Deathly Hallows - Guesses

[sckeener]

Lets see....

I'm thinking Harry and Ron will die. Hermione will be prego with Ron's kid.

Snape will die helping Harry. Harry will forgive him before Snape croaks. Snape will reveal some secret that will help Harry accept his death. In the end Harry will be with Sirius and Dumbledore.

Ginny Weasley will go out fighting and get caught by Lord Voldemort....she'll eventually be the trap that brings Harry to Voldemort.

Ginny will be prego too and eventually have a son named Harry who will then fulfill Sybill's prophecy.

From OoP: Harry will "live to a ripe old age, become Minister for Magic and have twelve children."​

 

[billd91]

Getting Lupin fired, when he was the only compentent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Dumbledore'd been able to find in years, was recklessly dangerous because it meant a whole generation of English wizards was getting through school with hopelessly inadequate training in a subject vital to their future survival.

Snape almost certainly was in a position to know Perrigrew was the traitor all along, and certainly overheard enough to -- absolute most paranoid case -- grab everyone, take the Veritaserum out of the cabinet, and ask some questions.

Giving up on Harry's Occlumency lessons directly led to Sirius' death, and very nearly led to Voldermort getting the prophecy and Harry, Neville, Hermione, Ron, and Luna being killed as well. If he couldn't handle doing it himself he had a responsiblity to find someone who could.

We don't really know what the Defense against the Dark Arts teachers were like before Quirrell, so other competent ones might have been in the mix. Note of course that Snape wanted that job and, whatever else you think of his classroom antics, he proves to be an effective teacher, something we should easily expect out of him in DADA.

Even if Snape knew Pettigrew was a traitor and Black wasn't, there's no reason to believe Snape knew Pettigrew survived their confrontation or was the one who actually killed all those innocents.

And even though Snape stopped teaching occlumency to Harry, Harry hadn't been doing much to learn and practice it. So blaming Snape for the chain of events that leads to the death of Black is a bit of a stretch since it is Harry who must bear the bulk of the responsibility for endangering himself and friends. Remember that Snape was furious that Harry was still seeing the door. He did not want Harry to fall into the trap and was the one who warned the Order. Snape has no significant responsibility for Black's death.

Snape is a titanic jerk. But, like I've said before, he's not that hard to understand.

 

[drothgery]

And even though Snape stopped teaching occlumency to Harry, Harry hadn't been doing much to learn and practice it. So blaming Snape for the chain of events that leads to the death of Black is a bit of a stretch since it is Harry who must bear the bulk of the responsibility for endangering himself and friends.

Harry's a 16-year old kid, and no one's bothering to explain to him exactly why it's so important that he learn Occlumency. Snape's an experienced teacher in his 30s or 40s (depending how much time passed between Lily & James' graduation and Harry's birth) who knows what's going on. So yeah, I put a lot more onus on him to be responsible.

 

[Tonguez]

Snape will reveal some secret that will help Harry accept his death.

"Yes Harry .... I ... am .. your father"

 

[kingpaul]

"Yes Harry .... I ... am .. your father"

After all the talk of how much Harry looks like James?

 

[Blind Azathoth]

How certain are we that Dumbledore was actually killed by Snape? That he didn't do something that looked like he was killing Dumbledore but didn't actually kill him?

J.K. Rowling has been very insistent that Dumbledore is really, truly dead, and that he won't be coming back in any way. I see no reason to believe she's lying.

 

[Raven Crowking]

J.K. Rowling has been very insistent that Dumbledore is really, truly dead, and that he won't be coming back in any way. I see no reason to believe she's lying.

I'll reserve judgment on that until I read the next book. I think it is quite possible that the plan was to have D fake his death, but the obviousness of it to the fans made her change her mind.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Just you watch, the climax of the series will be Harry giving Voldemort a big ol' hug, and everyone will break into song.

Voldemort signing "Good Morning Sunshine." I can hardly wait.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Harry's a 16-year old kid, and no one's bothering to explain to him exactly why it's so important that he learn Occlumency. Snape's an experienced teacher in his 30s or 40s (depending how much time passed between Lily & James' graduation and Harry's birth) who knows what's going on. So yeah, I put a lot more onus on him to be responsible.

Even if Dumbledore was afraid that Voldemort would strike at him through Harry, he still could have explained it to him in greater detail through one of any number of intermediaries. Sirius would have been an EXCELLENT choice, especially given Harry's respect for him.

So, really, this is another of Dumbledore's errors in judgement. (Which, to be fair, he did admit to)

Brad

 

[sirwmholder]

Here’s a theory... Voldemort wins and commits suicide... no seriously it works... Voldemort tried to kill baby Harry... instead baby Harry kills him... does that mean Harry could have a Horcrux inside of Voldemort? Maybe, the rebounded spell completes the ritual and locks part of Harry's soul away in Voldemort. Just as Voldemort was living a half-life with Professor Quirrell, Harry's broken soul is living inside the Dark Lord. Voldemort discovers that is the nature of their bond and kills himself at the end thinking he'll just activate one of his horcrux but instead finds the icy embrace of death because Scooby and gang have destroyed all of the others.

William Holder