I think Hogwarts will be the scene of the climax. Harry and his bunch at one end of the Great Hall, Voldemort and his crew at the other end, the ghosts hanging about--I wonder if Sirius can come back as a ghost--and Snape and Draco in the middle waiting to declare themselves.
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Connie Neil - Jul 31, 2005 4:32:41 pm PDT #8783 of 10002
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Fred Pete - Jul 31, 2005 4:55:39 pm PDT #8784 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I think Draco has pretty well declared himself. It's more a question of whether Voldy wants him.
As for Snape, there's one Big Question JKR almost has to answer in Book 7 -- why did Dumbledore trust him so implicitly? Until we have the answer to that, we have no idea where Snape is going to be. That may be the reason for Dumbledore's ghost to make an appearance.
But there's another question -- is Snape really the HBP? I remember somewhere that the HBP's Potions book was 50YO. That's Tom Riddle's day, not Snape's. Unless that's more misdirection because Snape could have bought it second-hand.
Kathy A - Jul 31, 2005 5:01:23 pm PDT #8785 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm guessing that the 50 year old Potions book was Snape's mother's. If his father was as abusive as the Pensieve memory in OotP indicates, it would make sense that he wouldn't want to spend too much money in the magical world, especially when Snape could just as well use his mother's schoolbooks.
Fred Pete - Jul 31, 2005 5:04:47 pm PDT #8786 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Oooooh, good one Kathy! Also fits in perfectly with Hermione's repeated "how do you know the Prince was male?" motif.
DebetEsse - Jul 31, 2005 5:07:59 pm PDT #8787 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I don't think we'll see any of our characters as ghosts, as Nick made it pretty clear that it's a kinda crappy afterlife.
Fay - Jul 31, 2005 5:21:07 pm PDT #8788 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Could anyone remind me which chapter of OotP has the bit with Snape's family life?
sumi - Jul 31, 2005 5:22:29 pm PDT #8789 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Hee. . .maybe the final chapter of HP7 will be called " Graduation Day ".
sumi - Jul 31, 2005 5:23:03 pm PDT #8790 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
And really, it is rather likely that a giant snake will be involved somewhere in HP7.
DebetEsse - Jul 31, 2005 5:25:16 pm PDT #8791 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I don't know that I'd go for giant , but the title could actually work. Oh!oh! And Snape could be eaten by the snake. Or bitten, whichever.
Fay - Jul 31, 2005 5:30:13 pm PDT #8792 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I think the Snake would be the one poisoned, in those circumstances.