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What would be the worst possible ending of the last Harry Potter book?

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spacedonkey · 27/02/2006 17:03

(I have nicked the idea for this thread from another forum I post on so I can't take credit for it)

My lame contribution was:

" ... and Harry woke up to find it had all been an incredible dream ..."

Then someone suggested that it could end with Voldy writing a letter of apology ...

"dear mr potter, sorry for trying to do you in all these years, i saw so many similarities between the two of us and i suppose i was jealous of how well you handle things, and you're so good at quidditch.

sorry for killing your parents, i just get so angry sometimes and i'd heard this thing about having to kill you and i just got carried away

oh yeah, and sorry for the scar

yours

Lord Voldemort BSC Hons"

PMSL

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expatinscotland · 28/02/2006 21:59

I agree, Dior. If he were that mature, he'd also be mature enough to send a clear message to all those folks who keep treating him like his dad that he's . . . well, not his dad and to kindly go to f*ck w/that action.

Dior · 28/02/2006 20:43

I also think that, in RL, Harry would be too immature to have given Ginny up for the greater good.

Oliviab · 28/02/2006 15:20

"I do think that Snape is good really, although (like all my favourite men!) has a bad past... "

Oh yes, eg. Giles from Buffy. Hmmmmmmmmm

And Neville could well be 'the one', you're right Dior. Perhaps he'll be killed whilst killing Voldy and saving the world and Harry and Ginny can have the quiet life Harry so craves. That way none of the kids have to deal with the guilt of killing anyone themselves.

MerlinsBeard · 28/02/2006 10:23

I really enjoyed O of the P BUT i did read HBP b4 i read O of the P so it flowed quicker as i was slotting in LOTS that had been missed from skipping a boo. (that'll teach me!!)

Has anyone else started to re read the books again or just me Grin

Dior · 28/02/2006 09:50

I'm like you SD. As soon as I have read the books, they go out of my head. I love them, and am 1/3 through the O of the Phoexix, for the second time. I do find it a little slower than the others. I think the films have been great, and have really stuck to the feeling in the books. Can't wait to see GOF when it comes out on DVD.

My worst possible ending would be happy all round. Life isn't like that. I don't think Harry will die. I do think that Snape is good really, although (like all my favourite men!) has a bad past...

I agree that someone else is the one, because it knid of hinted at that in the HBP.

meowmix · 28/02/2006 09:49

i just like the idea of Trisha getting caught in the crossfire. Am in EVIL mood today, mwahhahahahaha...

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spacedonkey · 28/02/2006 09:41

Jeremy Kyle is definitely a death eater

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meowmix · 28/02/2006 09:21

Hermione gets pregnant and there's doubt over who the father is - HP? Ron? Neville? Hagrid? in absence of dumbledore to sort it out they resort to bringing in jerry springer (aka voldemort?) and fight it out live on national TV. Trisha is injured in the crossfire from a death eating Jeremy Kyle Show producer.

ernest · 28/02/2006 09:04

so to repeat, when does the last book come out? Shouldn't've read this, only 1/3 way through HBP. Can't remember half of this book, never mind the last ones. seive head

nikkie · 27/02/2006 22:21

I loved 5 !
I have them all on tape Blush have definatly got more details listening thanreading!

MarsOnLife · 27/02/2006 20:51

The worse possible ending.... easy.. that would be a cliffhanger making you realise that it wasn't the very last HP book after all!

hunkermunker · 27/02/2006 20:49

I agree re TP, EPIS - love his books. But JKR...humourless, forgettable and formulaic, IMO.

DumbledoresGirl · 27/02/2006 20:17

6 is my favourite! Except for the flashbacks to Voldemort's past although I can see they were needed to explain things more. They slowed the plot down though.

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spacedonkey · 27/02/2006 20:17

I thought Order of the Phoenix was a bit slow, but couldn't put Half Blood Prince down!

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Blandmum · 27/02/2006 20:16

Didn't like 6 so much. 4 is my fave atm

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spacedonkey · 27/02/2006 20:16

This is making me want to read the whole lot again ...

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expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 20:15

I agree, SD, IMO the books have gotten better and apparently she did have a whole plan in mind from the get go.

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spacedonkey · 27/02/2006 20:14

I think if the Potter series was going to deteriorate into mush it would've done by now - but it's been consistently good. JKR had a clear idea of the ending from the first book I think didn't she?

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expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 20:10

No, Twig, I admitted to reading Terry Pratchett AND JKR, proudly! FWIW, I find Terry Pratchett funny as f*ck b/c he doesn't take himself a bit seriously.

I'm a sucker for a good storyteller. That's why I like Alexander McCall Smith. I like Jay McInerney, too, for that reason.

And HP books. They're just a good story.

DumbledoresGirl · 27/02/2006 20:08

Percy is not under the imperius curse. he is working for the ministry and is just a stcuk up prat. He is not showing any signs of doing anything evil. He has been a bit of a prat from book one and I think he just hasn't grown out of it.

expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 20:08

No one's coming back to life. That's just a crock. Voldemort has never died, he said so in Goblet of Fire.

JKR has admitted in interviews that she fears death.

That's a luxury, IMO.

I just hope she doesn't go down the Ann Rice route where it just all disintegrated into utter mush.

SueW · 27/02/2006 20:08

Fawkes is Dumbledore's horcrux?

Oliviab · 27/02/2006 20:08

Also, I agree - the reason Dumbledore so firmly trusted Snape was because he must have made him make at least one unbreakable vow (eg not to help Voldemort would be the sensible one but not much good for plot development LOL.)

I also wonder if Dumby is truly dead - what is the Phoenix motif for otherwise?

Twiglett · 27/02/2006 20:06

expat .. did you just compare Terry Pratchett to JK Rowling? Shock .. wash your mouth out

MerlinsBeard · 27/02/2006 20:06

wonder if when JKR is writing this one she is thinming of it being a childrens story or how well it will be turned in to a film

SD FWIW i don't retain all of the stories either! just bits of it.

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