The Final Battle, if there is one, would almost certainly have to be set there, I think.
It may be that Hogwarts itself doesn't survive Book 7. Rowling's own Gotterdammerung.
If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
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Connie Neil - Aug 09, 2005 6:59:32 am PDT #1061 of 3301
brillig
Aims - Aug 09, 2005 7:19:13 am PDT #1062 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
They all get pissed and do a collective spell that shows that together they are stronger than the evil that is the former Tom Riddle.
t whaps head
"Cross the streams!"
Narrator - Aug 09, 2005 7:22:31 am PDT #1063 of 3301
The evil is this way?
It may be that Hogwarts itself doesn't survive Book 7. Rowling's own Gotterdammerung.
I dunno. Unlike Sunnydale High, Hogarts has been a good place for )most) of the students who attend. At least, it's not over a hellmouth. What meaning would there be in destroying it, particularly if the headmaster's office is the only place that anyone can "interact" with DD?
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2005 7:28:45 am PDT #1064 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
"Cross the streams!"
I must confess, that although I'm a sucker for collective ganging up on bullies, I can see such a scene being nail-on-chalkboard scratching if handled poorly.
DebetEsse - Aug 09, 2005 7:28:54 am PDT #1065 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The only possible symbolic benefit I could see would be the abolishement of the houses, so that All the Wizarding World (in the UK) Shall Be As One, but that seems a bit of over-kill, as there haven't been a lot of rot evident in the characterization of the school.
Jars - Aug 09, 2005 7:29:02 am PDT #1066 of 3301
Unless Hogwarts is one of the horcruxes? Horcruces?
Kathy A - Aug 09, 2005 7:30:23 am PDT #1067 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think that JKR had Slughorn be a Slytherin as an example that all the Houses have something good in them, even the one with the history of the trickiest/most evil wizards being sorted into it.
DebetEsse - Aug 09, 2005 7:30:44 am PDT #1068 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The only problem with that is that it doesn't fit with the categories DD gave us, and I don't see JKR throwing those out (given that they were given in the first place) without a good reason.
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2005 7:40:11 am PDT #1069 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
I would guess someone out there might have a description of every small object mentioned in the HP books. One could comb through them all and guess which ones could be the horcrux(i?).
Amy - Aug 09, 2005 7:43:18 am PDT #1070 of 3301
Because books.
I think the last book will definitely be set in the school. From the first book it's been set up as Harry's home, his haven.
But I totally see this as Harry's coming of age. Just as we all have to leave behind the home where we grow up and go out into the world, Harry will have to learn to survive without Hogwarts. I mean, he'd have to anyway, after graduation (or whatever) but with Dumbledore (his father figure and mentor) dead, he's reached that turning point a little sooner.
I think some of the book will be set at Hogwarts, so we can see what Dumbledore's portrait has to say, et cetera, but I think a lot of will involve Harry trying to fumble his way along on his own, with mixed results.
And I meant to add that Hogwarts under attack, the Gryffindor thing falling apart, et cetera, is a gentle nudge in the direction of, "This place is not a fortress. It's not going to protect everyone forever." Finding a "home" and a safe place, metaphorically or physically, is going to be Harry's task now.