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weaktwosJK Rowling gave an interview to a group of Potter fans recently at a book festival in Scotland.
She tells us that Potter will live through Book 7, but there are no guarantees how long he'll live after that.
The cute answer is that he'll live forever in our hearts! Awwww.
She also suggested that the fans should be asking themselves:
1) Why Didn't Voldemort die?
or
1a) Why didn't Dumbledore cap his ass? (paraphrase)
Well, that's a good question. So I'll throw out ten reasons I think Voldemort did not die:
10)His pact with the devil was cleverly written, guaranteeing him more lives than cats.
9)Despite everything, Harry still believes people are basically good.
8)[breathy voice], "Harry [wheeze], I am your fathaaa." "Nooooo!" [Harry flees into the haunted forest]
7)Tom Riddle kicked the can a long time ago. Voldemort is nothing but magical bad juju, limited to showing up on the backs of people's heads, or temporarily living in someone's body or diary.
6)He's got a time machine! He can go back to the future at any time!
5)The best revenge is living well, and Harry wants the best revenge possible!
4)Harry is actually not the most competent of Wizards. Seriously, he can't kill the broadside of a barn. If it weren't for his smart and loyal friends, a little luck, a wand similar to Voldemort's, and courageous parental surrogates, Harry would have been toast books ago.
3)I can't remember. Have we actually seen Dumbledore and Voldemort in the same room?? Eh? Eh?
2)This is a silly question. Really, what I want to know is why haven't Harry's Aunt and Uncle been hauled off for child abuse?
And the number 1 reason why Voldemort didn't die was....
1)Every tale needs a great villain; you don't kill off your endless source of delicious conflict. Especially if you want leave open the opportunity for Harry to take on Voldemort as a full fledged adult.
Okay. All you Potter fans tell me what you think. :-)
She tells us that Potter will live through Book 7, but there are no guarantees how long he'll live after that.
The cute answer is that he'll live forever in our hearts! Awwww.
She also suggested that the fans should be asking themselves:
1) Why Didn't Voldemort die?
or
1a) Why didn't Dumbledore cap his ass? (paraphrase)
Well, that's a good question. So I'll throw out ten reasons I think Voldemort did not die:
10)His pact with the devil was cleverly written, guaranteeing him more lives than cats.
9)Despite everything, Harry still believes people are basically good.
8)[breathy voice], "Harry [wheeze], I am your fathaaa." "Nooooo!" [Harry flees into the haunted forest]
7)Tom Riddle kicked the can a long time ago. Voldemort is nothing but magical bad juju, limited to showing up on the backs of people's heads, or temporarily living in someone's body or diary.
6)He's got a time machine! He can go back to the future at any time!
5)The best revenge is living well, and Harry wants the best revenge possible!
4)Harry is actually not the most competent of Wizards. Seriously, he can't kill the broadside of a barn. If it weren't for his smart and loyal friends, a little luck, a wand similar to Voldemort's, and courageous parental surrogates, Harry would have been toast books ago.
3)I can't remember. Have we actually seen Dumbledore and Voldemort in the same room?? Eh? Eh?
2)This is a silly question. Really, what I want to know is why haven't Harry's Aunt and Uncle been hauled off for child abuse?
And the number 1 reason why Voldemort didn't die was....
1)Every tale needs a great villain; you don't kill off your endless source of delicious conflict. Especially if you want leave open the opportunity for Harry to take on Voldemort as a full fledged adult.
Okay. All you Potter fans tell me what you think. :-)
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Date: 2004-08-16 07:36 pm (UTC)Here it is from the actual transcipt from Sunday in Edinburgh:
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/news_view.cfm?id=80
"In your stories, will Harry Potter ever grow up as a wizard?
JKR: Well, I don’t think it is giving too much away to say that he will survive to book seven, mainly because I do not want to be strangled by you lot, but I am not going to say whether he grows any older than that because I have never said that. You are good at putting me on the spot!"
As for the two questions, yes those ARE intruiging! Sorry I can't come up with as witty answers as you... ;) ...but they are two separate questions, since the first is "why didn't Voldemort die when the curse rebounded from Harry?" not in relation to Dumbledore...
"You should be wondering what he did to make sure that he did not die—I will put it that way. I don’t think that it is guessable. It may be—someone could guess it—but you should be asking yourself that question, particularly now that you know about the prophesy. I’d better stop there or I will really incriminate myself."
Personally I always assumed Voldemort didn't die when the curse rebounded just because of those measures he took to protect himself...and if we were supposed to figure out what those measures were, JKR would drop enough hints along the way...but she's done enough pulling stuff out of seemingly nowhere that if she thinks it's not guessable, it's probably not! ;)
As for Dumbledore (yes, the Dumble/Voldie showdown in "The Only One He Ever Feared" from Order of the Phoenix!) he was very casual in that scene...I think that was to make Voldie fly off the handle and give something away, which I'm not sure if we know if that happened or not...Dumbledore might have gleaned some details that we are not yet privy to...or, it might be as simple as his belief in the prophecy, so why attempt & risk killing one of the others present, including Harry, if you know you can't possibly kill Voldemort yourself?
Okay, I've blathered on enough...sorry to take up all the comment space...! ;)
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Date: 2004-08-16 07:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-16 08:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-16 08:45 pm (UTC)Thanks for the link.
It will be interesting to see what JK has in store for us.
I hope she isn't bracing us for the lesson of not becoming that which you hate. But I say "foo on that"! Harry does seem on that path, though. He was quite a bitter lad. But I figure Harry can wax Voldy and afterwards he can start hating a saint. ;-)