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Harry Potter Mania!

By Shanon Kelley

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At the risk of alerting the general public to my super-nerd status, I'd like to admit that I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix twice this weekend. That's right, twice. It was that good. And aside from the hot factor of Gary Oldman as Harry's godfather, Sirius Black (see photo), the movie has succeeded in making my skin tingle with anticipation of the final book coming out July 21st. I'm even tempted to go to the Union Square Barnes & Noble Harry Potter midnight party, despite the maddening prospect of 5,000 expected attendees.

What will happen to Harry in the final installment? After the jump I've included a list of true spoilers from JKR herself (courtesy of The Leaky Cauldron). But more importantly, what will happen to me and the millions worldwide when this beloved series is finally over?

Spoilers for The Deathly Hallows:

* The last word of the book is still "scar"
* Harry will return to the Dursley's one last time.
* Harry will go to Godric's Hollow.
* Hermione and Ron will join him on his journey to Godric's Hollow.
* The trio will attend Bill and Fleur's wedding.
* Harry may not return to Hogwarts for his seventh and final year.
* We will finally learn the true identity of R.A.B. after much speculation!
* The Founders will play a role in Book 7.
* We will, at long last, learn where Snape's loyalty truly lies.
* We learn something very important about Lily, Harry's mother, in book seven.
* We will find out why Voldemort gave Lily so many chances to live.
* The fact that Harry has his mother's eyes is important to the final book.
* What the Potters did for a living is important to the final book.
* One of Harry's classmates will become a teacher at Hogwarts.
* Dumbledore's gleam of triumph is significant to Book 7.
* We will learn a lot more about Dumbledore: secrets about his family, why he didn't kill Voldemort in the battle at the Ministry, why he had James' invisibility cloak, and perhaps even how he got that curious scar above his knee!
* It is unclear whether Hogwarts will reopen for Harry's seventh year.
* The magical protection that Harry is under while staying at the Dursley's will cease once he turns 17 and is an of age wizard.
* We will become better acquainted with another member of the Order; someone we know but haven't really met yet.
* We will learn secrets about the family of Peter Pettigrew.
* We will learn more about the relationships between wands and their witches/wizards in Book 7.
* There is no Quidditch in the final book.
* There's more to Petunia than meets the eye.
* One character gets a reprieve and two main characters die that weren't intended to die.
* A character who hasn't done magic previously will do magic late in life.
* We will learn what Dudley saw/heard when facing the dementors.
* We will learn what happened to Sirius' flying motorbike.
* We will learn more about the history of James Potter's family.
* Fawkes may reappear in the final book.
* Kreacher has a role to play in the final book.
* Peter Pettigrew will not kill Lupin using his silver hand.

Phew! Although one last thing that wasn't included but that I'm fairly certain will happen is a romance between Hermione and Ron. Does anyone else agree?

Comments

wow....tooo much although i also wanna know if hermione and ron are ever gonna hook up.....

Posted at 5:13 p.m. ET on Jul 16, 2007 by Jillian

I must say it is good and I enjoyed my Potter training, having seen only the 1st movie before the current one.

Posted at 9:42 p.m. ET on Jul 16, 2007 by sergei

At the risk of sounding like a jerk, I want Harry Potter to die. It would give such an intense lesson about the nature of the struggle between Good and Evil as opposed to the simplistic blather from the Oval Office (And, as a counterbalance to the ADD of the "extreme" generation). I know, I know, it is cruel; but I think it would make a better, more realistic and -- above all -- "intense" generation of Westerners if they dealt with the possibility that Evil can indeed win, and it is not enough to have pure intentions. Tough love, yo.

Posted at 11:58 p.m. ET on Jul 16, 2007 by Ron Mwangaguhunga

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