Harry Potter is stealing my soul
"Rowling, author of the sensationally popular series, has said two major characters will die but has begged the public not to give away the ending to her seventh and final Potter book."
Snape and Hagrid, I'm calling it right now.
GOD I'm so excited for this book! Srsly, I'm not coming out of my room all weekend >_And because I know that many of ( Read more... )
Snape and Hagrid, I'm calling it right now.
GOD I'm so excited for this book! Srsly, I'm not coming out of my room all weekend >_And because I know that many of ( Read more... )
Wow...this is REALLY friggin long. I am so sorry lol! But...yeah. I just have so much fun debating and speculating about these books! They're just so full of complex/interesting characters, and really...anything is possible!
As far as the Dursleys go, I am very curious too! For a while I had a theory that Petunia was going to die, but I don't believe it at all anymore. I do, however, believe that the first chapter of HBP was foreshadowing that the human world will somehow become aware of the wizarding world in this book, and if that is the case, I'm sure we will be seeing some interesting stuff from the Dursleys ^_^.
I second that Hermione will survive Deathly Hallows.
And as for the "toying with us" bit, I really doubt it. When JKR makes blunt, factual statements like that to the media, she isn't lying. Typically when she wants to toy with us, she'll leave really vague/cryptic messages on her website and such.
GOD I am excited! Are you still gonna be in Canada for the book release? Are you planning on buying it there or waiting to get home?
P.S. I think that if you still believe Snape is evil, you should write a counter argument, because I would LOVE to read it (man I'm such a geek >_<)
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Why then did Snape stun Flitwick when he ran into his office at the end of Half-Blood Prince? I realize, yes, it also begs the question as to why he didn't stun (or kill) Neville and Hermione, but still, I can't think of any reason why he'd stun Flitwick if he was still on Dumbledore's side.
And after re-reading Book 6, hell yes, Malfoy is going to turn good. And if Snape turns out to be bad, (because I'm still on the fence and going to be until early Saturday morning) Malfoy's gonna kill him. Which'd make me sad, because I've always liked Snape despite myself, and hated Malfoy.
And I doubt that JKR would lie outright, but I could see her killing off someone like Tonks in addition and then be like, "Eh, I didn't consider her major. What of it, bitch?" And all the talk with Horcruxes and shit, not to mention the frequent blurry line between life and death in the magical world, makes me think that "die" could be a verb up to her interpretation.
BTW, are you taking precautions against spoilers? Personally, I haven't gone anywhere else on the Internets today (nor will I tomorrow) except for e-mail, news, and this post. I'm also not going to the book party until exactly midnight, where I'm going to cover my ears, grab my copy, and hightail it to my home. I'm also not going to even answer my phone if people are calling who I think might be the type who'd shout spoilers.
(I had Snape kills Dumbledore ruined for me, I'm not takin no fuckin' chances.)
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pg 619 of HBP
"'I was so stupid, Harry!' said Hermione in a high-pitched whisper. 'He said Professor Flitwick had collapsed and that we should go and take care of him while he - while he went to help fight the Death Eaters -' She covered her face in shame and continued to talk into her fingers, so that her voice was muffled. "We went into his office to see if we could help Professor Flitwick and found him unconscious on the floor...and oh, it's so obvious now, Snape must have Stupefied Flitwick, but we didn't realize, Harry, we didn't realize, we just let Snape go!"
Naturally, that is the conclusion they would come to after such a turn of events, however they never actually saw Snape attack Flitwick. The way I see it, there are three possibilities as to what went down:
1) Flitwick did collapse due to the shock of what was going on
2) Flitwick was attacked by a Death Eater (perhaps even while guarding something from the Death Eaters), and was found unconscious by Snape who, wanting to make sure nothing worse happened to him, brought him to the safety of the dungeon.
3)Flitwick somehow found out that Snape was about to kill Dumbledore, and either collapsed with shock or was stupefied by Snape in order to prevent him from interfering with the job Dumbledore had secretly entrusted him to do.
If Snape really was a Death Eater, Flitwick would not have simply been stupefied. He would be either a) killed by way of Avada Kedavra, or b) driven to insanity by way of the Cruciatus Curse. The fact that he was merely stupefied is even more a testament to the fact that Snape's loyalties lay with the forces of good.
That's RIGHT Draco will turn good ^_^. I actually think something that might provoke said change would actually be (you guessed it) Snape. I have a feeling that perhaps Draco will discover that Snape was hounding him this past year because of the unbreakable vow he made with Narcissa, and this will lead to him realizing that there are powerful people willing to help and that he does have a choice, blah blah blah...Draco turns on Voldemort. Either that or Voldemort kills Lucius, and Draco goes ape shit. Either one of those.
I agree that there will be a lot of unimportant or "secondary" characters dying. Like you pointed out, we unfortunately don't have a very clear idea of who is secondary and who is primary. Could Tonks die? Moody? Shacklebot? Hell's yes they could. I'm only saying that I am betting that the two obviously primary characters to die will be Snape and Hagrid. On top of that...it's anyone's guess. I just hope Wormtail eats it! I hate Wormtail >_<.
Hehehe yeah...
I've been avoiding the Something Awful forums like the plague. I've only been going to LJ (obviously), facebook (which will cease after tonight prolly until I have the book read), myspace (same as above), mugglenet (just cause they won't post any spoilers and they're good at finding out places that are leaking spoilers and are warning people about them), and Narutofan (cause they don't care about Harry Potter and episode 20 comes out today ^_^). I'm going to a book release thing and plan to get there early (because I very much fear them running out of books and want to get in line uber early), but I will definitely be wearing my headphones and drawing so that if some asshole does walk in and want to spoil it, I won't see/hear them. I'll also put Garrett on spoiler watch for me just in case ^_^. And then...yeah. I prolly won't be on the internets until I'm done, just because I won't be able to put the book down ^_^.
You had Snape kills Dumbledore ruined for you? That's awful! How?
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BTW, keep off Facebook, the same Kellen made a group about Book 7 that's a spoiler (Or it might be, I dunno, it's hard to tell. I can't really explain without saying what it is), and I dunno if you're friends with him, but he's probably not the only one doing shit like this. ~_~
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