together at the very end of the 7 book
And sirius wont realy be dead and ginny will end up killing voldermort

ok here's a twist...harry or neville could have either been the chosen 1, what about someone else? or what if the chosen one hasn't been born yet? tonks and lupin have defied voldemort (or at least his followers) three times. they could have a child born in july.
oh and mr and mrs weasley have defied voldy plenty of times, and we don't know what month ginny is born in. of course harry is the actual 'chosen' one, because voldy chose him, but if neville could help, so could another kid who was a possible candidate for the role of the 'chosen one'. just a thought

I do believe that Harry and Voldemort will die. Harry has to die because as JK said, And it is so utterly true that if Voldemort didn't die, JK Rowling would receive tons of hate mail and the world would be crying for eternity.

Hey you guys. great ideas! I think that Harry will die, because it feels as if he will fight voldy and lose. But that is just my own personal opinon. lol. My opinion is that he will find the horcruxes and get a stab at killing voldemort, but lose in the end. and someone else will help him finish voldemort off. perhaps hermione? or ron? if of course he doesn't die before that incident. well, i wish harry good luck

~annietheking

I believe that in the end when harry has destroyed the horcruxes that someone close to voldemort will help harry given to a life oath "maybe somebody by name of peter pettigrew"

tell me how this sounds im new here
thank you for listening
Hagrid09

i am very anxious to see how the pettigrew life oath comes into play in book 7. It is possible that he will, towards the end of the book, help Harry in vanquishing LV or one of his horcruxes. Maybe he will save him from one of the Horcrux traps along the way.

I do think that Harry will die in the end tho, maybe from a fatal wound he will sustain during the final battle with LV but LV will die first.

Well from just finishing Half Blood Prince a week ago, ( i was a little late to get onto the Harry Potter boat) That Harry, Ron, Hermione (sorry I can never remember how to spell her name.) will in fact be joined by not only Ginny but Neville and Luna who were the only truly devoted members of the DA besides our trio. They will find the remaining horcruxes, Harry will not be one them. Harry and Ginny's relationship will be apart of Book 7 as well as Ron and Hermione relationship. I see that most of all the key players of both sides will die thous ending the series the way the author wanted and no one else can pick up the story from there. I wish there would be a happy ending but we all know the author is not a fan of happy endings. Thats to to say that LV wont end up defeated in the end just no good guys to celebrate. Neville will probably get revenge for his parents buy killing Bellatrix, Harry's revenge for his parents, friends buy defeating LV but not before LV can strike the Final Blow to Harry. Snape will seem on LV side until he completes the last thing DD wanted him to do, save Harry by saving Harry though Snape with have give his life for it. Draco will to the Light side (tying not to sound like Star Wars) after the murder of his parents by the hands of LV. Hogwarts will open with limited classes and less students probably no first years this year. I can see Hermione or Tonks teaching Transfiguration and either Neville or Harry teaching DADA. I know my thoughts are jumbled on here, I'm just typing as they come to me. Well its not much but tell me what you think?

A few people have said that JK likes to kill off her characters and doesnt like happy endings. This is a load of old crock!!!

JK has killed off relatively few characters in the books. The only reason that people thinks she likes doing it and is willing to sacrifice everyone (and therefore will be killing off harry, which i dont believe by the by) is that she has killed off major characters.

Sirius and Dumbledore are the only two biggies that have been chopped and that was for a perfectly legit reason; it furthered the story. Harry needs to be on his own in book seven and by killing off those two it meant he had no other adult protectors and therefore the last battle would truly be between him and voldemort. Some people have argued that Cedric was a big character but when you think about it his major role was in book 4 and that was only as a triwizard competitor. His main role in the book was to die and to introduce voldemort to the reader as the evil being that he is by killing someone at the moment of his reintroduction to the reader.

The other deaths, eg Amelia Bones, were very minor roles who we only knew of and had not formed a firm relationship with yet.

