Hogwarts Herald

We’ve been getting a lot of responses on a topic that was posted back in December. click here to read the original post - and below is the text of the last few comments…

Emil Says:
July 1st, 2007 at 3:59 pm e
We now for a fact that 2 characters will die, i think that one will be the Wesleys (anyone of the family) and of course Hagrid. Voldermort has always killed anyway that was like family to Harry, so they are the two most likely to die.
R.A.B. is the only clue to who killed the horcrux!I think that the person is Regulus Black. Sirius brother. It is said that He worked for Voldermort…so maybe he found out some stuff and relized that Voldermort should not survive, so he kills the horucrux. Voldermort prrobaly found out and killed him, or sent one of his followers to do it. Also, Serius didnt know his brother very sell..so we dont know to much about Regulous.
Draco we know joined Voldermort, but he didnt kill Dumbledore, perhaps he doesnt want to be evil once he saw it, but he should know that once there, he cant go back alive.
Harry and Ginny of course know that they have feelings for each other. But he says that he has to go alone to ffight, and soent want to bring ehr in. But there is still the wedding….when they go will the feelings spark?
We know that at Sirius’s house there is a misterious locket that cant be opened…could it be the locket thatholds a horocrux????
Is Harry a horucrux? we know there is six, but do u think he had the time to make a horucrux before killing the Potters( or trying to)

Emily Says:
July 1st, 2007 at 4:00 pm e
emily….i ment emily not emil!

Emily Says:
July 1st, 2007 at 4:03 pm e
also, i think that either Hrry will die, with Voldermort.
Harry loses his magic.
Or Harry , Ron, and Herminoe go to fight Voldermort, Harry and Voldermort do a showdown….Voldermort kills Harry. Ron and Hermione are than angrey and kill Voldermort.

Jace Says:
July 9th, 2007 at 11:39 pm e
Here’s my opinion on Harry/Neville relationship with LV and the horcruxes.
The way the prophesy is worded, everyone is pretty sure that either Harry will have to kill LV, or he’ll kill Harry. Dumbledore said that in order to kill Voldemort, all of his horcruxes would have to be killed first. If Harry was a Horcrux, than he would have to die before Voldemort could. Since Voldemort is pretty much the most powerful wizard around since Dumbledore is gone, if Harry, the only one with a chance to kill him now, dies, Voldemort would be free to go about killing. He can’t be a horcrux.
As for Neville, as much as he has been associated with Harry b/c he was born at the same time, parents…. etc., he wasn’t the one chosen. Voldemort heard the prophesy and picked Harry, not Neville. As cool as it would be to have Neville just kick down the door and punch Voldemort in the face, it won’t happen. He’s a side character, a friend of Harry’s, and nothing else.

Piers Says:
July 13th, 2007 at 9:13 am e
I think Emily and Jace both make good points. Harry cannot be a Horcrux, we know that it requires a spell to turn a something into a Horcrux but when LV’s AK curse backfired it left him virtually powerless and weak. He would not have been able to turn Harry into a Horcrux before he fled.
Jk has also just added a twist saying the end of the book is going to be a ‘blood bath’ (lovely) with two more characters dying than previously thought.
LV made the prophecy true by trying to kill Harry that night. Dumbledore says he creates his own worst enemy in Harry by trying to kill him, meaning it has to be Harry, and not Neville that has to kill LV.
R.A.B.. who knows? The only character that could fit at the moment is Regelus Black, but we know very little about him so it’s a hard road to go down! Also, a personal opinion, the letter found inside the locket felt to me like it was writted by a woman.
I believe Harry will go back to Godrics Hollow, as it is where the whole story started and is where Harry would probably need to start from if he is to go on a search to find the remaining Horcruxs.
I’m confused about Dumbledore, as to whether he is dead or not. He pleads with Snape at the end.. we know Dumbledore was not a coward, and it’s out of character for him to plead with anybody as he did. Was he pleading for Snape to ‘kill’ him? It would leave Snape free to work from the inside and continue in his work - which we know Dumbledore was extremely insistant with him about. We know Dumbledore is not a murderer and therefore cannot have a Horcrux, but maybe he knows of a different way to stay immortal.
There are so many questions and theories that it’s hard to come up with an answer. I think it would be very hard to end the series with Harry dead, and we know that LV cannot possibly still be alive at the end. We do know then that Harry must search for the Horcruxs and end up battling LV to the death.

