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June 28, 2006

Harry Potter #7 (Spoiler)

In an interview quoted in the SMH, there is a very telling quote from J. K. Rowling:

I've never been tempted to kill him (Harry) off before the end of book seven, because I always planned seven books and that's where I want to go.

So we now know that Harry bites the dust in #7 (which was pretty obvious anyway, given that he is one of the horcruxes which contain part of Mouldy Voldy's soul).

What is less clear is whether there are two additional deaths, or if the two deaths mentioned in the interview include Harry:

Children's author J.K. Rowling has revealed that at least two characters will die in the seventh and final instalment of her bestselling Harry Potter series, but was careful not to say who.
Children and adults are expected to rush and buy the final Harry Potter novel in their tens of millions when it is complete, and if the publication of the sixth book is anything to go by, secrecy surrounding the plot will be tight.
Rowling has already said that the final chapter of the seventh book was written long ago.
"The final chapter is hidden away, although it's now changed very slightly," she said in an interview broadcast on Monday on Channel 4. "One character got a reprieve, but I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die."
When asked to be more specific, she added: "No, I'm not going to commit myself, because I don't want the hate mail or anything else."
She did explain that she understood an author's desire to kill off the main character of a successful series.
"I've never been tempted to kill him (Harry) off before the end of book seven, because I always planned seven books and that's where I want to go.
"I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks 'Well, I'm going to kill them off because that means there can be no non-author-written sequels ... so it will end with me, and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character'."
Rowling, 40, wrote the first Harry Potter adventure when she was an unemployed single mother, but has gone on to become one of the richest authors in history with a personal fortune estimated at more than $1 billion.
The Harry Potter series has sold an estimated 300 million copies worldwide.

Posted by Ozguru at June 28, 2006 06:00 AM

Comments

i just want to post how i would end the book if i were jkr. In the last chapter harry would have almost killed voldemort but since he himself is a horcrux he neds to kill himself. he asks a friend to kill him, and while they are very upset, they do so. and since the last word in the whole series is scar, this is what my last sentence would be. "And the only think moving on the entire battlefield was, on harry's forehead, the slowly receding lightning-bolt scar"

Posted by: mookey at July 9, 2006 11:24 PM

That sounds fairly realistic. I suspect somehow that Rowling will try and weasel out of killing Harry but your solution is reasonable. Which friend will have to kill him? Ron? Hermoine? Hagrid?

Posted by: Ozguru [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 9, 2006 11:28 PM

I think sadly that I would have Ginny do it. like, i think he'll ask ron but he just wont be able to do it. so ginny will grab it from him, kiss harry and do it quickly. ron will start yelling and stuff, but then hermione and ginny will explain him, and he'll get it and just break down crying.

Posted by: simcha at July 10, 2006 11:07 PM

the title is unknown, but it is said that harry and voldemort will kill each other, but harry will probably die, unless he joins voldemort and becomes evil, longbottom still has to die(prophecy reason, unless harry dies), but i also suspect snape will perish, harry might even choose a friend, and they agree, and they kill him, actually i have a sentance from the original plot: "harry what are you doing'
"it's the only option, i am a horcrux"
"what are you doing"
"avada kedavra"
"noooo"
harry lay on the floor, dead, and there on his head gleaming like a star, was his SCAR"
also, at the end of the book, voldemort meets his demise, at the last page the page after the page with the ending, the one that is usually blank, there will be:
"i found something"
"what"
"look, i found this broken wand"
"he's back"
the title might be "harry potter and the incursed toilet seat"

Posted by: i won't say at July 12, 2006 01:59 PM

just kidding, but they might as well kill each other, the other one was

Posted by: i can't say at July 12, 2006 02:01 PM

ok ya for all of u who say harry is a horcrux...
that cant be true...according to the prophecy:"neither can live while the other one dies" so he cant be a horcrux...cuz then voldermort wouldnt kill harry and then since he doesnt kill him they both would live, which would defy the prophecy... so ya doesnt add up

Posted by: yoyo at July 13, 2006 01:51 PM

ya thats a reasonable ending except harry isnt a horcrux
also hagrid will die
and id like to point out that i think harry is a decendent of godric gryffindor

his parents fled to GODRIC'S hollow
dumbledore said only a true gryffindor would pull the sword out of his hat

tell me wat u think

Posted by: yoyo at July 13, 2006 01:54 PM

The only one with the magical ability to kill Harry would be Hermoine. I could also see Snape but I still think he's evil.

