Harry Potter Book 7 Stories

Meddling With Harry Potter Book 7

So thats it! This was supposed to be a quick storytelling exercise, but it quickly descended into epic vainglorious fan fiction. It ’ s a testament to how real and wonderful these stories are to me that I’m still running them over in my head all these years later, greedily trying to take this wonderful story away from Rowling so that I can make it my own.

Harry and the wizarding world become estranged. In the end, Harry must say goodbye to this entire magical world that he had been initiated into, and become a central part of, and is now alienated from. A real "putting childish things away" moment, a bittersweet ending like how Will and Lyra must be forever sundered at the end of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. Or how Frodo can't bear to stay in Middle-Earth anymore, but most sail away to the Gray Havens. On one level, I understand how infuriating and unsatisfying an ending this would be. And yet every time I think of it, it gives me a real tug of emotion that Rowling's ending does not -- that is, in her ending, Harry simply becomes some mildly satisfied bureaucrat-warrior at the Ministry. How much more wrenching would it be if a permanent barrier would come between him and Ron and Hermione and all his old friends, and he slowly drifts away from them. I'd go for the scar being the horcrux, though, and lessened magical powers after it's gone. Combined with Matt's excellent Neville-the-Chosen-One conclusion, this would have been satisfying--Harry staying in the magical world but having to find his way without his heroic legend and with only mediocre powers. (Probably would do in Matt's idea of making him DADA teacher, which also would have been entertaining.) Ginny also would have to decide whether she's in love with Harry or simply dazzled by The Chosen One.

"epic vainglorious fan fiction?" Not entirely -- I think you at least identified all of the flaws and articulated them in a way I, in my wordless frustration, sometimes could not (especially those bits about a.) does one really change/grow when all you ever end up being is what everyone expects of you? and b.) HELLO? Childhood sweethearts and The Perfect Job?? Really???). I think Neville as The Chosen One would have been QUITE ironic.

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