JK has already said that she is killing off two major characters in the last book. Who are they? They could be two of at least a dozen people. The whole Weasley family, Hermione, Hagrid, Lupin, Tonks, Draco Malfoy, Snape (who i think will defo get the chop while saving harry's life), Neville, Luna etc. There are alot to choose from and i think these people can surely be called main characters. People may be picky and say the trio are the main characters but i think that the circle has widened to these people and JK has made them very important through the last few books and therefore they should be included.

In the end Harry won't die. What would be the point in writing seven books and making the world care about a certain fictional boy if you are just going to kill him off on the last page of the last book? The whole thing is pointless. The previous deaths will merely add to this happy ending as well as Harry will have achieved what previous characters have not and has evaded death.

Actually, after I read the 6th book, I thought that perhaps Harry and Hermione would die...no idea why..just thought that. And then after some speculation and thought, I believed that Harry and Voldemort would die at the end. That would certainly make it a bittersweet ending. But then what I said contradicts the prophecy.

Maybe Harry lives and Voldemort dies but someone has to sacrifice their life or something for Harry to live...i have no idea...just my opinion.

All I can say is that its very plausible that the book will have a tragic ending.

Just my 2 cents on some things Karoleena said:

There is a difference between a "major" character and a "main" character. JK was quoted as saying she was killing a "major" character. You are right - a "major" character could include one of any number of people that you listed and then some.

If JK said she was killing a "main" character then that would be Harry because Harry is the one and only "main" character. Unless you're reading a Mary-Kate and Ashley book, stories generally only ever have one "main" character.

And yes, I also agree that JK doesn't favour "unhappy endings". Think about it, haven't all six books up until now had "happy" endings? Did Harry not escape and live on? I'm not sure how anyone can say she doesn't like happy endings, unless she's written other novels I've never heard of!

Alright, well I know many of you oppose the idea of Harry dying, but I have done my research and found some important traits in JKR's writings. The main one, is how much her entire Harry Potter series is similar to the Christian religion, mainly because JKR is a very religious woman herself, so wouldn't it make sense that in the last book Harry would sacrifice himself in order to save everyone else; just as Jesus sacrificed himself for the world?

I'm a little rusty with the background information of this whole idea but I do remember it was exlpained quite thoroughly. There was a lot of symbolism regarding other people's names, such as Lucius and Lucifer and the Gordric Gryffindor and the symbolism of a gryffon. With all this aside I think the most important part is Harry showing the similarities of Jesus. Obviously throughout the books Harry has put himself in dangers way to protect his friends and loved ones. He shows no fear in being ready to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

As far as JKR saying that two main characters will die, I believe it would only make sense that it would be Harry and Voldermort. Maybe some of you remember, but in the Chamber of Secrets, after Harry killed the snake, and returned to Dumbledore's office, Dumbledore let Harry know that he thought Voldermort and him (Harry) were somehow connected when Voldermert gave him his scar. (This would explain how Harry would feel Voldermort's presence and invision some of his sights.) So it seems the only way for Harry to actually kill Voldermort, would be to sacrifice himself, ultimately ridding the "connection" between himself and Voldermort, and saving the world from the returning threat of Evil.

Obviously this would end the whole Harry Potter series with a book 7, which isn't so far fetched because JKR's idol was C.S. Lewis, who wrote the Narnia series and stopped with 7 books. Apart from JKR changing her name to match CSL (J.K. Rowling - C.S. Lewis, see the similarity?) she has based some character names from Narnia into Harry Potter which shows her affection for Lewis.

Mmmm that's just my opinion, something I thought I'd share while stumbling upon this forum a couple minutes ago. Comments, criticism, debates are welcome.

hi
my cousin recons that cho chang and
harry are gouing to die

I agree with some of the other responses that Ginny is going to be used as bait so that Voldemort can lure Harry into a final battle, which both of them will probably die, but that could just be me.

