Harry Potter VII
JKR has said that two people will die in the next book, possibly including Harry. And I guess that there’s shock and all, but I was mostly thinking Only two? This is a huge major wizarding war, with — among others — a bunch of kids fighting against the most powerful wizard ever and only two people will die? And given what she did the first time someone died, I cannot even assume she means that two of the important characters will die plus a bunch of the secondary ones.
I will, however, assume that the two doesn’t include Voldemort because that would just annoy me.
Update: Mugglenet says that what she said was she edited the last chapter of book 7 to have two more people die and one other person live. I’ll hope they’re right, because the other plan doesn’t really make sense to me. I am too lazy to listen to the interview, so I am relying on other interpretations of it. Though the interpretations are all that people will die only in the final chapter, which is possible, I guess, but a little weird and also unlike the earlier books.
Update 2: Conversation going on at Feministe
Update 3: Okay, I listened. She says that, in the last chapter, one character gets a reprieve, and two die that she hadn’t intended. So *at least* two characters die in the last chapter (unless she changes it again), and no comments on how many people do or don’t die in any other chapter. Other quote: “This is ultimate evil. They don’t target the extras.” Then I got bored because it’s a half hour long.
June 27th, 2006 at 9:26 am
Yes, I totally agree re: Voldemort.
June 27th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
I am ashamed at how very much I am looking forward to the next book. Usually I can forget about them until the leadup till the next sale, but this time, not so much.
Can I admit I sort of hope she kills off Harry?
June 28th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
I think “Dies” is a bit of a missnomer.
You see, what will happen, is Harry and Voldemort will be locked in super powered wizard battle. Their spells will combine causing a reverb of magical energy that will tear appart the entirity of creation. Everyone is dead, everything is gone.
Then, JK will un-do harry’s death by having him wake up as an 11 year old in the cuboard under the stairs. See, he sat up to quickly and conked himself on the noggin and passed out. He then dreamt the whole of harry potter series. There is your mass death, and big “Twist” at the end.
And I better be wrong. Or I will surely be very grumpy.
June 28th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
You know, one day last week I was actually feeling *lonely* without even a date for the release of the new Harry Potter. I might have to start haunting Mugglenet to get my fix. Do you suppose someone will transcribe the interview? I really don’t have a half an hour to listen.
June 28th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
Jesse: heh. Also, if you are right I will hunt you down and kill you. Harry Potter and It Was All A Dream would soon be followed by Harry Potter and the death of JK Rowling.
PS: The transcript. Though the people dying thing was in the first 60 seconds of the interview anyhow, and there’s little else of interest.
June 28th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
I am both excited about the next bok - and the next movie (a year from now, yay!).
June 28th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Thanks. It was worth a read, but I agree that there was nothing earth-shattering to glean from it. Sigh.
Teh waiting is teh hardest part.
July 9th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
I really hope you don’t kill of Harry. It won’t make any sense to kill Harry and let Voldemort take over the world and evil wins forever!
And if you kill both Harry and Voldemort, who will help the witches and wizards?
Well don’t make a stupid decsion! Because trust me, you will not have as much fans as you do now.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:47 pm
1) Who says witches and wizards need help, and who says that Harry is going to help them? Besides exhibiting outstanding courage and hard-headedness, he isn’t really a helpful sort. This has become about revenge for Harry…revenge for his parents, for Cedric, for Dumbledore, and possibly for those yet to die.
2) If Harry dies, it will be TO HELP the wizarding community. Rest assured that Voldemort will not triumph. But nothing is without cost. If the cost is Harry’s life (which I, for one, doubt) then so be it. To sally forth with nonsense about not being a fan anymore is ridiculous.