Carly Says:
July 13th, 2007 at 10:59 pm e
Dumbledore was pleading with Snape because he wanted him to kill him in order to fulfill his unbreakable vow. snape is going to have a vital part in the 7th book most likely and dumbledore probably knew that snape will play a part in the killing of voldemort or else he wouldn’t have asked snape to kill him. and both Snape and Malfoy will not be evil by the end of book 7 anyway. I think Snape will die defending Harry or helping to destroy a horcrux or to defeat Voldemort just to give you a sign that he wasn’t truly on Voldemort’s side. i agree with emily about one of the weasleys or hagrid dying but I had also thought Lupin might bite the dust. However I do not think that these were the characters that JK was speaking of when she said at least two die. the locket at grimmlaud place is indeed the horcrux, i am positive otherwise it wouldn’t have been worth mentioning. however it may not be at grimmlaud place any longer. it could be in mundungus’ possesion since he was stealing so many things from grimmlaud place. and btw the locket is still a horcrux I am sure it will still need to be destroyed. Although RAB said they intended to destroy it soon I don’t think they ever got to it. Assuming RAB is Regulus, I believe that he eventually realized he didn’t want to be a death eater anymore whether he’d been under the imperius curse or just realized the error of his ways he will have been killed by voldemort or a death eater before he could destroy the locket. I don’t believe Harry is a horcrux. Neville will avenge his parents and kill Bellatrix Lestrange. I don’t believe there is a way around death for Harry in this book. Although good will triumph over evil, JK doesn’t want anyone else writing about Harry when she’s done so death is one of the only ways to do that. There are some things he could do to defeat Voldemort and not die (the veil perhaps) but I do not believe this will be the case. Just some of my thoughts.

Kyle Says:
July 15th, 2007 at 12:09 pm e
I also believe that Snape is on the good side, and Dumbledore had planned his death with Snape. Hence why he asked for Severus rather then Madam Pomfrey. Malfoy is a little bitch really, and theres no way he’ll stay evil, i don’t think he could handle it. I think theres definately got to be an attack at Bill & Fleurs wedding. And someone may well die, possibly Percy weasley? who knows. JK said that a muggle may use magic, and i’ve read alot of theories about Petunias nicer side about Lily coming out in the final book, and perhaps harry & petunia find peace finally. And maybe the muggle using magic will be Dudley, and this is why Vernon & Petunia were so determined to hate magic. You’ll have to read the theories to understand this. Also rumours of Sirius’s bike & two way mirror making repeat appearences. It IS possible that Harry’s scar is a horcrux. No idea if Dumbledore is actually dead or not. But he had a brother Aberforth, who might make an appearence. Theres alot of things ive sat and thought about while and after reading. Mainly concerning Snape. I think he was in love with Lily, which explains his hatred for James, whoevers side he’s on, he will never be able to kill Harry because ‘He has his mothers eyes’ well thats a couple of things to think about, ive got loads more though. Good to actually talk to some HP fans :).

If you (think you) are - check out the “Deathy Hallow Madness” quiz at Mugglenet.com - they’ve put together a series of 65 questions/predictions for the plot of HPatDH - participants are asked to choose what they think will happen in each situation - And there are prizes! Which is always a good thing. You do have to register with the site to participate.

Mugglenet (which has a strict no spoilers policy) has reported that there are some spoilers floating around on the internet - so, if you “don’t want to know” - beware.

Over on Tiny Treasury’s War of Words Wednesday, Kelly’s posted a question as to what JK Rowling should do in the future - Should she abandon the 7 book “promise” and continue to write about Harry Potter? or should she move on to another project?

Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling

Scholastic.com has posted it’s final Book 7 question:

“What are the Deathly Hallows?”

and the following answer choices…

“We’ll find out right away”

“We’ll find out in the middle”

“We’ll find out at the end”

Well, that doesn’t really shed any light on what exactly the Deathly Hallows are - it’s more of an idea as to what part of the book you need to flip to find out.

Which brings on a topic I’ve been pondering - and my own question…

When you read Book 7, will you read it:

word for word, one page at a time; or,

by skimming through the chapters to get the main idea and then go back later (or not) to read more closely; or,

backwards - conclusion first, details later; or,

by flipping to the back page, announcing to everyone around you what’s happened and then sell the book online?

Me, I’d like to say that I’ll go word by word, page by page - but I’m more likely to skim through some of the text -

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Scholastic.com, Book 7

Scholastic.com has posted Question #6 (in a series of 7):

Will Voldemort be defeated?

Your choices are: yes, and he will die; yes, but he will live; no way; and, there will be a truce.

I pick “yes, and he will die”. He’s got to go. Any sort of ending without the defeat of ‘you know who’ would be very disappointing - no matter what happens to the other characters - he must be destroyed.

Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows, Scholastic.com, “You know who”

So, much of the news and speculation regarding the events and outcomes of the final Harry Potter book has focused on Harry’s life expectancy.

My personal opinion (hope) is that Harry will survive - I know that keeping Harry alive would open the door for (unauthorized) sequels - but J.K. Rowling has the chance to influence and guide how Harry’s future will pan out.

Harry could, at the conclusion of the book, be depicted as an older man, sitting, perhaps, in Professor Dumbledore’s office, having just finished putting a “memory” in the pensieve.

Many “epic” novelists (I’m specifically thinking of J.R.R. Tolkien) include epilogues at the end of their great tales - a sort of post script for those readers (such as I am) who really suffer over the “but what happens next?” questions.

It’s fun to guess what will happen - of course, we won’t know until July 21st (or as soon as we can read!). It will be interesting to see if people stay “in” to read that weekend.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

To catch up to the current Deathly Hallows question at Scholastic.com…

Will Hogwarts reopen?

I say definitely yes. At what point, I’m not sure. I can’t imagine Hermione being out of class for very long - she’ll organize something. As far as Harry’s pledge to not return - it would seem that some of book 7 will have to deal with his dealing with his “quest” - Hogwarts is as much a character in the book as any person - a permanent closing of Hogwarts would put the entire education of wizards into question.

Question 4 on Scholastic is “who will end up with whom” - I’m going to leave the speculation on that one to you.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Scholastic.com, Hogwarts

Scholastic.com has been posting questions (speculations) about the final Harry Potter book. They’re on to question #5 (of seven) - but I’m going to back track to question #2 (Tiny Treasury has already asked question #1).

Is Snape good or evil?

My answer: good. I really believe it. I think that most of his nastiness comes from the way he was treated as a child/adolescent - and that he turned to the “dark side” in his youth because he saw no other way. But he must be good at heart, so else I don’t believe that Dumbledore would have brought him in as a teacher - if her really believed that he was as “far gone” as, say, Lucius Malfoy, then I don’t think he would have allowed him to teach anything.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Scholastic.com, Snape

Over on Tiny Treasury, children’s book reviewer and recommender extraordinaire, Kelly, has posted a question…

Who do you think dies in Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger or somebody else?

So, check it out and let your opinion be known!

Also, be sure to check out her review of Troy CLE’s Marvelous World - Book One: The Marvelous Effect.

An article in today’s South Bend Tribune dissects the new Mugglenet.com book, MuggleNet.com’s What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7.

If you like spoilerish material, read below the fold. Obviously there aren’t any true spoilers out…it’s all educated guessing and speculation. But if you don’t want to know any possible outcomes, stop reading here.

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