Who's gonna do the killin'?
French muggles enjoyed a little Potter magic today courtesy of Warner Bros., as fans got a chance to ride aboard France's own version of the Hogwarts Express. The train begins a tour of France to promote the fifth movie, but the more disturbing part of this story is that, apparently, French don't think Harry's gonna live either. Agence France also reports that London bookies ARE taking bets on who will have blood on their hands.
Lord Voldemort is the obvious choice, with Severus Snape coming in a close second.
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WITH a month to go before the final volume of the Harry Potter saga, hundreds of fans young and old queued up at Paris' Gare du Nord train station overnight for a ride aboard France's own Hogwarts Express. The train, complete with Severus Snape's mystery potions and Dolores Umbridge's inky torture weapons, is to remain at Platform 15 until later today when it steams off for a tour of France to promote the fifth Potter movie – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, being released in most countries July 8.But as a young magician hired by Warner Bros and France's SNCF rail
wowed the snaking queue by floating a table with a wave of a wand,
much of the talk was over the July 21 release of JK Rowling's last
book in the series – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."Harry will die because (the author) will kill (evil Lord) Voldemort
in the book and because they have the same blood he will die too,"
said 15-year-old Mareme Fall, visiting the train with her younger
brother. "It's a pity it's the last book, I love the way the story's
told, and the magic."Luca Asta, 13, disagreed. "Voldemort will try to kill him but will
kill himself," he said. Harry's best friend Ron, he opined, would
however die.Rowling triggered a swirl of Potter-prophesy after saying she would
kill off two characters, but keeping quiet on who. Betting in London
was all on the eponymous hero dying.So bookmakers William Hill opened bets on "which rotter will pot
Potter?" In those stakes, Lord Voldemort is favourite at 2-1, Severus
Snape is 5-2, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley and Potter himself are 6-1
with Neville Longbottom at 12-1. Some even believe Harry could be the
rotten worm in the tale.It was obvious, said 15-year-old Emmanuelle as she visited the
Hogwarts train with her grandmother, that Harry had to go."I want him to die," she said. "He's grown up now. The character has
to go."But she would miss him. "I always felt I was just like him," she
said. "I don't have my parents either, I only have my grandmother."
Comments
I believe that either, Harry or Voldemort, or BOTH will die-- and that Nevil Longbottom will become a major hero!!!
I also believe, though my former belief was different, that because Dumbledore was dying anyways (read the 7th book), that he and Snape INDEED were in on his own killing.
....I also am unsure whether or not one of the threesome besides Harry will die.... It is certainly a big possibility!
Posted by: Leora | June 20, 2007 06:56 PM
er.. correction-- *(6TH BOOK!)
Posted by: Leora | June 20, 2007 06:58 PM
I have the feeling that many more than two people will die in the last book. But I don't think Harry die. Or if he does, I think it will be in a more metaphorical way--such as going behind the veil, but with a way of getting back.
If so, I think it's possible that Snape will have something to do with that.
Posted by: Montavilla | June 21, 2007 08:22 AM
I remember the time I had to take a train from Gare Du Nord -- you've got to read the small print on the train. Half of my train went where I was going, the other half broke off in the middle, leaving some people out of luck (and this was years before I learned all the travel secrets revealed by the world's greatest reality show, "The Amazing Race.")
Posted by: Steven Rosenberg | June 21, 2007 10:21 AM
don't get me started on the Paris metro. It was by magic, I'm sure that I made it to any of my destinations. None of the trains seem to go where you think they're going to go.
Posted by: Sharon | June 21, 2007 12:43 PM