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MARCH 7, 2005 at 8:50 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: HPANA
JK Rowling's star wizard will die by the end of her Harry Potter book series, according to a 53% majority of over 15,000 votes cast in HPANA's informal poll. Most fans indicated Harry would sacrifice himself to save loved ones before the end of book seven.
We asked, "Will Harry Potter survive the series and become an adult?"
Here's the rundown as of this story (voting is still open):
41%: No, he'll sacrifice himself to save his loved ones.
29%: Yes, they all live happily ever after.
12%: Yes (for some other reason).
9%: No. If he's not killed, Jo will be hounded to write more.
5%: Yes, though it'll be at St. Mungo's.
2%: No (for some other reason).
The author has playfully hinted -- more than once -- at her leading character's unsure future (at least as far as fans are concerned; Rowling herself knows exactly how the series will end, having already written the final chapter).
We can only wonder if Jo voted in the poll, sometime between taking care of her newborn daughter and sealing up plans for the release of her highly anticipated sixth novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. (I just hope he's not whacked by evil French Deatheather Guillaume de Broggy in a deadly duel.)
UPDATE: The Sun (UK newspaper) mentioned this poll in an article
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Witch
Points: 983
Jessmaure says:
I agree, unfortunatly. Mostly that Harry will sacrafice himself. Sad. By the way, abyscalkaapostrophe x, I love your Icon. l'oreal. that is funny.
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:02 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1927
Ravenclaw Princess says:
WeLL, we won't be able to see any other books after 7...I don't know what she was planned, but I hope its really good. I really want to read about the 2nd war, its going to be soOoOo suspenseful. Jo, if you're reading this, I have total faith in you!
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:09 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1922
emma_wannabe says:
I'm telling you, he wont die! Jo will never ever make us sad. He will sacrifice himself for his loved ones. I know he will. But he wont die. There'll be a miracle. There are always miracles that happen to him. So he'll live. Besides, if Jo killed him off, writing Harry Potter wiuld be a thing she would always regret. Hello?!?!? This ain't Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events... :-)
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:11 PM EST
Witch
Points: 832
latinabloomlova says:
Ah. The everlasting-question. will he die? hmm.....ok. i'll stop myself be4 i start. i've been known to ramble on concerning the answer to this question. hehe. well, it's good to know what the hp community thinks ;-)
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:21 PM EST
Muggle
Points: 35
VerusLumen says:
I'm always saddened when I think of the possibility of our young hero not living to become a future headmaster of Hogwart's. If there are to be no more books after book seven, and book seven is to be the seventeenth year of Harry's life, we may never know what becomes of him (if, indeed, Jo has decided that he should live). We should all be trusting that Jo will do what is best for all the characters. Keep in mind that she loved them to life long before the world was ever over-run with Pottermania. Thanks, to you, Jo, for the characters that have peaked the curiosity of fans worldwide with a ferocity.
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:25 PM EST
Witch
Points: 988
Yami-Tenshi says:
Yea, I voted that he would die saving a loved one... It sounds like something Harry would do.... Though I'm confused about the deatheater comment at the end of the story... who wrote that? Any way, yea Jo would be hounded if Harry survived and grew up... if he doesn't die (Which he probably will) he would probably end up at Mungus.... poor harry ether way... Not a nice way to end
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:26 PM EST
Unspeakable
Points: 3920
stocco says:
I throughly convinced that Harry is going to have to die in order to save the rest of the world. It's just seems like how things should end. As morbid as that sounds. I think I'll be disappointed if he does live.
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:32 PM EST
Witch
Points: 654
Millennia says:
I really don't want to see Harry dead at the end of the seventh novel. Maybe it would be best if he decided to live a muggle lifestyle after he defeats Voldemort, then Jo wouldn't be hounded to write more. Who knows, maybe he'll save his aunt and uncle and they would treat him better.
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:47 PM EST
Witch
Points: 862
Teneil_Bonnie says:
He can't doe. I won't let him. He has to live and grow up and live a happy life that he deserves.
