Ah, a Questionnaire about Deathly Hallows
How could I resist. Stolen from hildigunnur.
1. Are you going to look at every possible spoiler you can before the book comes out? Did you with HBP and how accurate were the ones you saw? Nooooo! I was spoilerfree all the series through. I read the correct chapter titles before book 6, which wasn't a problem but rather pointless.
So I guess going offline for 2 or 3 weeks before the book comes out will be sufficient, and necessary.
2. What will you do if Amazon (or whoever;) don’t deliver your copy on time, and everyone is reading it except you? I will buy it at a shop, I hardly think they will forget to ship the books to Austria or anything like that. If that happens I wait of course, and stay offline.
3.Will you read the last chapter before anything else? Are you planning to read the book all in one go or are you a slow reader? I will read it in the correct order, slowly and attentively in one or two days.
4. What’s your theory on the meaning of “Deathly Hallows?” Horcruxes, I think. Maybe it has a double meaning and also relates to stuff behind the veil...
5. What’s the craziest Harry Potter theory you’ve got, which you could only share with your trusted f-list? Hey! All my theories make perfect sense.
6. If you could write in a sub-plot of your own choosing to the main Harry one, what would it be? In the book? I don't want to write the book, please! What a nightmarish idea.
7. Who do you think will die in the book, and who would you be most upset to see die, even if you don’t think it’s likely? Hagrid will die, maybe Molly, maybe Tonks, definitely Voldemort, Wormtail, Bella and Lucius. I would be most upset if Neville dies, "not likely" doesn't even begin to describe his chances of doing so, though.
8. Name three main (ish)characters who you think will definitely live and why. Is there a very minor character(s) you really want to have a happy ending? The trio, Neville and Draco (I named three names!), because the book will have a happy ending and that's impossible with any of these kids dying. To be honest I wouldn't have Harry on this list if JK hadn't accidentally spilled the beans on the trio's survival already, but the main argument still stands.
Minor characters: I'm very fond of Percy and Zacharias Smith and would be very upset about their death. Very pissed at JKR.
9. If you don’t like the book, or are bitterly disappointed by it, do you think you’ll still stay in the fandom? That's a difficult question. If I don't like the book because I think it spends too much time with boring scenes and less interesting characters I probably will; if I can't stand it because Rowling makes me dislike my favorite characters or the whole idea behind her story, I won't. I would just stick around for a bit to discuss it. I really can't see how the last of seven books would suddenly be such a huge surprise and let down, though. We pretty much know where this is going already... I won't be one of the people whining about how unoriginal it is that good triumphs over evil, you know.
10. One word (or concise) answers only!
Snape: good, evil, own agenda? Good
Bill: will he help Remus or just be on permanent honeymoon? ? He will fight for the Order.
Peter: a Gryffindor moment or not? Yuck
Harry: is he a Horcrux? Yes
The Weasley’s: will they all survive? Possibly
If no to the above: who won’t? Molly
Did Snape love Lily? Yep
Hogwarts: will they go back to school or not? No. They will have to visit it on their quest, though.
Remus and Tonks: will they get married in the book? Not impossible
Bellatrix: who will be her nemesis? Neville
The new leader of the OotP is …? Minerva
Percy: will he see the error of his ways or not? Pffshawth Not only him, I hope. I think it would be beautiful if Molly died before they all talk to each other again, just like she said. :(((( (That wasn't one word, I apologize)
11.If Harry could take just one adult Order of the Phoenix member with him on the search for Horcruxes, who should it be and why? Tonks, but he really shouldn't. Trio FTW.
12.Will Remus and Greyback have a confrontation in human or werewolf form? Will Tonks be involved? Who will the other werewolves support? Yes. Dunno. Maybe there will be some werewolves on Remus' side...?
13.Who is the person from Harry’s class (and it isn’t him, Ron or Hermione), who will become a Hogwart’s teacher? What subject will they teach? Neville, Herbology.
14. Do you think Harry will observe Remus looking less lined and walking with a little more of a spring in his step? If so, do you think he'll attribute it to Tonks, and if he does, will he blush? ??? No, he won't blush or obsess about Lupin's sex life in any other way, hopefully.
15. Will Ginny use,"But Professor Lupin saw the futility of being a noble prat!" for one of her million arguments with Harry about why they should be together? Do you think they’ll get back together at all? If they'll have an "argument" it will be one at the beginning of the book and it won't be an argument, Ginny can't take her words at the end of HBP back so fast, can she? I think they will be back together at the end automatically (after Ginny maybe saves his life after the climax, not in the climax). :/
16. Which house do you think Tonks is in, and why? Is she going to morph into someone important and who will it be? Slytherin like all those Blacks, except for Sirius. I think there were some hints and it fits. Yes, I think she will use her morphing for something very important in book 7. She could die for someone that way! Fooling the readers as well as the characters. That could rock. She could also impersonate Bella for something or other. I'm reasonably sure JK has something great planned there.
17. Who will be revealed to be the heir of Gryffindor? Nobody. Please!
18. As JKR has promised the final chapter will be like an epilogue; how do you think the final paragraph will read? Some poetic summing up of Harry's destiny. I really don't want to write that book, least of all the last paragraph.
