Book 7 - Unanswered Questions (SPOILERS likely)

[Majimaune]

I want to know what happened to the Dursleys, who the new headmaster/mistress is of Hogwarts, whether Harry and Ginny go into 12 Gimmuld Place or Godric's Hollow and if Kreacher is still with them, what Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny and the rest are now doing as jobs.

[Culhwch]

Harry is head of the Auror office, Ron is an Auror, and Hermione works in the Departmnt of Magical Law Enforcement. Ginny, I don't know...

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[Majimaune]

Well that answers some of my questions....

[PTeppic]

You'd imagine that 19 years on Kreacher would be dead, though Harry and Ginny might have Dobby working for them, as a paid elf... And from the portrayals in the books, I'd suggest that Ginny is most likely to be a full time mother.

[Culhwch]

A Dobby inferi? That'd be creepy...

[Siberian]

Speaking about the supposed death of a main character - well, technically, Harry did die, didn't he?

[PTeppic]

Originally Posted by Culhwch

A Dobby inferi? That'd be creepy...

Oh yeah - sorry: I forgot...

[PTeppic]

Originally Posted by Siberian

Speaking about the supposed death of a main character - well, technically, Harry did die, didn't he?

Presumably that was meant to mean Lupin? Or Dobby? Or Hedwig? Or Fred? Or Mad-Eye? Or was changed...

[Joel007]

I was a bit surprised that all 3 of the core group survived, but then again a bit relieved given that there might have been rioting otherwise

[Siberian]

Originally Posted by PTeppic

Presumably that was meant to mean Lupin? Or Dobby? Or Hedwig? Or Fred? Or Mad-Eye? Or was changed...

That's what we were supposed to think... maybe JKR was just tricking us?
I wonder if I had bet that HP would die would I be the winner or not?

[PTeppic]

Would presumably depend on the bookie. Might also depend on the wording of the bet: e.g. "Harry Potter will be dead at the end of the novel" would have lost, "Harry Potter dies during the novel" might have won...

[little smaug]

Originally Posted by PTeppic

Presumably that was meant to mean Lupin? Or Dobby? Or Hedwig? Or Fred? Or Mad-Eye? Or was changed...

Of everyone who died, I'd say Snape was the only main character - pretty much a pivotal role in all 7 books.

I'd love to know exactly how many people did place bets on this book - it was probably some kind of record!

[PTeppic]

I suspect not: when there's a betting frenzy there's more coverage. You want to look at the numbers for "Who shot JR" and things like that for record betting efforts...

And in the book Harry thinks specifically of Fred, Lupin and Tonks, when there are many others he might have been thinking of, including Dobby, Mad-Eye and Hedwig.

[Leisha]

*Spoilers*

I wonder how much I would've got if I'd betted? I'd guessed that Voldemort would Avada Kedavra Harry, but because of the blood transferred to Voldemort in book four, and Lily's magic inside it, the spell would rebound somehow. And I guessed that the blood magic would be important to Voldemort's downfall...

Like a lot of other people, I also guessed Snape was good.


Might have got good odds.

[PTeppic]

From what I've seen, if you'd started being that specific they might have refused the bet on the grounds you had inside information... ironic eh?