Posted by: Brian at July 15, 2006 06:57 AM

ok so how exactly do you know that harry is one of the horcruxes? yea he could be but it doesn't make any sense if he is. The phropecy said "...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives..." why would voldemort want to kill one of his own horcruxes? unless he made harry a horcrux by accident? Harry can't live if voldemort survives and voldemort can't live if harry survives. which makes no sense. Voldemort may need harry to survive if all his other horcruxes are distroyed. So I would still like to know how you came to the conclusion that harry is a horcrux. because it makes no sense to me how that is possible. maybe you are just guessing without thinking the whole thing through.

Posted by: Arwen at July 18, 2006 09:08 AM

Well, I think that when Lord Voldemort tried to kill Harry, he accidentally made him into a horcrux. That would explain Harry's similaritis with Lord Voldemort (being a parslemouth, almost getting into the Slytheryn House...ect.) But, maybe the horcrux would eventually kill Harry, afterall, it was put there by Lord Voldermort. This would rationalize why Harry would need to kill Voldemort. Another theroy I have is that Lord Voldemort can't have his entire soul split into horcruxes forever, because it would damage his soul. That would be a reason for him needing to kill Harry. There's also the fact that he hates him with a passion, but...both Harry and Voldy are going to die in book seven. Maybe the one spared death will be Snape?

Posted by: Katie at August 2, 2006 07:12 PM

okay, here are the facts that we can pretty much guess: neville will die. he's one of those people that is sweet, but c'mon, i mean, he's not harry, he's not THE BOOK. and then there's the prophecy...so. dumbledore probably is dead. jkr said so. it'd be bad for her rep to lie about spoilers for her book, especially the most anticipated one in the series. I also think that Ron might die. I don't have any support, except jkr's hint that central characters will die. Hermione couldn't die. she's just one of those characters where it wouldn't be appropriate. Hagrid...i wish he'd die. I have my suspicions. i really want to read the 7th book!! okay, and once and for all... HARRY IS NOT A FLIPPIN' HORCRUX! Seriously, why would Voldemort make a horcrux that he would just try to destroy? Voldemort's not stupid. That would be pointless.

Posted by: hp at August 4, 2006 04:36 PM

Well..there are 1000 of stories...there are ppl also inventing stupid stuff about harry and ginny having a baby before harry dies...COME ON!! he's only a teenager! But i have some thing agreed with both saying harry is a horcrux...remember voldemort left some mark on him that neather you or me knows exactly what the hells it's role in the story is... maybe voldemort accidentaly left some importance on the scar the day he tried to kill harry...maybe not...thinking that he knew exactly what he was doing the night of the murder of harry's parents...why would voldemort made harry an horcrux if his desire was to kill him? He was going to be condemning himself! It's sad to think but I think Harry and Voldemort will die...even if it's weird..if harry dies voldemort lives...if harry lives voldemort dies...so? that's the problem...wich is staying alive?

Posted by: jenny at August 14, 2006 10:40 AM

Well..there are 1000 of stories...there are ppl also inventing stupid stuff about harry and ginny having a baby before harry dies...COME ON!! he's only a teenager! But i have some thing agreed with both saying harry is a horcrux...remember voldemort left some mark on him that neather you or me knows exactly what the hells it's role in the story is... maybe voldemort accidentaly left some importance on the scar the day he tried to kill harry...maybe not...thinking that he knew exactly what he was doing the night of the murder of harry's parents...why would voldemort made harry an horcrux if his desire was to kill him? He was going to be condemning himself! It's sad to think but I think Harry and Voldemort will die...even if it's weird..if harry dies voldemort lives...if harry lives voldemort dies...so? that's the problem...wich is staying alive?

Posted by: jenny at August 14, 2006 10:40 AM

Hey...got a new idea...maybe it's dumb...but quite interesting. As you may see half of the life Harry has lived is miserable...tears, deaths, hurted ppl, watch ppl he loves fade away...well..heres a theory... Ginny...Harry's true love! yeah Ginny can be an horcrux...remember in the Chamber of secrets...Tom Riddle choosed Ginny as a hostage to atract harry (of course i remember that at this time harry is not yet in love with Ron's sister) and harmed her in a way nobody knows (harry finds her layed down in the floor)...she was about to die...but she didn´t, maybe this was planned for her to suffer in order for harry to see voldemort's powers but not in order for the lady to die. Imagine it? at the end everyone realizes ginny is an horcrux...(as i have said before harry might be the horcrux or not) so ginny asks harry to sacrifice her for the love she feels for him and his entire family. Harry kisses her bla bla and kills her...letting open the way to kill voldemort now the other horcrux have been destroyed...harry is god damn hurt...the only person he had loved since his parents were murdered is now dead...and the man that pushed him to do this is just right in front of him. As you can remember in book 6 harry tries to kill the lady that killed Sirius black, but was not able because she told him he had to do it with fear, anger and a looooot of HATE...well ginny is dead, maybe some of his friends are hurt because of the big fight, so he's able to produce an avadra kadabra so big and with so much hate that he kills voldemort... harry ends up very hurt...and the rest is only a mistery and thoughts...and of course JK rowling's choice...hehe well hope you like my idea...i think it's not stupid at all...but well as i have said...it's just and idea...

