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	Hmmm... jar 2003-06-28 09:46 am UTC (link)
	Heh, wouldn't it be amusing, if we get to the 7th book and she kills Harry off and lets Voldie win and take over the world? I'm laughing so hard it hurts. XD (Reply to this)

	And watch out for this one: lulinda 2003-06-28 09:58 am UTC (link)
	If that's from the recent Q&A she did, she also warned fans that they were getting to fond of Draco and said something about dark forces rising, or some such. To me this means either Draco bites it or he goes evil. And we thought the hair wringing over the death in OoTP was bad... Hoo boy, we ain't seen nuthin' yet if Draco dies. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: And watch out for this one: zannechaos 2003-06-28 09:59 am UTC (link)
	Heeeeee... Darth Draco. May the Fandom be with you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: And watch out for this one: soleta 2003-06-28 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	snerks christ, must learn not to eat or drink when reading this board. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: And watch out for this one: eris 2003-06-28 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	It would make my cold, black heart leap with joy if Draco died a villain's death in the next two books. That, and it would cause absolute chaos in HP fandom. :> (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: And watch out for this one: pyratejenni 2003-06-28 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	Speak it, sister! The wailing and gnashing of teeth throughout the fandom if the little Malfoy git should bite it warm the cockles of my cold, cold heart. And possibly win me $20. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: And watch out for this one: rikoshi 2003-06-29 01:32 pm UTC (link)
	I will be smiling the widest when Draco finally bites it. It will be a glorious, glorious day for me and mine. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: And watch out for this one: karmakaze 2003-06-30 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	Errr... goes evil? What's he been so far? :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	alden 2003-06-28 10:57 am UTC (link)
	Ooh yes, something to keep an eye on. The thing is, JK Rowling regularly jokes about killing off Harry when fans ask her questions, but no one ever took her seriously (heh) before. Now that ~~most~~ some crazy HP fans think she's a murderer, it'll be somuchfun to see how they react. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	hugsnkisses 2003-06-30 12:00 am UTC (link)
	See, that's the thing that's struck me. She guards her plot points so closely, I don't think she would ever get close to what happens at the end of the books. I don't think Harry's going to be in any fit state to "have another series" but I doubt he'll die. She just wouldn't joke about it like that if he did. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nevadafighter 2003-06-28 11:22 am UTC (link)
	So does this mean I can't write my Harry-in-the-future fic? cries (Reply to this)

	croupier 2003-06-28 12:43 pm UTC (link)
	Man, I would have hated to have to comfort some kid after that speech. And like alden said, she's been saying that stuff for over a year now! Do the kids just not pay attention? Those damn kids. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	amandatwop 2003-06-29 03:43 am UTC (link)
	Your icon! :::dies::: (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	croupier 2003-06-29 05:03 am UTC (link)
	Aw, thanks! But as much as I'd love to hoard all the credit, it was a collaborative effort between me and diemydawny. (There's just no way either of us could be that funny on our own.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

oxydosic
2003-06-28 03:47 pm UTC (link)

I heard about that the other day. It makes me giggle. Personally i think it'd be neat if Harry died at the end of book 7. The hero making the ultimate sacrifice and all...leaving readers very sad but swelling with pride that Harry gave his life to save everyone else. It'd be a smart move.

The books seem to be getting progressively darker. Who knows, by book 7 it may be too disturbing for some kids to read. Some parents are already kerfluffling over how dark book 5 was.

Personally, next book i'd like to see teenage hormones running wild. Hermione and Ron get it on! Harry gets jealous! Harry and Hermione get it on! Come on, we need a good old fashioned love triangle.

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croupier
2003-06-28 05:31 pm UTC (link)

Some parents are already kerfluffling over how dark book 5 was.
Yeah, and I WANNA WATCH. Are there links available? I'm seriously just waiting for the Christian right to get their knickers all atwist over Harry v. ~~Ashcroft~~ Umbridge.

Personally, next book i'd like to see teenage hormones running wild. Hermione and Ron get it on! Harry gets jealous! Harry and Hermione get it on! Come on, we need a good old fashioned love triangle.
Replace "love triangle" with "threesome" and I'm all over that shit.

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rikoshi
2003-06-29 01:33 pm UTC (link)

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	franny 2003-06-28 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	She's been saying it for ages, whenever someone asks her what will happen to Harry et al once they finish Hogwarts. Thing is, the end of OotP pretty much rules the possibility of Harry's death out unless she's planning to let the Dark side win, which seems inconceivable given the overall tone of the books thus far. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	chash 2003-06-28 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	I vote for Harry getting killed off by the dark side (tm), then Neville takes up ~~his father's sword~~ the cause and destroys evil. That would be an ending. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dorothy1901
2003-06-28 09:03 pm UTC (link)

"My name is Harry Potter. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

(Voldemort wipes Potter off the face of the earth.)