When the series started, Harry was talking to snakes, receiving lettres from Hogwarts, finding out about his history, and most importantly learning about his scar. The whole story opened with the boy who lived. All about the scar. We all know that Voldamort, the scar, Harry and their powers are all connected ever since the first page of Harry Potter. We also know that Harry somewhat does not like his scar or his parselmouth powers or his connection with Voldamort. And I think the best ending for the series is the death of Voldamort and the disapearance of the scar because the series started off with the scar. I would bet that JKR would somehow explain how the scar's existance has to do with Voldamort being alive or not. I would alos bet that during the war, something tragic will happen for example the extinction of the whole wizarding community. At the VERY end I bet that Harry would just feel sad from whatever tragic happens and would probably kill himself by jumping into the veil after Sirius and the secrets of the veil be uncovered.

I think it will end with, and it pains me to say to it, but i think Harry turns evil after killing Ron I think after so many years of neglect by the Dursleys and surrounded by so much evil that he will give into the 'dark side'. And then it will be Hermione who kills Harry and then Snape, after turning good, who leads the rebellion (soz if it sounds a bit like Star Wars) against Voldemort and eventually win. Even though Harry turns bad though, i think he will kill Voldemort, just before he has the whole Anakin Sywalker moment, which is a bit obvious.

Excuse me Gardrahl, but it's a bit strange thinking about Harry who turns evil... he's not able to do a Cruciatus curse...!
However do you remember what Dumbledore said? He was surprised to see how Harry had dark powers but he was good.
Honesly, I think that staying with the Dursleys, Harry learned what real love is. I mean that love a mother feels for her children, that love Lily Potter felt for Harry.

For some reason, my brain keeps telling me Serious Black is STILL ALIVE!
I think he will kill Voldemort in the final battle. I belive that Harry is a Horcrux, and in his last encounter with Voldy, Harry will die, and the part of soul inside him will be destroyed. Then Sirious kills him. Actually, I have several theories, this one just seemed to fit the most with this thread.
Also, I think ginny will die,murdered by Voldy, being bait for harry.
Later

I really don’t think this is likely, I think that all the adversity that Harry have prevailed through suggests that he's just to strong to just sort of cower and commit suicide.

I think that the series will end with a happy ending...as clichéd as it seems it’s the most plausible. I agree with those that say Rowling has always ended the books in this way.

I think in terms of deaths there will obviously be a few main characters but I am more intrigued to see the new characters that Rowling will introduce and the older one's coming back in even more provocative ways.

im hope that ron and harmione do get together and that the dark lord is destroyed. i also hope that we find some real dirt on lily and James and that, that perfect hallow on their heads are tarnished a ting...hehe

winter,

I have this theory that hermione and ron will be together and that voldemort will kill either of them leaving the survivor to go after voldemort. I think that harry would then have to save the survivor and that will lead to the final confrontation. I think that harry will be on the verge of death when the same things as behind the veil (spirits for lack of a better of a word) will try to pull voldemort through into death but not succeed. I think that harrys last moment will be using expelliramus on voldemort sending voldemort through into death.
I also think that harrys scar is a horcrux.

Smileywitch, I kind of agree with your theory about either Ron or Hermione dying and then Harry trying to save the other, when the other avenges his/her friend's death. That makes sense. It would be an interesting story though. And I think Harry will die when he does confront Voldemort and tries to save either Ron or Hermione. Since Dumbledore is not there to protect Harry anymore from Voldemort, there is a likely chance that Harry will die.

I dont think Harry is going to die, I do think Snape is going to die, I do think one of the trio will die but it wont be Harry. I do think Dumbledore wil help Harry. I do think Ginny and Harry will get married. I do think Voldemorts secrets of evil will be revealed and Snapes true side.

OFF TOPIC: Lots of "I do's" eh?

i think she wont make it happy...it may not be absolutely depressing but i think it will be a bit sad maybe even bittersweet if anyone agrees tell me