Posted by: jenny at August 14, 2006 11:10 AM

hey i think i m going to die while i try killing voldemort but voldemort will kill me and suddenly neville will come behind voldemort and shout "avada kedavra" and voldermort will die when neville realizes that he had killed voldermort an hermione he will feel shocked when he comes to know that ron also casted at voldermort and the spell rebounded and killed hermione as voldermort had already casted "protago maximus". a defending spell and so later neville feels tired an faints

Posted by: harry potter at August 15, 2006 07:00 PM

hey i think i m going to die while i try killing voldemort but voldemort will kill me and suddenly neville will come behind voldemort and shout "avada kedavra" and voldermort will die when neville realizes that he had killed voldermort an hermione he will feel shocked when he comes to know that ron also casted at voldermort and the spell rebounded and killed hermione as voldermort had already casted "protago maximus". a defending spell and so later neville feels tired an faints

Posted by: harry potter at August 15, 2006 07:04 PM

hey i think ginny is going to have a baby because ...

[Ed: remainder of comment deleted as it merely demonstrates that the comment author does not understand the role of romance in fiction that is suitable for children - i.e. the way Rowling is likely to write it.]

Posted by: harry potter at August 15, 2006 07:05 PM

HARRY IS NOT A HORCRUX. please stop saying he is. it's too easy to think that. allow me to explain:

1) voldemort could not touch harry due to the ancient magic placed on him by his mother before she died. furthermore dumbledore put yet another form of protection on him that night which was sealed when aunt petunia took harry under her wing making him completely safe from voldemort as long as he lived in that house.(for clarity read the last 2 chapters of book 5) so no piece of voldemort (his soul) could have possibly survived inside him. and for the record his scar is not a horcrux its simply a scar given to him by voldemort which (as the prophecy says) marks harry as his "equal". ALSO if harry is infact a horcrux how come voldemort wasn't even aware of the strange connection between himself and harry until he felt harry's presence in the snake's head???? (the snake that attacked mr.weasley) that connection still remains what dumbledore believed it to be since the first one. which is; he believed voldemort accidentally transferred some of his powers into harry by trying to kill him.

2) voldemort planned on using harry's death to make another horcrux. obviously that failed; but dumbledore believes he then used the death of the grounds keeper (in the beginning of GoF) to make nagini the snake a horcrux.

3) voldemort is not stupid. he would not have made harry a horcrux. why? bc harry is something he has no control over. there was no garuntee that harry would survive. the only living thing he's made a horcrux was nagini bc he has a wierd connection with her. (dumbledore goes into more detail with it in the 6th)

i have more but i wanna see what people say to this...

Posted by: Angry Kid at August 18, 2006 02:06 PM

Is Nagini possibly the same snake released by Harry in book one?

Posted by: MM at September 5, 2006 06:14 AM

That is a good question (about Nagini) - it would mean that there is a chance that Nagini would side with Harry later....

Hmmmm. I wonder why nobody raised that question before - I need to go back and check the books again.

Posted by: Ozguru [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 5, 2006 11:37 AM

I always assumed that the scar (which has a connection to Vold.) was a horcrux. V was not expecting it and hasn't realised that it is a horcrux - after all the books make it pretty clear that V is not exactly all there - he has made a number of obviously stupid tactical errors. I expect that the destruction of the scar will be the final thing to destroy V, the only question is whether that will also destroy Harry at the same time.

Probably.

Posted by: Gil at September 5, 2006 07:55 PM

The problem with all these suggestions about Harry being a horcrux is that JKR might take it seriously and make him into a horcrux whether that was the original intention or not. So basically stop talking about it and the problem will go away....

Posted by: Raving Looney at September 6, 2006 12:46 AM

I think there are a lot of hints that Harry is in some way a horcrux. The connection between Harry and Nagini could be because they are both horcruxes - ditto for the problems when Harry faced Tom Riddle.

Posted by: Ozguru [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 6, 2006 11:51 AM