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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - the SPOILER thread!

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 10:30

Don't post here if you don't want to know who dies and what happens.

You've been warned.

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alipigwidgeon · 21/07/2007 00:42

PMSL thanks Expat. Was going to read the end first anyway . Only a few hours to go here.

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expatinscotland · 21/07/2007 00:40

SPOILER!

Sorry, not going to faff with lines and that as this thread is MARKED as a spoiler.

To the boy . . . who lived!

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kneazlechick · 20/07/2007 21:25

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Please can everyone put a "spoiler space" like the one above before they put major news on here. That way, if anyone does a search they will just see the stars - not the actual spoiler.

Ta - and hope you enjoyed it!!

rosmerta · 20/07/2007 20:55

lol expat!

Glad someone set up the spoiler thread, I shall be here sometime tomorrow afternoon!

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 19:23

After drinking too much pumpkin juice one evening and mooning over the state of his life, Harry shags Hermoine. She gets sprogged up, prompting Ron to turn to crime with Mundungus and rebound with Luna.

Harry can't deal with the fall out. He ditches Hermoine and she joins the Dark Side.

Harry's son grows up one pissed off wizard who gets the drop on his dad.

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DangerousBeans · 20/07/2007 19:20

Harry, Ron and Hermione will get into some nasty scrapes and hilarious japes.

They will all survive for a spin-off series, in which Ron will get to say more than just "bloody hell, Harry", and Hermione will realise that stripey knitwear is not suitable for all social occasions.

Harry will continue his tuition that enables him to look pensive, confused, angry and cold all at the same time - and may even learn a new expression.

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 19:17

She'll be furious with me if I don't phone her up as soon as.

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DumbledoresGirl · 20/07/2007 19:16

Mamama, I know this is not the right place but can I quickly pass on a message for you? It is from Naswm aka Losty. She wanted me to let you know that she had a breakdown last weekend and has been admitted to hospital where she will be for some time yet. She didn't want you to be worried at not finding her (here on MN or on msn? not sure which.)

mamama · 20/07/2007 19:15

expat!

mamama · 20/07/2007 19:14

lol @ expat explaining how fictional stories work. Poor DG

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 19:12

I'm ringing up my sister in the US to tell her the spoilers as soon as I get my copy.

I'm ringing her on her mobile as she'll be queued up .

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DumbledoresGirl · 20/07/2007 19:12

Ooh mamama, I have been looking for you.

mamama · 20/07/2007 19:11

Oh no, I've just realised you are all going to get the book 6 hours before me - that's too much time.
DOn't want to wait when I know you'll all be reading it. Damn these timezones

DumbledoresGirl · 20/07/2007 19:11

Oh sorry, don't get me wrong. Am I coming across as some saddo who confuses fiction with real life and can't get it into my head that Dumbledore is dead?

That is not my intention. Just having fun speculating for the last time about this issue. Tomorrow, we will know all anyway. (well you fast readers will, I will take some days to get through 600 pages!)

DumbledoresGirl · 20/07/2007 19:10

But JK got one of her characters to say in an earlier book that to do one of the Unforgiveable curses, you have to mean it. Just saying it isn't enough...

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 19:06

DG, the killing curse kills. It didn't bounce back and hit Snape. And JK has said time and again that Dumbledore really is dead.

It happens in books. Fictional characters dies.

Sad, but true.

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DumbledoresGirl · 20/07/2007 19:05

But what if he was never dead in the first place? You do know that Dumbledore's brother is the barkeeper at the pub? What if he was a stand in for Dumbledore?

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 19:02

'No spell can waken the dead', said Nearly Headless Nick.

I'm going to be properly tipsy by the time I get hold of my copy .

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DumbledoresGirl · 20/07/2007 19:01

I am still not sure about Dumbledore. What JK said was that he does not come back from the dead. What if he never died in the first place? I know I know, I am snatching at straws...

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 18:58

I know I'm going for a drink in a bar before queuing up .

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greensleeves · 20/07/2007 18:58

I definitely reckon Ron goes for a burton

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expatinscotland · 20/07/2007 18:55

Post here when you get hold of the book!

FWIW, I've been winding peeps up.

I don't think he dies, tbh.

Or Hermoine or Ron.

I do think Hagrid snuffs it, though

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Piffle · 20/07/2007 17:14

ds 13 reckons Hermione buys the farm and dumbledore ain't dead
And that harry has to kill voldemort or vice versa or it's pointless ending it there.

I know nothing as I've not read them before
DS is aghast and very anxious about the deaths...

Blandmum · 20/07/2007 17:14

I think that ron is a mort.

Dumbledore is deffo dead, JK says so

DangerousBeans · 20/07/2007 17:12

The ideas put forward in the Beans' household include:
Dumbledore was never really dead.
Ron carks it.
Snape is a woman.