Harry Potter discussion

Mugglenet.com is producing another new book- Harry Potter Should've Died. OMG! It comes out June 1st! How many people woul buy this?...i would, just to see their arguements about Harry's death.

i am buying that book. i hated harry. :D

ill probably buy it too, but im glad he didnt die!

well, it would've sucked if he'd actually died i spose... but i still hated him :P

haha why?!?

i dunno, for some reason e seemed... dumbish. i typically don't like main characters as much as others..... *shrugz*

I'll buy it, but he CAN'T DIE!

jeeves wrote: "i dunno, for some reason e seemed... dumbish. i typically don't like main characters as much as others..... *shrugz*"

Oh haha! Ya I usually like other characters better but I still didn't want him to die!

I hate it when the main character dies! I cry my eyes out! And besides, if Harry was overly smart, he wouldn't have a flaw, he'd be perfect. It's not very interesting reading about someone who knows everything.

I don't know... My sister made cookies to bring to a midnight party for the Harry Potter 7 release. They said 'Live' or 'Die.' You'd eat which one you'd think Harry would do... Most people picked 'die.' I was SO convinced that Harry would die in the 7th book, but he didn't, which shocked me...

I was really shocked when Fred died. He's a minor character, only in the books for comic relief! I was surprised how it all worked out in the end though.

WHY DID HEDWIG DIE!?!?!!!!!! That one made me cry. These are the ones that brought waterworks:
Tonks! WHY!?!!?!
Lupin!! Again, WHY?!?!!
Fred! NOOOOOOO! HE WAS SO AWESOME!!
Hedwig!!! WTF?!?! Why!? I mean seriously, what does it add?
And most importantly, DOBBY!!! WHY, OH, WHY!?!?!

Sarah wrote: "WHY DID HEDWIG DIE!?!?!!!!!! That one made me cry. These are the ones that brought waterworks:
Tonks! WHY!?!!?!
Lupin!! Again, WHY?!?!!
Fred! NOOOOOOO! HE WAS SO AWESOME!!
Hedwig!!! WTF?!?! Wh..."

I hated when all of them died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially fred and dobby! I loved them! But u need to be able to sacrifice some good characters iguess when ur a writer :/

That's true. But Harry?! I talked to one of the english teachers at my school and I understand why Dumbledore died but Harry? That was different...

Harry didn't die. Ur getting confused from the previous comments....

Oh sorry. I'm supposed to be studying for a really stupid test that's about half my grade...

:D Anyway, I was really happy when he didn't die.

What?! Is this true? I'll buy it. But I also don't want him to die. I don't hate him. He's actually better than the other main characters SOMEWHERE . . .

Sarah - For me, it also remains a mystery to why Hedwig, Tonks, Lupin and Fred died. But Dobby, I have a guess. It would be humdrum if he didn't die. Just come to think of it, with Dobby at Harry's side - no challenge. Dobby could've performed the most challenging part on the Horcrux's hunt.

You make a good point Joanne. I hadn't thought of that.

Me neither. But why Hedwig?!?!!? She was so sweet, and I'm starting to think J.K. Rowling has some.....issues.

































































And I mean 'issues'......

How so? I think it takes a lot of courage to kill off your characters when you are that emotionally attached to them because the story called for it. You can't expect Harry to bring his friends into this battle with the darkest wizard of all times and all of them walk away unscathed. It made me sad when certain characters died (Tonks, Lupin, Dobby, Snape, Fred, MadEye, ok most of the people who died), but I'd rather the story be believable.
I know a lot of people who wanted Harry to die and personally I think she satisfied the need to kill Harry without having to kill him.

JKR said that she killed Hedwig because she was the last thing that tied Harry to his childhood. Meaning: he had to grow up, to be more mature in order he could perform the incredibly difficult task he had ahead. JKR said that in an interview for the site of Bloomsbury.

As for Fred, Lupin and Tonks...she said they were.. I don't know how to say this in english, but it'd be "bajas de guerra": every war implies tragedy, and the Weasleys were too many not to suffer any death.

Mad-Eye and Dobby... I agree with Joanne they were killed to allow Harry to prove himself. During the whole saga he had help from many other characters... it was about time for him to do something right on his own.

