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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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alexsmum · 27/02/2006 20:05

oooh oliviab!!!! that's a really interesting theory-percy under the imperius curse..mmmmm

Blandmum · 27/02/2006 20:04

The 'real' horcrux locket is in Grimauld place. It is mentioned in book four....a locket that no-one can open. I think old whats his face fenced it

Oliviab · 27/02/2006 20:03

"I'd have just gone OFF on his book ass"
PMSL, fab turn of phrase Expat Grin

I for one would be seriously pissed off to read Harry's parents were brought back to life as a reward / compensation for all Harry's hard work.

FWIW I think Percy Weasely's under that trance spell (forgotten what it's called) and that's why he's been such a wazzock.

DumbledoresGirl · 27/02/2006 19:59

Oh yes Expat. I happen to love HP, so it is not sour grapes that makes me say this, but I did have a crisis a few months ago when I thought how simple JKR's idea was and how easily I could have become the millionnairess that she is if only I had written them first.

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spacedonkey · 27/02/2006 19:58

I agree that Harry will die

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expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 19:58

Yeah but it'd be so poetic if Harry croaked. I mean, his mother died just to buy him a little more time, most of which was crap taking abuse off the Dursleys, getting hassle at school, and having everyone else he ever loved get whacked.

expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 19:57

You're just jealous, hunker :o. I know I am! Wish I'd have thought that up!

DumbledoresGirl · 27/02/2006 19:56

Well, if JKR is determined to be the most reviled woman in the history of mankind, then yes Harry will die at the end.

But I am betting on Voldemort getting his comeuppance.

alexsmum · 27/02/2006 19:56

expat-i love your posts on this-you're just so ...american!!!!Grin

hunkermunker · 27/02/2006 19:56

SD, I find HP books incredibly forgettable. I don't think they're very good though.

alexsmum · 27/02/2006 19:55

ra b took the locket-it is the one in in grimmauld place.
regulus died at the time of harry's birth.coincidence? i think not.
dumbledore being dead? not sure- dumbledore did say to harry'not even wizards can come back from the dead'...or words to that effect.
snape is a triple agent.dumbledore ordered him to kill him.that's what they were argiung about in the woods.

DumbledoresGirl · 27/02/2006 19:55

It is called obsession Spacedonkey.

Oh and not having very much else to think about!

expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 19:55

I have a knack for remembering trivial crap.

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spacedonkey · 27/02/2006 19:54

How on earth do you all remember all this?!

I've read all the Potters, yet as soon as I put the book down the entire story disappears from my tiny mind

Envy
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expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 19:54

So let's see, how many of us think Harry's going to cop it?

I do.

expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 19:53

Yep, think he did w/Dumby's full knowledge, and that's why Dumby petrified Harry, b/c he knew he'd get in the way of what needed to happen.

But if he did make an Unbreakable Vow w/him to never harm Harry, then of course he has to die if he breaks it.

DumbledoresGirl · 27/02/2006 19:51

If Snape killed Dumbledore and I say only if, it was done on Dumbledore's orders.

expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 19:50

Either way, Snape wasted Dumby and that's that.

expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 19:48

he/she intended to destroy it, at least that is what he/she wrote. but he/she may have been killed before that, as he fully expected to die. also, whoever he/she is, he/she wants Voldy to be mortal again.

DumbledoresGirl · 27/02/2006 19:47

You do not know that RAB destroyed the horcrux in the locket. He took it that is all. He might not have destroyed it.

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spacedonkey · 27/02/2006 19:42

I just loved the "Lord Voldemort BSc Hons" bit at the end!

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expatinscotland · 27/02/2006 19:37

How many horcuxes are still left? I mean, RAB destroyed the locket, Dumby got rid of the ring, Harry torched the diary, and one of them is in a living being - perhaps Nagini?

Am I missing another known one?

Did he ever get hold of Helga Hufflepuff's cup?

WideAwake · 27/02/2006 19:37

Harry having a new sibling who is then the subject of any more books by JK Rowling....

AliceWonderland · 27/02/2006 19:36

to be continued

hunkermunker · 27/02/2006 19:36

Agree wtih Tamum and was just about to post similar Grin