Posted Mar 7, 2005 at 11:57 PM EST
Points: 141
Spuzum says:
Yeah, I think he definetly should die. It would be a fitting end to this whole crazy epedemic that is Harry Potter. I would hate it if JK left him alive but didnt write about him. WHAT A TEASER MC.SNEEZER
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 12:31 AM EST
Professor
Points: 1149
Weird Sister says:
I don't think Harry will die. I mean, what would the message be? If you're a good person and try really hard to make the world better you'll be punished by dying in the end? I'm not saying, it wouldn't fit the world we live in perfectly, but I don't think that's the message Jo wants to get across.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 1:00 AM EST
Witch
Points: 721
Lupakitty says:
It would be a sad and bleak day when the last book is released and our hero for the past years ends up dead. I know I would bawl my eyes out like when a certain someone I love in the books did...
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 1:05 AM EST
Witch
Points: 734
SiriuslyWarped says:
Though I would be highly disappointed if any of the main characters were killed off in the next two books, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Harry died. I think this might be the only way for Rowling to not be hounded into writing any more HP books, as she's constantly expressed she will not be doing.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 1:25 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 424
potterheadluv says:
Oh, Harry will most certainly NOT die. J.K. NEEDS these books. Furthermore, she has stated more than once that she sees Harry as herself. I don't see Jo as suicidal. do you?
But honestly she will write more Harry Potter or start other books like HP so Harry will never Really die even IF, and thats a mighty BIG if, ladies and gentlemen, Harry dies in the book She WILL continue to write for the fame, for the money and because she is so very talented we will love them and we will buy them And she will continue to prosper.
So please don't worry about Harry ....I don't.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 1:56 AM EST
Witch
Points: 829
Great Lump says:
I sincrely hope Harry doesn't die. If he does, I'm sure I'll cry my eyes out and be severly depressed for weeks. Of course, I probably will anyway when the series ends.
Heh... Guillaume de Broggy...
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 2:09 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2855
HarriPotter says:
I don't know if this has been pointed out yet bt only 52% said no. Including myself, I think he will die. So sad.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 2:31 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2449
*starfox* says:
VerusLumen said it best, that Jo has loved these characters before we even knew about them and whatever fate that they encounter, is what's best for them.
As much as I want to see Harry continue on in life, I was one of many who felt that he would sacrifice himself to save loved ones.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 2:31 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2855
HarriPotter says:
Oh one more thing the percentages in the survey don't add to 100, I'm sorry, I'm a math/science major and a total geek. I think Rowling has hinted several times that Ron may die too...nothing on Hermione as far as I know. All her transcripts are on Leaky cauldron.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 2:34 AM EST
Magical Experimentalist
Points: 6699
Preet says:
That is obvious. Harry will die. But i think this should not be a top headline news. I feel like a judgement day. This soo i mean i dont know. But i'm feeling really said.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 3:29 AM EST
Prefect
Points: 319
DuMont says:
I don't think i will enjoy the books as much if he dies, unless he sacrafices himself for others.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 3:41 AM EST
You Know Who
Points: 3006
Hurry Patter says:
Nothing new nor surprising. It is a given fact that Harry will die in book 7. The hints had been there since book 1. If Harry is going to survive book 7, why did JKR insists that she wouldn't write a continuation of the HP series.
HARRY WILL DIE!
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 3:47 AM EST
Prof. of Muggle Studies
Points: 4236
Elishka says:
Oh, this is rather silly. Merely because people cast their votes about what they think will happen, it doesn't mean that this is what JKR has in mind.
Sorry, gang, but I think this was a rather bogus story.
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 3:59 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1508
Cute Petil says:
Wow, i participated in that survey!! Awesome, yeah i voted for the one saying that Harry would sacrifice himself to save his friends, because i think that Harry i a genuinely good person, and thats what i think he will do at the end!!
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 4:17 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 54
dizzysaff says:
No i dont want to think he will be killed off. I will have to get plenty of tissues in when that ones released!!! I thought the order of the phoenix was really sad, that left me all teary :(
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 4:35 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 44
Order of Andros 7th class says:
I think that he’ll die but he 'll come back from the deads with the summoning spell that Ron will cast...
Just a thought…
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 4:43 AM EST
Witch
Points: 720
HugMeDan says:
I Think it would be incredibly pointless for him to die. She is just going to show that Evil wins over good. Such is living in this world. I hope she doesnt screw it up. Everybody needs a Hero and why should it be Voldemort? Please tell me she thought of that? Unfortunately she already wrote it. A Pity she cant change it. Oh, well, such is the life of a Hero.
Cathy
Posted Mar 8, 2005 at 4:51 AM EST
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