Harry Potter... How will it all end?

[Helper]

Originally Posted by Made in the USA

By the way, I don't have time to read books either. I did all of that in college. Now, I have to work for a living!!

I don't read either thats why somebody had a good day when they made the books on cd's or tapes I'll be one of hte first in line to buy the New Harry Potter (on cd)
Actually I don't have the patience to "read" and it makes a road trip go much faster!

[blondemoments]

Rowling: Please don't give away Potter details - CNN.com

Rowling: Please don't give away Potter details
POSTED: 2:01 p.m. EDT, May 14, 2007
Story Highlights• J.K. Rowling: Keep Potter details to yourself
• Final book out July 21; lots of rumors flying
• Webmaster of Potter fansite also pleads for discretion
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NEW YORK (AP) -- J.K. Rowling has a request for those with inside dirt on her seventh and final Harry Potter book: Please keep it to yourself.

"We're a little under three months away, now, and the first distant rumblings of the weirdness that usually precedes a Harry Potter publication can be heard on the horizon," Rowling wrote on her Web site Monday.

"I want the readers who have, in many instances, grown up with Harry, to embark on the last adventure they will share with him without knowing where they are they going."

The author's comments came in response to an April 28 editorial by a leading Potter fan site, The Leaky Cauldron: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (book 7), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (movie 5) news, images, videos, podcast and more, which noted that it had been receiving "spoiler" e-mails -- and expected many more -- alleging advance knowledge of the book's contents.

Rowling has said two major characters will die in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," which comes out July 21. Although the Potter books are released under tight security, copies often are obtained before the publication date.

"If Harry dies, we don't want to know about it until J.K. Rowling decides to tell us," Leaky Cauldron webmaster Melissa Anelli wrote. "And if you decide to tell us before that, you'll incur the wrath of a staff of almost 200, most of whom have been waiting almost 10 years for these final revelations and can NEVER get back the moment you rob by spoiling them.

"That's some wrath right there. We own pitchforks, hot wax and feathers. And we're not afraid to use them."

On Monday, Rowling seconded the fan site's plea.

"Some, perhaps, will read this and take the view that all publicity is good publicity, that spoilers are part of hype, and that I am trying to protect sales rather than my readership," Rowling wrote on J.K.Rowling Official Site - Harry Potter and more. "However, spoilers won't stop people buying the book, they never have -- all it will do is diminish their pleasure in the book."

More than 300 million copies have sold of the previous six Potter books. "Deathly Hallows" has more than 1 million pre-orders on Amazon.com alone.

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by Helper

I don't read either thats why somebody had a good day when they made the books on cd's or tapes I'll be one of hte first in line to buy the New Harry Potter (on cd)
Actually I don't have the patience to "read" and it makes a road trip go much faster!

At LEAST you are aware that it's a series of books.

[youngwhippersnapper]

I'm a long time reader of the series.

I'd like to put up a few counterpoints on this post.

**Dumbledore is dead and gone. The only way a Hogwarts Headmaster fills the office picture frame is when they are truly dead.

**Fawkes is gone as well. The second to last chapter in HBP called "The Phoenix's Lament" ends with Fawkes busting into flames (or apparating for a Phoenix) and leaving Hogwarts for good. Oddly enuf only Pawkes and House Elves can Use magical forms of instantaneous travel within Hogwarts. Now I could see him returning to help Harry in DH, but I doubt the likelihood of this.

**Certain deaths that I'd bank on would be.
-Professor Trelawney
-Percy Weasley
-Gryffindors - Any of them are targets for Death Eaters.
-Nevil's Grandmother. I can't remember her name.
-Cornelius Fudge
-Lucius Malfoy
-Bellatrix Lestrange (killed by Nevil for revenge)
-Voledmort, though I wouldn't bank on him actually dying rather than his essence being captured with some sort of "Arcane Device" to bind him and his power forever, by Arcane Device I am not referring to a Horcrux. To quote Dumbledore - "Tom, Tom you could never understand that death is not the worst thing that can happen to a person."

**Both Draco and Mother Malfoy will either join the Order of the Phoenix or go into their protective custody.

**Fleur's wedding is going to go off with out a hitch, but the honeymoon will be cut short I think with a death in the family. (See above statement about predicted deaths.)

**Nevil won't kill Voldemort. The fact remains that even with prophecies that come true its only a matter of the will of the persons involved with the Prophecy that determines the outcome. The prophecy is invariably about Harry being that the will of the people it was about decided to go for him and his parents. The Longbottoms therefore become non-existent in matters of the prophecy. This is stated by Dumbledore in book 5. I trust in the hidden meanings behind many things within this storyline and I do admit (and so does he) that Dumbledore can be wrong, but in most cases he isn't. Using this deductive reasoning...Harry must be the one to kill Voldemort

[Tee]

As soon as I realized those are spoilers, I quickly scrolled them off the page. I cannot read the post. How abouts a warning? Some of us like to be surprised.

[Army_of_One]

I can't wait for the last book. I preorder so I get it the day it comes out.....

[lurker]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

I can't wait for the last book. I preorder so I get it the day it comes out.....

How do you know it's the last book?

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by Tee

As soon as I realized those are spoilers, I quickly scrolled them off the page. I cannot read the post. How abouts a warning? Some of us like to be surprised.

They could only be spoilers if one of us was JK Rowling. They are just suppositions and theories.

[TigerEyes]

WS, VERY good call on Neville. I hadn't thought of that one.

Rowling's said that Dumbledore "didn't pull a Gandalf"... but then, Gandalf never died. I've heard theories that Dumbledore really died but somehow comes back.

There's some excellent reading material on Harry Potter - Beyond Hogwarts, although I believe that's been incorporated into another website.

Speaking of which, I should probably start rereading the series to prep for the last book. I finished book 5 in 26 hours and book 6 in 23 hours. Probably ought to put in for a vacation day after book 7 comes out so I can read all night again...