What's Left
I've come to the conclusion that it's time to make my last post before DH is released and canon closes, forever. The only other strong thought going through my head is that I'm not ready for it, not ready at all. I don't want to know who dies, I don't want to know if Voldemort is vanquished; I don't want to any of it yet, because once I know then it really is over.
I guess that's where fanfiction comes in, though. I know there's still plenty out there--more than enough--to keep fandom going. I just hope that I don't see any massive changes or fallings out with fandom in general. But don't get me wrong; I know it will change, just hopefully not for the worst.
I know it's really too late to do this, and that most people are already off-line before the release, but I just have a few predictions I want to voice and one theory that I came up with a few years ago that I've taken for granted as canon ever since.
The theory, I'll start with, is Chaos. I've been in love with the idea of furthering the veil in the storyline since it was introduced, so I came up with the veil being the only known gateway to Chaos, a sort-of wizarding equivalent to purgatory. It is the place where the souls, or spirits, if you prefer, of ghosts linger. All souls pass through Chaos, but only those with strong unfinished business or strong enough wills to stay there or make note of it realize they pass through it.
This whole bit comes into play with Voldemort's Horcruxes. It is Chaos that he goes to after he is vanquished, but he does not pass on from it because of his Horcruxes. They bind his soul to the Living World, and thus he cannot move any further than Chaos. Only when they are destroyed and the soul in his body sent there, will he move on.
This also, of course, ties in with Sirius. He falls through the veil and is, for all intents and purposes, dead. The veil and Chaos is the embodiment of death, and thus Sirius is dead, but only because he is there. Every soul to enter Chaos hitherto had already been dead, thus able to move on. Sirius could not leave Chaos because he was still alive when he entered there. He uses a different version of the magic that invovles Horcruxes to return to the Living World, but only as a memory, much like Riddle's form from the diary, but temporary.
Chaos was also my proof that Snape was good, and acting on Dumbledore's orders, if I so wished him to be innocent. (I'm still ambivalent about the Snape issue, but am pretty sure he's working for the Order). Sirius tells Harry that he saw Dumbledore pass through Chaos, thus not regretful or vengeful, thus not worried about Harry's chances.
Anyway, so now that's out of the way, I though I'd just list a few things I think are going to happen, not for discussion purposes this late, obviously, but just to throw them out there to see how wrong I am later.
-Fred and George are going to die, like heroes, together, just like Gideon and Fabian.
-The "gleam of triumph" is Dumbledore's eyes was due to the fact that because Voldemort used Harry's blood to rebirth himself, and since Voldemort would be the one to kill him, some ancient magic that DD knows about and LV has overlooked will cause him to die as well. This of course would not be very triumphant to DD, in respect to his feelings for Harry and his Boggart.
-Nothing is going to happen at Bill and Fleur's wedding.
-Neville, Lupin, Ginny, and Luna will live. Everyone else is fair game.
-Snape's loyalty will not be explicitly answered.
-Harry doesn't find all of the Horcruxes, and especially not alone. The Order finds a good deal of them, at least half of the four remaining.
-Harry deals with Nagini, seeing as he speaks Parseltongue.
-The four remaining Horcruxes are what Dumbledore said they are. I'm mentioning this only because it pisses me off when people say Harry's a Horcrux. We all know this would be a very bad idea.
-In an H/Dish twist, Harry will not be able to come into contact with any of the new DEs without causing them considerable pain, tantamount to LV touching the Dark Mark on any of them. Since LV has Harry's blood running through his veins, and it is this new body of LV that brands the Mark onto the DEs, Harry's blood (and thus Harry's touch) will have the same effect. (This really only came into play with one H/D I was writing, since I think Draco is the first new DE LV has branded since his return to his body).
After these specific points, the rest of my predictions are rather vague, and thus not listed so matter-of-factly:
I'm not entirely sure that the Dursleys will have bigger parts, that Godric's Hollow being possibly related to Godric Gryffindor will have any importance. I'd like Neville to become a professor, but moreso would I like Harry to become one, although I doubt both instances. I can't say anything about the locket, because while I don't exactly doubt that the locket in Grimmauld Place was The Locket, that would mean that R.A.B. is Regulus Black and I don't exactly think that JKR would make it that obvious. Plus, I've always hated the idea the Mundungus took it, so that would mean it's out in the garbage somewhere, and what good would a destroyed, rubbish-strewn Horcrux shell do the plot? (Just an aside, I do however LOVE the idea that Harry wears the fake locket all the time, as a reminder. If he doesn't, I'll be rather upset).
It also rather confuses me that this war's going to over in less than three years. I mean, LV had been around for decades, before, and had taken a great deal of work to fight him, never mind surpress him, which, let's keep in mind, they were never able to do. Voldemort was at full strength when he was vanquished, which was an unexpected fluke, at best. I know Lupin says the Order's better prepared now, but the circumstances don't seem to be much more in their favor, with the exception that LV's DEs are fewer and more well-know for what they are. If anyone's banking on Harry to be an asset, I don't see how that's possible, seeing as Harry really isn't that talented nor that smart. I know he's got nerve, and his instincts have almost always thus far been correct, but I highly, HIGHLY doubt that that's going to be enough to battle Voldemort. Frankly, I don't see the how hell Harry's even going to have a fighting chance at surving. Nonetheless, if he dies I'm going to cry myself into a stupor and lock myself in my room for quite an extended period of time.