Snape :'( I will cry over him forever!!! But as I said in other discussion, he had to die for literary reasons. He was too bittersweet to continue alive, and most of all, he still couldn't forgive himself for his past mistakes... an unbearable guilt that will follow him to the grave =( I only regret the way he died... it was awful!! He didn't deserve that =( I would have prefer Avada Kedavra, but I suppose if he had died that way he wouldn't have had time to give Harry his memories. Anyway... what is done, is done =(

Very well said Annalisa and Courtney. And thanks for the infos Beatrix. At least it was proven that J.K. Rowling has satisfactory reasons to why they died.

aw...its okay...

why did dobby die?? *sniff sniff*

when dobby died it was soooooo sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that movie is gonna be sad the whole thing through!

I"M SO EXCITED FOR THE MOVIE!

ME TOO! I CAN'T WAIT!

me toooo!!!!!!!!!!! im goin to th midnight one for the first time! i also cant wait for the theme parkk!!

I know did you know that they are going to make it into 2 movies. I think that the cliffhanger will be when Ron leaves (idiot).

**SPOILER**
Yeah I thought that too!!!! But I also thought maybe when he comes back, it kinda depends on how much time the spend on the final fight at hogwarts...

Yeah,they have to make the Battle really detailed. So maybe they'll stop at Ron.

im sooo getting that. (even though i dont think he should've died)

i mean it would have been interesting if Harry died, yet since i like ginny so much i would feel bad for her if harry died. :)

I was so sure Harry was going to die...and he didn't! I was shocked, actually. I thought something like he and Voldemort would kill each other at the same time or something. That'd would've been cool. I (and this is my opinion so don't get mad at me) personally like it when a main character dies. You see, you build up the character, make the audience love him, and kill 'em off! That's intensity, and shock, and it adds a twisted plot, which I love. I'm not one for happy endings. But hey, that's just me. :)

yeah same!!! i kinda wished he would die, just so it would piss people off!

i like how JK ended it, with him kinda dieing but then coming back

only i wish that he talked to Dumbledore more and that he looked that screaming baby bat thingy in heaven or whereever that was! that wouldve been cooL!

I was so sure he was going to die!!! I thought he would defeat Voldemort, but die after that because he wasw out of strength or something. My sis and I thought he would, but our friend insisted that Harry would never die ever. He was right, but I'm glad he was. I would have been a mess if Harry died. What would have happened then? I guess we'll never know...

An alternate ending: What would've happened if Harry Potter had died?

back to the original idea of this thread... the book Harry Potter Should Have Died was interesting. The authors presented the for and against arguements for each question and a very brief verdict for which they think is correct. I bought it to read about should Harry have died, was the epilogue a letdown, should JKR have revealed Dumbledore as gay? but also realize the authors included debates on wether you'd rather shave Hagrid's back or give Voldy a foot massage and would you rather make out with Voldy or a Dementor?

I don't like happy endings, and I hated the ending to Harry Potter. It would've been SO COOL if he died. But no, he defeats Voldy, gets married to Ginny, and everything is La-Di-Da. I'm surprised they didn't break out into song.

but he does kinda die

Meh. He should've stayed dead. >:)

I don't

There are about 50 questions in the book, debated on both sides. It's interesting.

Yes! Here-here! I agree with Uma! *Applause*

I'm glad he didn't die, personally. He was not my favorite character--not even close to the top of my list--, but I would've been upset if he'd died. I've never had a main character be my favorite character, ever.

I want this book! It sounds so interesting.

I'm really happy that Harry and Ginny married, and that Harry finally has a family. The ending of a story (usually) doesn't matter to me very much. I like both happy and sad endings, along with bizarre mixes of the two.

Was no one upset over the fact that Colin Creevey, the camera kid, died? I get that he was a very, very minor character, but I never heard anyone mention his death.

Before I read the book I really thought there was a high chance that he might die. I think he should have perhaps maybe gotten a serious wound like a permant limp or something.

I was sad about Colin I liked him. I think his death was overshadow though by Lupin, Tonks and Fred and its understandalbe since Harry was close to them.

At least Ol' Voldy is dead.

"We did it we bashed them, wee Potty's the one
and ol' Voldy's gone moldy, so let's all have fun!"

I am sad for Tonks and Lupin and Dobby and Fred and all other friends of Harry died. for a little there, I was a little bit sorry for Malfoy (believe it or not) that one of his best friends died.

i think it would be extremely *weird* for the main titular character to die... what in the world?!?!?! there's only one series i can think of off the top of my head when the main series character dies @ the end; i havent read it, but my cousins and brother have and they were just really annoyed by that ending. i mean for goodness sake, how could the main character die? that would be so entirely morbid!