Two of us, me & Shradz got together to discuss the unresolved questions in Harry Potter so far. Nice timepass. Here is the outcome of approx 4 hours of hard work.
The unanswered Questions:
1. The Horcruxes
Dumbledore says Voldemort would have 7 Horcruxes: 2 belonging to the founders of Hogwarts, 1 the diary in Chamber of Secrets, 2 that he has destroyed, 1 being Voldemort himself. That leaves 1 more.
Dumbledore mentions Nagini as being the last one. However, cant the last one be Harry? After all, Dumbledore did mention in Chamber of Secrets that Voldemort transferred some part of himself in Harry without intending to (that's how Harry became a parseltongue). If Harry is the last one, then he has to die to kill Voldemort.
Or could it be both Nagini & Harry? Nagini was present when Voldemort murders the servant in the opening chapter of Goblet of Fire. She can easily be a horcrux too.
2. Snape-Good or Evil
Snape murders Dumbledore in front of Harry. Surely that settles it. Snape is evil.
But is he?
Dumbledore, the gr8est wizard ever. Could he make such a big error of judgement? Everyone tells him not to trust Snape but he does. I dont think so.
Wht if Dumbledore knew that Harry will never become independent, never discover his true strength if he was there. Harry is too dependent upon Dumbledore? Add to it that killing Dumbledore would put to rest any issues with the loyalty of Snape towards the dark side.
Towards the end of Half Blood Prince- Dumbledore says "Severus, please" before Snape kills him. Now lets see hw tht is explained in Deathly Hallows
3. Harry Potter v/s LOTR: Is Wormtail to Harry Potter what Gollum is to LOTR
Its an open secret that Harry Potter is greatly influenced by LOTR.
Harry - Frodo, Ron - Sam, Dumbledore - Gandalf, Voldemort - Sauron, Death Eaters - Nazguls, Order of the Phoenix - The Fellowship
Now when Harry lets Peter Pettigrew go, Dumbledore says something like "Wormtail might do a great service to you someday" akin to Gandalf saying "Who knows, even Gollum might play a role in the quest". I suppose Wormtail is going to help Harry get Voldemort and maybe dying in the way.
4. Harry Potter v/s LOTR/Star Wars: Dumbledore/Sirius going to return
Gandalf comes back after dying
So does Obi Wan
Well does that mean one of Dumbledore & Sirius is going to come back? At the end of Harry Potter 5, Harry asks Nearly Headless Nick about how people can return as ghosts. Seems like an innocent conversation at the face of it but Harry Potter fans know that even a single, innocent meaning line can have hidden meanings. I think one of them is going to come back as a ghost to guide Harry.
5. Dumbledore's smirk in Goblet of Fire
At the end of Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore gives a smile when Harry tells him that Voldemort is more powerful as he used Harry's potter to regain power.Now why would Dumbledore smile on hearing tht? He should be terrified, stupified, petrified, mortified thinking of the repercussions of the Dark Lord being stronger than before. Was it just Harry's eyes, or Dumbledore being proud of his student for once or something else?
6. The Prophecy
Is there a catch in the prophecy somewhere? Something in the fine print?What if Neville is destined to kill Voldemort after all? I guess Neville is the character who is gonna die and would be responsible for downfall of the Dark Lord.
7. RAB
Who is RAB? Is he Dumbledore's brother? Or maybe Sirius' brother?
8. What's behind the veil in the Department of Mysteries?
9. Does Harry learn any unforgivable curses? Does Harry become a killer?
These are just the major questions. There is a lot of unanswered stuff.
Now I just love to make predictions. Most of them fall flat but that doesnt deter me. So here it goes:
- Harry doesnt die, Neville dies & is responsible for downfall of the Dark Lord. He becomes the hero & Harry can go on living a normal life.
- Sirius/Dumbledore make a return
- Peter Pettigrew plays a hand in the downfall of Lord Voldemort
- Snape turns out to be the good guy
Saturday, July 21. Morning 5 AM. My questions will be answered. Only Time will tell if I am eligible for the post of Divination Teacher at Hogwarts. Maybe I'll take Shradz too.
PS: Couldnt help the extremely cheesy ending.
The unanswered Questions:
1. The Horcruxes
Dumbledore says Voldemort would have 7 Horcruxes: 2 belonging to the founders of Hogwarts, 1 the diary in Chamber of Secrets, 2 that he has destroyed, 1 being Voldemort himself. That leaves 1 more.
Dumbledore mentions Nagini as being the last one. However, cant the last one be Harry? After all, Dumbledore did mention in Chamber of Secrets that Voldemort transferred some part of himself in Harry without intending to (that's how Harry became a parseltongue). If Harry is the last one, then he has to die to kill Voldemort.
Or could it be both Nagini & Harry? Nagini was present when Voldemort murders the servant in the opening chapter of Goblet of Fire. She can easily be a horcrux too.
2. Snape-Good or Evil
Snape murders Dumbledore in front of Harry. Surely that settles it. Snape is evil.
But is he?
Dumbledore, the gr8est wizard ever. Could he make such a big error of judgement? Everyone tells him not to trust Snape but he does. I dont think so.
Wht if Dumbledore knew that Harry will never become independent, never discover his true strength if he was there. Harry is too dependent upon Dumbledore? Add to it that killing Dumbledore would put to rest any issues with the loyalty of Snape towards the dark side.
Towards the end of Half Blood Prince- Dumbledore says "Severus, please" before Snape kills him. Now lets see hw tht is explained in Deathly Hallows
3. Harry Potter v/s LOTR: Is Wormtail to Harry Potter what Gollum is to LOTR
Its an open secret that Harry Potter is greatly influenced by LOTR.