This is a very Lupin/Tonks-centric meme, isn't it? I only wrote one word about Snape - that doesn't feel right.:p
1. Are you going to look at every possible spoiler you can before the book comes out? Did you with HBP and how accurate were the ones you saw? Nooooo! I was spoilerfree all the series through. I read the correct chapter titles before book 6, which wasn't a problem but rather pointless.
So I guess going offline for 2 or 3 weeks before the book comes out will be sufficient, and necessary.
2. What will you do if Amazon (or whoever;) don’t deliver your copy on time, and everyone is reading it except you? I will buy it at a shop, I hardly think they will forget to ship the books to Austria or anything like that. If that happens I wait of course, and stay offline.
3.Will you read the last chapter before anything else? Are you planning to read the book all in one go or are you a slow reader? I will read it in the correct order, slowly and attentively in one or two days.
4. What’s your theory on the meaning of “Deathly Hallows?” Horcruxes, I think. Maybe it has a double meaning and also relates to stuff behind the veil...
5. What’s the craziest Harry Potter theory you’ve got, which you could only share with your trusted f-list? Hey! All my theories make perfect sense.
6. If you could write in a sub-plot of your own choosing to the main Harry one, what would it be? In the book? I don't want to write the book, please! What a nightmarish idea.
7. Who do you think will die in the book, and who would you be most upset to see die, even if you don’t think it’s likely? Hagrid will die, maybe Molly, maybe Tonks, definitely Voldemort, Wormtail, Bella and Lucius. I would be most upset if Neville dies, "not likely" doesn't even begin to describe his chances of doing so, though.
8. Name three main (ish)characters who you think will definitely live and why. Is there a very minor character(s) you really want to have a happy ending? The trio, Neville and Draco (I named three names!), because the book will have a happy ending and that's impossible with any of these kids dying. To be honest I wouldn't have Harry on this list if JK hadn't accidentally spilled the beans on the trio's survival already, but the main argument still stands.
Minor characters: I'm very fond of Percy and Zacharias Smith and would be very upset about their death. Very pissed at JKR.
9. If you don’t like the book, or are bitterly disappointed by it, do you think you’ll still stay in the fandom? That's a difficult question. If I don't like the book because I think it spends too much time with boring scenes and less interesting characters I probably will; if I can't stand it because Rowling makes me dislike my favorite characters or the whole idea behind her story, I won't. I would just stick around for a bit to discuss it. I really can't see how the last of seven books would suddenly be such a huge surprise and let down, though. We pretty much know where this is going already... I won't be one of the people whining about how unoriginal it is that good triumphs over evil, you know.
10. One word (or concise) answers only!
Snape: good, evil, own agenda? Good
Bill: will he help Remus or just be on permanent honeymoon? ? He will fight for the Order.
Peter: a Gryffindor moment or not? Yuck
Harry: is he a Horcrux? Yes
The Weasley’s: will they all survive? Possibly
If no to the above: who won’t? Molly
Did Snape love Lily? Yep
Hogwarts: will they go back to school or not? No. They will have to visit it on their quest, though.
Remus and Tonks: will they get married in the book? Not impossible
Bellatrix: who will be her nemesis? Neville
The new leader of the OotP is …? Minerva
Percy: will he see the error of his ways or not? Pffshawth Not only him, I hope. I think it would be beautiful if Molly died before they all talk to each other again, just like she said. :(((( (That wasn't one word, I apologize)
11.If Harry could take just one adult Order of the Phoenix member with him on the search for Horcruxes, who should it be and why? Tonks, but he really shouldn't. Trio FTW.
12.Will Remus and Greyback have a confrontation in human or werewolf form? Will Tonks be involved? Who will the other werewolves support? Yes. Dunno. Maybe there will be some werewolves on Remus' side...?
13.Who is the person from Harry’s class (and it isn’t him, Ron or Hermione), who will become a Hogwart’s teacher? What subject will they teach? Neville, Herbology.
14. Do you think Harry will observe Remus looking less lined and walking with a little more of a spring in his step? If so, do you think he'll attribute it to Tonks, and if he does, will he blush? ??? No, he won't blush or obsess about Lupin's sex life in any other way, hopefully.
15. Will Ginny use,"But Professor Lupin saw the futility of being a noble prat!" for one of her million arguments with Harry about why they should be together? Do you think they’ll get back together at all? If they'll have an "argument" it will be one at the beginning of the book and it won't be an argument, Ginny can't take her words at the end of HBP back so fast, can she? I think they will be back together at the end automatically (after Ginny maybe saves his life after the climax, not in the climax). :/
16. Which house do you think Tonks is in, and why? Is she going to morph into someone important and who will it be? Slytherin like all those Blacks, except for Sirius. I think there were some hints and it fits. Yes, I think she will use her morphing for something very important in book 7. She could die for someone that way! Fooling the readers as well as the characters. That could rock. She could also impersonate Bella for something or other. I'm reasonably sure JK has something great planned there.
17. Who will be revealed to be the heir of Gryffindor? Nobody. Please!
18. As JKR has promised the final chapter will be like an epilogue; how do you think the final paragraph will read? Some poetic summing up of Harry's destiny. I really don't want to write that book, least of all the last paragraph.
This is a very Lupin/Tonks-centric meme, isn't it? I only wrote one word about Snape - that doesn't feel right.:p