*grumbles*

[conuly]

Whenever I tell people that I want Neville to kill Voldy, I get one of two replies:

1. But the books are about Harry, so that's not going to happen.

and

2. But didn't you hear about how Harry was marked as the Dark Lord's equal?

I also hear "yes, I want that too" but there's no point arguing with that.

Look, I *know* the books are about Harry. I'm not saying "this is what I expect", I'm saying "this is what I want". I want Neville to kill Voldy and Harry to die. That's not nearly the same as saying "I think that Neville will kill Voldy and Harry will die" because I don't think that. I think, in fact, that JKR is going to deliberately mess up the books for me by having Harry kill Voldy and survive. JKR is mean.

As for the second argument, yes, I heard that. However, nowhere does it say that only one of them can be marked as the Dark Lord's equal. There's still plenty of time for Voldy to mark Neville as an equal. It's still possible. He's not restricted to only one equal. Please *think*, people! Just because Dumbledore doesn't seem to think Neville is ever going to be a possibility ever again doesn't make it so. Dumbledore isn't omniscient, and he lies. Or, at least, doesn't tell the whole truth.

*looks around*

Okay, I'm done. Back to looking for Dudley fic, just to appease my sick curiousity (and thank you for posting the links). I'm starting to get despondant.

Comments

hrmmm

[scottrossi.livejournal.com]

i dont know what i want to see out of the whole HP saga. i think i know a few things that are going to happen, and i think your idea is quite interesting, i must admit i never thought it could happen. well harry dying, yes, i almost expect it, but neville killing voldemort ... interesting possibility. i definately expect neville's character to become major in the same aspect as hermione or ron.

one thing i do expect is that the dark mark will be seen over the weasley's house and one of them will die. i initially thought it was going to be mrs. weasley in book 5, but that was wrong, much to my surprise and sadness.

i also expect dumbledore to die either in book 6 at the end, or sometime in book 7. i cannot see him lasting the entire length of harry's tenure at hogwarts much more than i can see harry lasting or graduating. i see them having to go on in book 7, at the darkest hour the world of magic has known, and having to go on with the fight with mcgonagall or moody at the lead, and then the final, climactic battle with the house elves at their sides as well as a few giants, werewolves and all of the dispossessed peoples of the magic world.

i think jk is going to take a liberal angle and really expose some of the social injustices of our world and resolve them to her liking in her novels. it definately is going to be interesting.