Harry - Frodo, Ron - Sam, Dumbledore - Gandalf, Voldemort - Sauron, Death Eaters - Nazguls, Order of the Phoenix - The Fellowship
Now when Harry lets Peter Pettigrew go, Dumbledore says something like "Wormtail might do a great service to you someday" akin to Gandalf saying "Who knows, even Gollum might play a role in the quest". I suppose Wormtail is going to help Harry get Voldemort and maybe dying in the way.
4. Harry Potter v/s LOTR/Star Wars: Dumbledore/Sirius going to return
Gandalf comes back after dying
So does Obi Wan
Well does that mean one of Dumbledore & Sirius is going to come back? At the end of Harry Potter 5, Harry asks Nearly Headless Nick about how people can return as ghosts. Seems like an innocent conversation at the face of it but Harry Potter fans know that even a single, innocent meaning line can have hidden meanings. I think one of them is going to come back as a ghost to guide Harry.
5. Dumbledore's smirk in Goblet of Fire
At the end of Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore gives a smile when Harry tells him that Voldemort is more powerful as he used Harry's potter to regain power.Now why would Dumbledore smile on hearing tht? He should be terrified, stupified, petrified, mortified thinking of the repercussions of the Dark Lord being stronger than before. Was it just Harry's eyes, or Dumbledore being proud of his student for once or something else?
6. The Prophecy
Is there a catch in the prophecy somewhere? Something in the fine print?What if Neville is destined to kill Voldemort after all? I guess Neville is the character who is gonna die and would be responsible for downfall of the Dark Lord.
7. RAB
Who is RAB? Is he Dumbledore's brother? Or maybe Sirius' brother?
8. What's behind the veil in the Department of Mysteries?
9. Does Harry learn any unforgivable curses? Does Harry become a killer?
These are just the major questions. There is a lot of unanswered stuff.
Now I just love to make predictions. Most of them fall flat but that doesnt deter me. So here it goes:
- Harry doesnt die, Neville dies & is responsible for downfall of the Dark Lord. He becomes the hero & Harry can go on living a normal life.
- Sirius/Dumbledore make a return
- Peter Pettigrew plays a hand in the downfall of Lord Voldemort
- Snape turns out to be the good guy
Saturday, July 21. Morning 5 AM. My questions will be answered. Only Time will tell if I am eligible for the post of Divination Teacher at Hogwarts. Maybe I'll take Shradz too.
PS: Couldnt help the extremely cheesy ending.
7 comments:
And theres Neville's parents (i want them to get well), Luna, Ron-Hermione...
post of divination? hehe my inner eye is not as powerful as yours :P
Cant wait for sat!!
-Shradha
DON'T READ THIS, if you want to have a clean slate for the super weekend! Been reading beyondhogwarts for a year now.
1. I have read a fan version of the 7th book, where Harry being the Horcrux, transfers it to some other object (can't remember) during the act of killing the real voldy. Killing is supposed to rip the soul.
2. Snape, good or turns one for sure. Was it "Severus, please - kill me and be our spy there to help Harry?".
3. Wormtail? Probable. His silver hand might play part.
4. It'll really suck if this happens. If so, why couldn't Harry's parents return in some form all these years? But I have read a fan version where all the dead incl Dumbledore, Sirius and the potters are behind the veil and Harry visits them briefly when he is 'dead' for a moment while killing voldy.
5. Potter blood? Don't know. But at beyondhogwarts, they are breaking their heads about James' (and now Harry's) cloak which mysteriously came into Dumbledore's possession before Potters' deaths. Curiously the same cloak is now missing!! Remember it was with Harry at the Astronomy tower when Dumbledore was killed. Harry reminds himself about it being there few times in the last chapters of book 6 but is yet to get it from there!
6. Don't know. But who will tell this to Harry? Trewelany? But apparently it was Snape who overheard part of the prophecy and went to tell Voldy about it.
7. Regulus Black, I guess.
8. see point 4.
9. see point 1.
Neville dies? May be. I won't be too depressed for him, will you be? But I fear JK will kill someone more dear to Harry and us. Hope its not Hermione or Ginny!
Friday Midnight PDT. But alas its seven and half hours behind you folks.
@Flying High
It kinda defeats the purpose of having a cool nick if u sign ur comments by ur name onle
@Balaji
Hey, have read the fake HP7 too. I liked the ending but too much mush. Hope same is not the case with the original
& dnt be disheartened. HP7 released worldwide on July 21 at 0000 hrs GMT. We'll get it in India at 0500 hrs IST. Same wud be the case at ur place.
oh, i have read 3 fan versions of HP7! I guess countries west of England don't get at 0000Hrs GMT, b'cos we'll still be on July 20th. I'm gonna get it midnight my time in Los Angeles.
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I looked up the lines you were referring to in Point 5.
Page 604 in Book 4
“He said my blood would make him stronger than if he’d used someone else’s,” Harry told Dumbledore. “He said the protection my - my mother left in me - he’d have it too. And he was right - he could touch me without hurting himself, he touched my face.”
For a fleeting instant, Harry thought he saw a gleam of something like triumph in Dumbledore’s eyes.
Assuming that's what you were referring to, I would think that Dumbledore could have felt triumphant about two things -
(1) This was perhaps one of the theories he had in his mind as to how Voldemort would play his moves and strengthen himself. So, it may have thrilled him to know that his theories matched with Voldemort's actual proceedings. But it pleased him momentarily, because they were in the face of a very grim situation.
(2) He may have been pleased to know that Voldemort now believes he has Harry's protection and is more sure of himself than ever before. So Dumbledore may have felt it was a good sign to know Voldemort may make mistakes / overlook the importance of 'love' in his eventual combat with Harry.
Those are my thoughts :)
Cheers,
Me
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