"My name is Neville Longbottom. You drove my father insane. Also my mother. Prepare to die."

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	iczer6 2003-06-29 03:28 am UTC (link)
	"Okay technically YOU didn't drive them insane. But your flunkies did on your command so, uh..." Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)

	senor_pinata 2003-06-28 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	Well, he could kill Voldemort and then get hit by a falling parapet from Hogwatrs or something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	uniquesnowflake 2003-06-28 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	But then the wacky Sirius Black fans/conspiracy theorists will shout at JKR because Harry didn't die a "heros" death and it was meaningless and generally lacking bravado. And then we can all wish they'd just shut up already again. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dorothy1901 2003-06-28 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	There's actually a precedent in British children's literature. In The Last Battle, the seventh and last book of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, almost everybody dies. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	soleta 2003-06-28 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	yes, and a lot of people hate that book. (I think it's not very well suited to the rest of the series in general, but that's another rant for another day...) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2003-06-28 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	Well, yeah, but they all enter into the Kingdom of ~~Heaven~~ Narnia and get to play there forever, so it's not like they're all that dead. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yadda 2003-06-28 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	They're only mostly dead, eh? That seems to happen to fictional characters alot. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	uniquesnowflake 2003-06-28 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Don't give the Sirius fangirls any bad ideas! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rann 2003-06-29 12:57 am UTC (link)
	"Mostly dead, is sort of alive..." "Can you do anything, Miracle Aslan?" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ingrid 2003-06-29 12:20 am UTC (link)
	gasp Rowling crib from C.S. Lewis?????? Oh, never. coughing loudly (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snowball 2003-06-29 09:45 am UTC (link)
	She cribbed from C.S. Lewis? ...I didn't notice. What did she crib? o_O (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zannechaos 2003-06-29 09:50 am UTC (link)
	I don't read the books, but when C.S. Lewis was brought up, I couldn't help but notice the similarity in the number of books for starters -- there's supposed to be seven, ne? ::snickers:: While I'm familiar with Lewis' stuff, I'm not with Rowling's. Someone who knows both would prolly be a better choice to show any other possible parallels. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snowball 2003-06-29 09:51 am UTC (link)
	I'm quite familiar with both, myself, but I'm also denser than a white dwarf and wouldn't see any similarities on my own if they stripped naked before my eyes, sang me an aria in Japanese, and bombarded me with paintballs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2003-06-30 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	Um...they both have magic in them? Also, the Gryffindor mascot is a lion? Naw, I got nothin'. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	What I want to know... pyratejenni 2003-06-28 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	.....is why the fact JKR doesn't believe in magic a la the books a bombshell? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: What I want to know... rann 2003-06-29 12:58 am UTC (link)
	I dunno, I think some people have this view of her that she actually lives the way she has the magic-folk living in her books, going about her day tra-la-la, wearing robes and waving a wand... ... Probably spends most of her day abusing the help staff. "Get me bloody steak and kidney pie, you git, or I'll give you the sack!" XD (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: What I want to know... iczer6 2003-06-29 03:30 am UTC (link)
	>>... Probably spends most of her day abusing the help staff. "Get me bloody steak and kidney pie, you git, or I'll give you the sack!" XD>> I like to think that she calls her ex-husband once a day to just laugh her ass off at him. Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: What I want to know... rann 2003-06-29 03:37 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, I learned a new spell today, honey! I wave my wand and PEOPLE GIVE ME FAT WADS OF CASH! RICHOS, BITCH!" hangup (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: What I want to know... iczer6 2003-06-29 03:45 am UTC (link)
	"Hey honey, did I leave my check for 70 grand at your house? If you don't find it's not a big deal, I have several more coming. Just thought you should know!" Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: What I want to know... rann 2003-06-29 03:49 am UTC (link)
	"I probably left it there in my hurry to rush off and scre-, I mean, interview all the hot young actors who are auditioning for Sirius and Lupin in the next movie..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: What I want to know... hugsnkisses 2003-06-30 12:04 am UTC (link)
	shudders Gary Oldman twitch (Reply to this)(Parent)

	glasshouses 2003-06-29 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	If Harry gets any more moody and snotty, I may off him myself! eg Of course, I'm only 1/3 of the way through OotP, maybe he's a nominally sympathetic character again by the end ;-) (Reply to this)

	sarahchica 2003-07-02 01:55 am UTC (link)
	I won't forgive her if she doesn't kill off Harry. crosses fingers and mumbles things about tragic heroes Just don't kill off the twins, man. (Reply to this)