Harry Potter: final predictions

[Solver]

Just so Imran can later be amazed at how much I can guess, I should post this here

Deaths: Voldemort, Hagrid, Ron and either Snape or Wormtail.

Aberforth Dumbledore will play a major role. He'll be the one to reveal that RAB is Regulus.

The locket Horcrux is no longer at Grimmauld place. It was among the items that Mundungus stole from the place.

Bellatrix will be protecting one of the Horcruxes, but she won't actually know it's a Horcrux.

Someone's (Tonks's?) Metamorphmagus ability will be highly important.

At least one of the Potters has worked as an Unspeakable. If it's one of them, it'll probably be Lily.

Ron and Hermione will get to actually see Voldemort.

[Agathon]

I'm hoping for a communist takeover of Hogwarts and summary execution of all the upper class twits and their lickspittle hangers on.

One can only wish...

[Japher]

I predict that Imran will be the first to finish it, make a t-shirt that gives away the ending, and send nude photos of himself to the lad who plays Harry Potter...

Were we suppose to be making predictions about the book?

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm never the first to finish it . I take my time.

[Sandman]

Final predictions:

Harry is not a horcrux. It's too close to a cheesy 'I'm your father' type revelation which Rowling tends to avoid. I get the impression that creating a horcrux is difficult and requires prior planning; like the ritual spell which resurrected Voldemort in GoF. It's not the sort of thing which just 'happens'.

Hagrid won't die. Way too predictable. The colours thing isn't that convincing for me, and Hagrid can handle himself, not least because he has all those magical creatures.

At least one Weasley will die. My money's on Molly, based on her dialogue in OotP. She can't even beat a boggart on her own. Really harsh, but that'll be what Rowling wants. No way it's going to end without at least one female death.

Snape isn't good. He's bad. End of story. He's too sneaky by half though, so Voldemort will probably dispose of him, or use him as bait. I reckon he'll end up in Azkaban or St Mungos.

Remus will beat Fenrir quite easily. Remus has never got a scratch on him in any of the novels. He'll lose to Voldemort, though.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Oh... I'll make one prediction here (I have plenty in the other threads on this topic): Snape is good and working undercover on the DE side.

[Japher]

I bet Snape isn't "good" but I also don't think he really wants to work for Voldy. I wouldn't be surprised to see Snape end up on top after all the ashes settle. I think he feels that he joined Voldy because of the bullying of papa Potter, but then found himself in the bullying of Voldys posse. I think the fate of Snape might lie in the reason why Dumbledore never let him teach the Defense class yet was obviously very skilled, why Snape is protecting Draco, and why he really does hate Potter (not enough to kill him, but to definitly resent and pitty him).

[Sandman]

One simple question: if Snape is good, why does he hate Harry so much?

[b etor]

cuz harry's dad was a dick to him, silly

[Japher]

I think there's more, but I have no idea what that would be

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Sandman
One simple question: if Snape is good, why does he hate Harry so much?

To expand

James was everything Snape envied - popular, good at quidditch, etc. Snape wasnt as good as he remembers - in book 6 we see he did some really nasty dark spells - but James and Sirius DID bully Snape. Made him feel worse, and get even deeper into the dark arts.

Harry looks like James, and his behavior often reminds people of James. And he saved Sirius.

Snape has plenty of reason to hate Harry.

It does seem that there was something between Snape and Lilly - maybe just Lilly being nice to an excluded kid, but maybe something more? I think we will hear more about that in book 7.

[Sandman]

Harry looks like James, and his behavior often reminds people of James. And he saved Sirius.

Snape has plenty of reason to hate Harry.

How can Snape be good if he has decade long grudges?

He was hostile to Sirius or Remus when they interacted, but didn't seem to bear the same level of hatred. Even though Sirius and Remus were actually part of the gang that bullied him.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Sandman


How can Snape be good if he has decade long grudges?

He was hostile to Sirius or Remus when they interacted, but didn't seem to bear the same level of hatred. Even though Sirius and Remus were actually part of the gang that bullied him.

???

In book 5, he constantly teased Sirius about being cowardly, as if he is trying to provoke Sirius to go out in public, which would mean (if hes caught by the ministry) going back to Azkaban.

How can Snape be "good" if he has decades long grudges? Rowling keeps hitting on this again and again - the world is NOT divided into good people and death eaters - Snape has major psychological problems, probably starting with his parents troubled marriage, extending into his time at Hogwarts. Hes a very troubled individual, and his inability to move on, and his holding a grudge against a child for a parents sin is part of that. But he nonetheless changed, on the fundamental issue of the time, at least Dumbledore trusted ABSOLUTELY that he did.

I suspect it has something to do with Lily.

We know they were both tops at potions. We know Lily was at least compassionate towards Snape. It may well be that Snape loved Lilly, which would only make him more filled with hatred toward James. But it would make him horribly guilty for passing on the prophecy to Voldemort, resulting in Lillys death.

[Sandman]

How can you trust someone who is psychologically unsound? Perhaps Snape simply respects power and nothing else, which would explain why he hung around with Dumbledore. Maybe he wanted Voldemort to kill Lily, maybe even suggested it. And when that went wrong, it would explain his hatred of Harry.

[Solver]

It's really not that simple. Snape may be "good" despite holding a grudge for twenty years. After all, Fudge is no Death Eater and hates Voldemort, but he isn't what you'd call "good" - he consciously worked against Dumbledore, and ended up helping Voldemort more than anyone except his Death Eaters.