Oh, JK. I'm your number one fan. I just can't wait to see how the series ends... What's this? Harry can't be dead... He has to live. You dirty bird!!!
Posted on 06/26/2006 5:25:47 PM PDT by freepatriot32
4 hours ago
LONDON - Author J.K. Rowling said two characters will die in the last installment of her boy wizard series, and she hinted Harry Potter might not survive either.
"I have never been tempted to kill him off before the final because I've always planned seven books, and I want to finish on seven books," Rowling said on Monday's "Richard and Judy" television show.
"I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks, `Well, I'm gonna kill them off because that means there can be no non-author written sequels. So it will end with me, and after I'm dead and gone they won't be able to bring back the character'."
Rowling declined to commit herself about Harry, saying she doesn't want to receive hate mail.
"The last book is not finished. But I'm well into it now. I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I've known exactly how the series is going to end," she said.
Rowling said people are sometimes shocked to hear that she wrote the end of book seven before she had a publisher for the first book in the series.
"The final chapter is hidden away, although it's now changed very slightly. One character got a reprieve. But I have to say two die that I didn't intend to die," she said. "A price has to be paid. We are dealing with pure evil here. They don't target extras do they? They go for the main characters. Well, I do."
Rowling is the richest woman in Britain _ wealthier than even the queen _ with a fortune estimated by Forbes magazine last year at more than $1 billion.
Whatever she writes next, Rowling is sure of one thing: It won't be as successful as Harry Potter.
"I don't think I'm ever going to have anything like Harry again. You just get one like Harry."
I really don't care who dies. I just hate it when authors leave loose ends. So dead characters are better than unanswered questions.
What?
As long as she fries Jar Jar Binks I don't care.
Well Bill, she may as well fry him. No one else will.
She already killed Dumbledore, maybe because the actor who was playing him in the movie died in real life. They got a substitute for the movies he was supposed to be in, but he wasn't as charming as Richard Harris.
It's going to be hard if we lose Ron Weasley or Hermione Granger.
Sure hope she doesn't kill Harry.
The actor who now plays Dumbledore has NONE of Richard Harris' kindness, thoughtfulness, or puckishness. He is completely without charm.
She also killed Sirius, and that was a blow.
Hey, ping to some HP news!
Oh, JK. I'm your number one fan. I just can't wait to see how the series ends... What's this? Harry can't be dead... He has to live. You dirty bird!!!
A couple interesting things that Rowling has done has been to teach a generation of children that there is evil (not just bad choices) in the world and that newspapers and politicians cannot be trusted to tell the truth, that they may have a personal agenda that distorts their perception.
And that some teachers cannot be trusted either and may be aligned with evil.
Noooooooooooooooo!!! Don't kill Harry!!!
Oh, wait...
She's killed Harry's parents and both of his father figures. I wonder if her plan is to kill everyone close to Harry.
I never really cared for Sirius, and his character was never fully fleshed out. In fact I got annoyed with the way Harry got obsessed with him after his "death" (lamest killing of all time).
I think the series is great, but I wholly expect there to be some deaths. Somehow Snape is going to be the hero in the end.
Harry Potter is for wusses.
My money is unfortunately on Harry and Ron. :-(
>>Two 'Potter' Characters Will Die
Which ones?
--Col. Sherman T. Potter (Harry Morgan), M.A.S.H
--Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) from It's A Wonderful Life
--Ocious P. Potter (villain played by John Goodman), the Borrowers...
Potter Ping! Thanks for the heads up, bella_bru!
Is it possible that all the wizardry and magic is in the fantasy mind of a little boy who is abused and forced to live in a pantry under the stairs? That would be a true lesson of good and evil.
Maybe we can look forward to a Dallas type ending.
Dumbledore's death had nothing to do with the fact that Richard Harris died.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.