It's wrong, Harry is dead FOREVER. In the next book Voldemort will try to magically impregnate Mrs. Weasley, but the spell will backfire and impregnate HIM and he will die during childbirth. Harry won't even be mentioned.

Its R.A.B.

And even though we do not know his middle name, many people believe it is Regulus Black. I thought of that as I read the book, but then I got him confused with his Headmaster Grandfather.

Actually, I think the third movie was the best so far, at least looking at it as a standalone movie not based on a book. And that's because of the...was it director change? I forget, producer or director change. Whichever it was, it was definitely for the better. But I think the movies aren't there to document everything in the books. They're there to tell the -main- story of that book, and I think they do that. But who knows, I'm ridiculously easy to please when it comes tomovies.

In terms of Harry going darker, I definitely agree. In fact I was talking to Revan a few days ago. The series is sort of split into two at the end of GoF. The first three books are all happy happy, everything turning out okay, Harry saves the day once again. And I'm really glad JK Rowling made the novels more...well...realistic (God, that feels weird saying a fantasy book is realistic ). The books are just more emotional. I almost wish I was a kid now. I think it'd be cool to read the series as, say, a 10 year old, and then go back and read it 10 years later. I can only imagine the different reactions you'd have to it. Le'sigh. Who wants to invent a time travel machine?

Oh God, I could write so much more but I won't. Because I don't want to spoil it.

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Hey, economics can be entertaining and exciting! Right now I'm in "Economic Sophisms" by Frederic Bastiat. It's one of the funniest books I've read since "Magic Kingdom of Landover"! (I believe there are some free copies on the net somewhere...)

As for Harry Potter, my impression from what I've heard of the ending is that, much like a transformer, there may be more than meets the eye. What happened in the end and why and what the true motive of the HBP is could all be interpreted into the opposite of your immediate reaction to if you think about it hard enough.

A theory my wife has for the 7th book is that the lightning bolt on Harry's head is one of the items in the series of items that he hunts down to destroy in the 6th book. Neville ends up being the Chosen One to defeat Voldemort afterall, so Neville kills Harry (to destroy the lightning bolt scar) *and* Voldemort in the 7th book. Now that would be amusing!

Oh, I do not doubt that the ending has a bit of a twist. The person that killed the other man, as was seen in chapter 2 or 3, was bound by the Unbreakable Vow. I think the person that died knew this, and why he was not surprised as one would have expected when he saw him appear at the top of the stairs.

I sometimes wonder if the now-dead-person knew it was going to happen, and thus why they bound Harry with the curse then.

As for the person who was supposed to kill him, I honestly pity him. I foresee the person who was supposed to kill him now forced to work with Ron and Hermione, while the killer is forced to work with Harry.

However, the scene down in the Hogwart's grounds was exceptionally entertaining - Harry was venting years of rage when he repeatedly tried to curse the killer with one of the Unforgiveable Curses. Harry isn't an innocent boy anymore. We all knew that. But that was almost frightening. Harry needs to be careful, else he'll lose himself in the desire for vengeance. Now two people he deeply loved and cared for died just as he started to get close. And it's a great, great pity. As for the things he's now searching for, all I can say is "roflcopter". Kthnx. I'm still curious if R.E.B. is Black's little brother. It would explain a lot. Like why he betrayed the Death Eaters.

That WOULD be friggin' hysterical. And I'd rub it in all those little children's faces. "Hahaha, Potter's dead."

I hate to lay the smack down on theories, but if anyone has read the interview (or the part they posted so far) with mugglenet.com and Rowling, I think she sort of hinted at what is and isn't plausible. I mean, she could have just answered in certain ways to throw us off, but from the interview I gathered that the person who died really -was- surprised, and that their judgement had led them wrong. I've gone over the theory that Harry is something else entirely, but I don't know. I would imagine that creating that certain thing is difficult, and I don't know how one would accidentally do it. Who knows.

Huh? certain thing? Are we talking about the pieces of you know who's you know what?

Yes. Sorry, trying to be ambiguous for whatever crazy person would even consider looking at something online about Harry Potter before having finished it .

Heh. We're still ambigous! But, yes. I honestly hope that Harry doesn't solely just go after the you-know-whats. Because of what's sacrificed by doing it. Although it would move the plot along nicely, and put some curiousities at an end.