Anyway, I guess that's it, until the end.
I guess that's where fanfiction comes in, though. I know there's still plenty out there--more than enough--to keep fandom going. I just hope that I don't see any massive changes or fallings out with fandom in general. But don't get me wrong; I know it will change, just hopefully not for the worst.
I know it's really too late to do this, and that most people are already off-line before the release, but I just have a few predictions I want to voice and one theory that I came up with a few years ago that I've taken for granted as canon ever since.
The theory, I'll start with, is Chaos. I've been in love with the idea of furthering the veil in the storyline since it was introduced, so I came up with the veil being the only known gateway to Chaos, a sort-of wizarding equivalent to purgatory. It is the place where the souls, or spirits, if you prefer, of ghosts linger. All souls pass through Chaos, but only those with strong unfinished business or strong enough wills to stay there or make note of it realize they pass through it.
This whole bit comes into play with Voldemort's Horcruxes. It is Chaos that he goes to after he is vanquished, but he does not pass on from it because of his Horcruxes. They bind his soul to the Living World, and thus he cannot move any further than Chaos. Only when they are destroyed and the soul in his body sent there, will he move on.
This also, of course, ties in with Sirius. He falls through the veil and is, for all intents and purposes, dead. The veil and Chaos is the embodiment of death, and thus Sirius is dead, but only because he is there. Every soul to enter Chaos hitherto had already been dead, thus able to move on. Sirius could not leave Chaos because he was still alive when he entered there. He uses a different version of the magic that invovles Horcruxes to return to the Living World, but only as a memory, much like Riddle's form from the diary, but temporary.
Chaos was also my proof that Snape was good, and acting on Dumbledore's orders, if I so wished him to be innocent. (I'm still ambivalent about the Snape issue, but am pretty sure he's working for the Order). Sirius tells Harry that he saw Dumbledore pass through Chaos, thus not regretful or vengeful, thus not worried about Harry's chances.
Anyway, so now that's out of the way, I though I'd just list a few things I think are going to happen, not for discussion purposes this late, obviously, but just to throw them out there to see how wrong I am later.
-Fred and George are going to die, like heroes, together, just like Gideon and Fabian.
-The "gleam of triumph" is Dumbledore's eyes was due to the fact that because Voldemort used Harry's blood to rebirth himself, and since Voldemort would be the one to kill him, some ancient magic that DD knows about and LV has overlooked will cause him to die as well. This of course would not be very triumphant to DD, in respect to his feelings for Harry and his Boggart.
-Nothing is going to happen at Bill and Fleur's wedding.
-Neville, Lupin, Ginny, and Luna will live. Everyone else is fair game.
-Snape's loyalty will not be explicitly answered.
-Harry doesn't find all of the Horcruxes, and especially not alone. The Order finds a good deal of them, at least half of the four remaining.
-Harry deals with Nagini, seeing as he speaks Parseltongue.
-The four remaining Horcruxes are what Dumbledore said they are. I'm mentioning this only because it pisses me off when people say Harry's a Horcrux. We all know this would be a very bad idea.
-In an H/Dish twist, Harry will not be able to come into contact with any of the new DEs without causing them considerable pain, tantamount to LV touching the Dark Mark on any of them. Since LV has Harry's blood running through his veins, and it is this new body of LV that brands the Mark onto the DEs, Harry's blood (and thus Harry's touch) will have the same effect. (This really only came into play with one H/D I was writing, since I think Draco is the first new DE LV has branded since his return to his body).
After these specific points, the rest of my predictions are rather vague, and thus not listed so matter-of-factly:
I'm not entirely sure that the Dursleys will have bigger parts, that Godric's Hollow being possibly related to Godric Gryffindor will have any importance. I'd like Neville to become a professor, but moreso would I like Harry to become one, although I doubt both instances. I can't say anything about the locket, because while I don't exactly doubt that the locket in Grimmauld Place was The Locket, that would mean that R.A.B. is Regulus Black and I don't exactly think that JKR would make it that obvious. Plus, I've always hated the idea the Mundungus took it, so that would mean it's out in the garbage somewhere, and what good would a destroyed, rubbish-strewn Horcrux shell do the plot? (Just an aside, I do however LOVE the idea that Harry wears the fake locket all the time, as a reminder. If he doesn't, I'll be rather upset).
It also rather confuses me that this war's going to over in less than three years. I mean, LV had been around for decades, before, and had taken a great deal of work to fight him, never mind surpress him, which, let's keep in mind, they were never able to do. Voldemort was at full strength when he was vanquished, which was an unexpected fluke, at best. I know Lupin says the Order's better prepared now, but the circumstances don't seem to be much more in their favor, with the exception that LV's DEs are fewer and more well-know for what they are. If anyone's banking on Harry to be an asset, I don't see how that's possible, seeing as Harry really isn't that talented nor that smart. I know he's got nerve, and his instincts have almost always thus far been correct, but I highly, HIGHLY doubt that that's going to be enough to battle Voldemort. Frankly, I don't see the how hell Harry's even going to have a fighting chance at surving. Nonetheless, if he dies I'm going to cry myself into a stupor and lock myself in my room for quite an extended period of time.
Anyway, I guess that's it, until the end.