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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 2418422" data-attributes="member: 5868">He may have said he's not coming back, but since Hogwarts has been the center of the entire series (look at the inside flap where each book is "Year XX at Hogwarts") I think it's unlikely to change.  The majority of the peripheral characters are tied to Hogwarts -- you'd lose Ginny, Luna, Hagrid, McGonagal, etc, if it doesn't remain a key location for Book 7.  I can't see Hermione not going back to school for the 7th year.  I expect something will happen that convinces Harry to return, if only for a while.Since he probably passes his Apparition test, I think he and his pals use Hogwarts as a safe base of operations, sneaking off the grounds to Apparate off to wherever they need to go, then returning.I also suspect, based on the last memory involving Riddle, that Voldemort wants to return to Hogwarts himself for some reason.  Perhaps the ultimate key to victory is hidden there at the school , and only the DADA teacher can access it -- which explains his interest in the job, his push to get Snape the job, and the reason every DADA teacher is undermined.  That's a crackpot theory, anyway.Some other ideas:  Who takes over Hogwarts, and who are the Head of House for Book 7?  I think McGonagal becomes Headmistress, Slughorn takes back over Slytherin, and Hagrid takes Gryffindor -- but mostly 'cause I can't think of good alternatives.  We'll need a new DADA teacher again, too (once again, a recurring plot device -- Snape was doomed as soon as he took the job.  If he weren't so young, I'm nominate Harry).There's the Head Boy/Girl question, too.  I'll bet Herminone gets Head Girl, but I suspect some other House will have the Boy (Ernie Macmillan?) -- unless there's a Head Boy and Girl from each house.I enjoyed many of the links to the first book in this one -- the bezoar, for example, and Ron winning the Quidditch Cup (remember his vision in the Mirror of Erised?).</blockquote>

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