Harry Potter

Harry will die right along with Voldemort. It's the best ending she could possibly do, I'll explain why later.

It was a story for children. I doubt she'd kill Harry off. Yes, a lot of adults read it as well, but the book is still oriented towards children.

She's said herself in interviews that Harry could die.

In my opinion, it's the only way she can have a truly happy ending, believe it or not. You'll just have to wait for my explaination to understand what I mean.

Hmmm... we've been having this debate on a SFF forum for some time. And we've got three camps - those who think Harry will live happily ever after, those who think that Harry and Voldemort will end everything and each other (I'm in this camp), and those that think that JK might go the way that Arthur Conan Doyle originally did with Sherlock Holmes, and do Harry in, in a way that doesn't actually kill him (Holmes and his nemesis were grappling o top of a big waterfall and both fell off and down into the darkness. We weren't told that either died. As it was, public demand made Doyle begin writing Holmes again some years later - so Holmes didn't actually die after his plunge).

Btw, JK has hinted that the two-way mirrors Sirius gave Harry play a part in book 7, and the American cover seems to show that the room with the podium from Book 5 features (as far as I know, the American covers act as spoilers - I've been told that they certaintly have done for the past 6 books. British covers do to a degree, too).

I can imagine slaynish now, praying to the gods that its not Hermione.

A Weasley has got to die. It's impossible for one not to - there's too many of them! Methinks it might be one of the twins, and Percy will end up coming back and becoming a part of the family again in the time of grief.

Snape may end up teaching Harry how to go up against Voldemort (I'm a bit sceptical, but others have put forward very good arguments as to why he's on the side of good -- Dumbledore and Snape were overheard having an argument in Book 6 "Severus, you must do it!". Why did Dumbledore immobilise Harry in the tower? Obviously so he couldn't fight, but for what reason? So that Snape could do the deed without a fight from Harry?), a few of the characters (Pettigrew, a number of the Weasleys) owe Harry a life debt. I reckon those might come into play, especially Pettigrew's.

Godric's Hollow is a given - something will definitely be found there.

Oh, Krum makes a return, as does Sirius' flying motorbike.

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On the subject of the films - all three have signed a contract to do #7.

I'm one of the supposed few that believe snape is on the side of the good. There's a number of clues towards this in the 6th book, and it's the perfect plan. Snape just killed Dumbledore, so Voldemorte would trust Snape with his life.

As for Harry and Voldemorte both dying, I'm also in that group. I think the only way to do a truly happy ending is for Harry to die so he can be with his parents and with Sirius and with Dumbledore. It's the perfect ending that not many people would be expecting.

No matter what happens, the 7th book is going to rock.

I can see something extremely important happening in the room with the podium and the piece of cloth. Maybe even Harry going through it... and coming back out. It would definitely show him as being the greatest magician of all time and, say that Hermione WAS dispatched, it would be the perfect way for him to get all angry, dive in, save Hermione, come back out, golden aura, the lot, and do away with Voldemort.

You know, something like the way Hercules saved Meg in the Disney cartoon.

Yes, just 3 more months to go until it's out...