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An Addition to the Harry Potter Posts

This news article covers an interview with the author of Harry Potter- J.K. Rowling. I think it's quite interesting: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572107/20071017/index.jhtml

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Spoiler Alert . . .

My Predictions

For those of you expecting better of me-- there are only two things on my mind right now. 1. Getting a new job. 2. Harry Potter. Finding out about the first one today-- so I might blog about that later; and finding out about the second tomorrow-- and I'll definitely blog about that later.

• Deathly Hallows are items of magical legend that Voldemort (maybe Harry) is after.
• Gringotts and dragons.
• Harry is a Horcrux, who has to sacrifice himself in order to save the world.
• Deaths: Lupin, Tonks, Snape, Voldemort, Fred or George Weasley, the Minister of Magic, Mad Eye, Dobby, Bellatrix
• Sirius and Dumbledore come back . . . in a way
• Kreacher helps because RAB is Regulus Black

Cover Edit

I missed a couple of important things on this cover in the last post, so I thought I'd cover them here quickly.

1. Ron and Hermione are both in very nice dress robes. It is hard to tell what Harry is in, although the design on his sleeves indicate black dress robes or a muggle-hippie style shirt.  Conjections for their dress are many-- but I believe it may be possible the trio have come from Bill and Fleur's wedding. Could some tragedy have occurred to cut it short? It's possible. In a recent interview with some British guy, J.K. Rowling describes the book as a "blood bath."
2. Do you see the house elf behind Harry? He is brandishing Gryffindor's sword. . . This has got to be either Kreacher or Dobby . . . I heard recently that J.K. Rowling warned the creators of the movie Order of the Phoenix to leave Kreacher in the movie (they apparently wanted him out). This could be seriously significant, since the possibility that RAB is Regulus Black and Kreacher's former master is a good one.
3. Ron and Hermione look terrified-- no wands can be seen, but still Harry looks focused on something ahead. All three are rather beat up.
4. With the dragon from the special edition cover, I suspect the three may be in a dragon's treasure hoard. However, the entranceway that Harry, Ron, and Hermione are falling through looks to lead outside somewhere.  . . (and it also looks quite similar to the entrance way of the castle on the back cover.) There is a theory out there that this place is Gringott's.
5. The Patronus (right) will make a comeback . . .
6. Is this castle Hogwarts? If so- it looks like the forest was burned or something.
7. There is a strange symbol on the spine of the book, up at the top. This has something to do with the book-- does anyone know?
8. What the heck is that in the glass bowl on the left? Is that a prophecy made about Nagini?
9. The weird

What the Covers Say

                   

 

Krum's Disappearing Act

Krum is an interesting character, isn't he? Obviously an excellent flier, and sympathetic to the Hogwarts cause of, er, being against Voldemort. Plus he has the hots for Hermione. And I think that she definitely had the hots for him back, at least a little bit, even while she liked Ron. The evidence is in-- they've certainly kissed, and they've maintained contact, although it does not look like Hermione spent the summer with him after he asked.

Anyway, after Order of the Phoenix came out, JK Rowling did an interview and was asked whether Krum would return. She said, and I quote, "You will see Krum again, though not soon."

Well, he was not in the Half-Blood Prince. Does this mean that he will be in the Deathly Hallows? Perhaps-- after all, there are dragons and treasure and that sounds more foreign to me; so maybe Krum does come in handy . . .

OR

Maybe Ron and Harry both die at the end of the Deathly Hallows. And maybe the epilogue-- the one that Jo's had written for a very long time which depicts what happens to the characters who survive-- maybe this epilogue shows Hermione and Krum getting together.

Who Will Die?

In less than 20 days, we'll find out. But . . . I think it's gotta be Harry. There is just no way that he can fight the Dark Lord-- the most powerful wizard of all time, kill all of that guy's souls, and survive. I am also thinking back to something in the Sorcerer's Stone. . .

