Subject: Harry Potter DIES?!
Posted by: anabanana2015
Date: Jul 26 09
(Sorry about the disturbing message title).
What were you hopes? Did you want Harry to live or die?
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I wanted Harry to live! What about you?
Posted by: anabanana2015
Date: Jul 26 09
(Sorry about the disturbing message title).
What were you hopes? Did you want Harry to live or die?
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I wanted Harry to live! What about you?
57 replies. On page 1 of 3 pages. 1 2 3
MtSarah
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I totally wanted Harry to live! Reply #1. Jul 26 09, 5:34 PM |
lesley153 
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If you knew the title might be disturbing, why did you post it? I think this thread could upset a lot of HP fans, and I would like to see it removed. Reply #2. Jul 26 09, 5:39 PM |
anabanana2015
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I'm sorry. I meant disturbing as in 'Wow,really?". I'm really sorry. :( Reply #3. Jul 26 09, 5:48 PM |
| lesley153
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From the little I've seen, I don't think he does die, and that all the advance rushes are a big hoax. If he does, though, this will spoil it for everyone who's going to read the books at the proper time. I'm going to stop now, because I don't know what I'm talking about - but I do think that it would be a kindness if a mod removed the thread. If you agree, perhaps you could ask a mod to delete it? That would give you a chance to write a new title: something a little less scary. Reply #4. Jul 26 09, 6:00 PM |
redsoxfan325
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Why would this upset HP fans? I personally was ambivalent about his dying or not. Living makes for a happy ending, and dying gives the whole ultimate sacrifice sort of thing. Reply #5. Jul 26 09, 6:14 PM |
| lesley153
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Death of a favourite character tends to have that effect on people, much like the death of a favourite person. Not everyone will be able to see it as a sacrifice, or closure, or whatever symbolism you choose to attach to it. They will just see that the character is dead, and they will not be happy. Anyway, if a character is going to die, most of us will not want to know until we read it for ourselves. Telling us in advance spoils it for us. Reply #6. Jul 26 09, 6:19 PM |
slytherinwitch
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The book has been out for years now. The suspense is long over. As for the films, they are so different from the books that all bets are off as to what happens there. Reply #7. Jul 26 09, 6:34 PM |
| lesley153
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"The book has been out for years now." The books might have, but the readers haven't. I didn't know that because I haven't read any of them and don't have any wish to. Other people will. And there will, I imagine, be people who have decided that they will read them after all, or weren't born when they were published, and would prefer to read them without knowing how they will end. So the fact that the book has been around for a long time is not really relevant, IMO. In a nutshell, I have no interest at all in Harry Potter or anything to do with him. I just dislike spoilers. Reply #8. Jul 26 09, 6:51 PM |
| slytherinwitch
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And those who are reading for the first time and wish to avoid spoilers should stay off discussion lists, especially once the usual spoiler time has passed. Two years is more than enough. Otherwise, one could never discuss anything ever because there's always someone somewhere who hasn't read the book or seen the film yet. Harry Potter dies in many fanfics. Some of them are quite good, too. I won't say which ones, though. Reply #9. Jul 26 09, 7:13 PM |
| anabanana2015
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Yes, though. Now that i really do caome to think of it, perhaps, i should have named this post something else. Oh, well. I guess this is already attracting people...... Reply #10. Jul 26 09, 7:28 PM |
| lesley153
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How can you avoid a spoiler if it jumps out at you? anabanana, you might be able to ask a mod to edit the heading - perhaps even to advise you how to word it - so you don't lose the thread. Goodnight! Reply #11. Jul 26 09, 7:44 PM |
| slytherinwitch
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If you want to avoid a spoiler, you stay off the internet for one. Please don't tell me how Birth of a Nation ends as I haven't seen it yet. Yes, I realise it came out in 1915, but you know...it's new to every generation. I think the bickering is silly and will stop now. The title of the thread is a question and is explained well enough in the post that follows. Spoilers? Don't go looking for them if you don't want to see them. Reply #12. Jul 26 09, 8:02 PM |
| anabanana2015
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True, true slytherinwitch. :) I shall proceed with such discussion lo longer. __________________________________________ AS FOR EVERYONE ELSE __________________________________________ Enjoy the post. Reply #13. Jul 26 09, 9:07 PM |
| redsoxfan325
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I have to agree with slytherinwitch. It's been long enough since the book came out. The other day someone got unhappy because I was talking about the ending to 'Crime and Punishment'. Reply #14. Jul 27 09, 8:21 AM |
| lesley153
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I agree, bickering is pretty silly. So is sarcasm. Reply #15. Jul 27 09, 8:59 AM |
| lesley153
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Sorry, I should have taken a deeper breath before I posted. How long a book has been out is irrelevant. There will always be new readers. Can you not see that? or are you so wrapped up in yourselves that you don't care about new readers? Reply #16. Jul 27 09, 9:03 AM |
| Jabberwok
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It's one of the things that makes teaching Primary so interesting, things that are jaded and familiar to me come fresh to people who are eight. Agree that the title is alarmist, but hopefully people who are robust enough to cope with the books can manage an OTT title. Melodramatic and rather silly though! Reply #17. Jul 27 09, 9:14 AM |
| slytherinwitch
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Lesley, your position would make it impossible to ever discuss anything. New readers will have to write to their local newspapers to not print reviews or show teasers about the filmsm tv stations regularly air the earlier films (which contain spoilers if you haven't read the books), etc. The books have been out two years now with a ton of commentary on every available source of information. That's not to mention all the t-shirts one might encounter that give opinions on the Potterverse. It's honestly like saying please don't write how the Wizard of Oz ends because there are always new readers (people to watch the film). The ones who lived through the Potter experience lived something special as they got to speculate endlessly about where it would end. Readers now, years after the final book was published, simply do not have that part of the fandom experience. That information is out there, has been for awhile and unless one's head is firmly embedded in sand, pretty hard to miss. There are t-shirts with page numbers of character deaths. All of them. My favourite is the one that says "Dumbledore dies on Page 596. I just saved you 6 hours and $30. (Space) At least, I didn't tell you tell you Snape killed him! And sarcasm is my best feature. It says so on my cup holder. Reply #18. Jul 27 09, 10:50 AM |
| redsoxfan325
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"There will always be new readers. Can you not see that? or are you so wrapped up in yourselves that you don't care about new readers?" When something has been out for over a year, the majority of people have either read it or don't plan to (especially in the case of HP). It's only a very small percentage of people who haven't read it but plan to. For this reason, it's the responsibility of these readers to screen for potential spoilers and steer clear of them. Reply #19. Jul 27 09, 10:56 AM |
BxBarracuda
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Another series of books will come out that will capture younger, and older alike, folks imaginations. Where the next one will be set who knows. We have seen the Lord of the Rings Books, Narnia Series, Star Wars Series, books from the Dungeons and Dragons Universe and most recently Harry Potter. Though I try not to think of this latest series, twilight seems to have taken that role of next popular series. A book has to be a good read all the way through as well and always has the ability to tell more then a movie. How an author gets from big event to the next, as well as intracaties of any big events, are usually more interesting then any one event. Reply #20. Jul 27 09, 11:16 AM |
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