When Harry is serving detention in the Forbidden Forest, he nearly encounters Voldemort himself, cloaked in black and drinking unicorn blood. When Voldemort realizes Harry's presence, he turns and swoops toward him, only to be stopped by a Centaur, who allows Harry to ride his back to effect Harry's escape.

When the Centaur encounters other Centaurs, they become very angry with him for not letting Harry face Voldemort. Now this can be interpreted in various ways, but I think Harry says it himself, when he stumbles out of the forest muttering that the Centaurs believe he is fated to die at the hands of Voldemort.

People have mentioned that Harry Potter is one of Voldemort's horcruxes. This might be supported. For example, in the Order of the Phoenix when Harry has the "vision" of the snake attacking Mr. Weasley, there are three important things to note. 1) that Harry had the vision as the snake, 2) that later Harry wanted to attack Dumbledore and complained to Sirius that "it's like there's a snake inside me!" and 3) when Dumbledore's instrument indicates 1 snake, and Dumbledore asks "in essence divided?" and the 1 snake divides into two-- we really have no clue what it means. It could mean that the instrument is replying to Dumbledore's question with a no-- "No, sir, there really were two snakes." or it could mean that "Yes, one snake but in essence divided." So what are the two essences? Dumbledore believes it was Nagini as Horcrux and Voldemort possessing her, but maybe it was Harry as Horcrux and Nagini as Horcrux.

Anyway, say Harry really is a Horcrux . . . or say he isn't. Either way, I kind of think that a Dementor and its kiss will somehow be involved in the riddance of that last Horcrux. Maybe Voldemort kills Harry but is hit with a stunner spell or something and the Dementor swoops in. Or maybe Harry kills Voldemort but is incapacitated and the Dementor swoops in on him? Gasp! Maybe this happens and the Dementor sucks out Voldemort's soul from Harry the Horcrux and Harry lives!

Maybe the New York subways, instead, will rave that "Harry Lives!" instead of lauding their old appreciation for Frodo . . . [For those of you who fail to read introductions, this is a reference to Peter Beagle's 1973 introduction to The Lord of the Rings.]

Is Snape Good or Evil?

I am still trying to figure out my theory . . . Thus, in my spare time (usually after I can no longer do homework and need to wind down) I've been re-reading the books. I recently found something very interesting in the 1st book-- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone-- but I might try to discuss that later. Anyway, since I know that probably none of my 3 readers actually read Harry Potter, I'll break it down for you in a list. That way when you enter Barnes and Noble and find the little tri-cornered pamphlet on the table you can have an intelligent conversation with the strange-looking person dressed in a violet cloak.

Snape is good:

1. Dumbledore trusts him.
2. He saves Harry Potter's life several times.
3. He really did think Sirius had been the "secret-keeper"-- and hated him so much for it that he wanted him to suffer the worst punishment ever.
4. He alerted the Order in Order of the Phoenix in enough time for Harry and his friends to be saved and to protect the prophecy.
5. There was something going on with him and Lily Potter.
6. Dumbledore seems to have known about Malfoy trying to kill him (Dumbledore), and was bent on "saving" Malfoy by not letting him actually commit murder. Plus, he and Snape were arguing about something in the forest, and it could very well have been the fact that Snape had to kill Dumbledore if Malfoy didn't. Dumbledore's pleading tone may not have been for Snape to save him (Dumbledore) but for Snape to save Malfoy by killing Dumbledore himself. Remember, they believe murder is the most evil act that can be done.
7. He's a good occlumens.
8. Although he is strong in the Dark Arts, he is also strong in healing Dark curses, poisons, etc.

Snape is bad:

1. Um. He murdered Dumbledore (which still could have been part of the plan).
2. He certainly dislikes all the people we consider to be "good."
3. Voldemort is excellent at Legilimency, and he believes in Snape's loyalty
4. Maybe there's a thing with Narcissa Malfoy?
5. He's really good at Dark Stuff.
6. He's a Death Eater.
7. Basically, he murdered Dumbledore.