* * spoilers * * Speculations and discussion Book 7 Options

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It is starting!



This was on HPANA today ~

JK Rowling appeared on the Richard & Judy Show in the UK, and had a few things to say that may interest fans.

Some highlights from the show:

Book 7 is NOT finished but she is well into it
The final chapter for book 7 has changed slightly - two more people have died than she originally planned and one other person has got a reprieve
Jo first wrote the final chapter in 1990
She has regretted writing some parts where she may have boxed herself in, earlier in the series
Jo says Ron is generally more popular than Harry -- remembers seeing an unofficial poll on a fansite reflecting this
You can read the rest of the highlights here courtesy of SnitchSeeker, but since they seem to be having server issues, here they are for now:

She would be willing to kill Harry in order to prevent future authors from writing sequels
She was in denial of her fame for the first three books, shocked when the press made slight reference to Potter
Jo mentioned she is indeed wealthy, but many stats are falsely reported
Jessica, her daughter, is often pestered at school for upcoming book titles, plot details, etc.
Jo has written half of another children's book in her spare time
Her boggart would be that of Mrs. Weasley's: her children dead
She made up the rules for quidditch in 30 minutes after a fight with her ex-boyfriend

Mugglenet has the video: http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/152

And Rueters had an article: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle....POTTER-PLOT.xml

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Very catchy!

Timeturner, I really like the opposite of a horcrux idea, and the explanation of Harry's eyes. I mean, JK has only been drilling the fact that Harry has his mother's eyes into us since forever! For it to come into play in a very big way in the seventh book would definatley tie up a few loose ends

'Twas nice of them to not change Harry's eyecolor in the movies then, wasn't it. Half the time Dan's eyes are blue, and the other half you can't bloody well tell, can you. Least, I can't, but that may be cos I'm slightly stupid.

Haven't been in the Ferret Forums for a while...

Hey all, it's Amy here.

Zym's ideas are very appealing to me. I've got an idea of what a title may be, but it's not that great and very well may be the exact opposite of it.. Harry Potter and The Seventh Horcrux.

As for the deaths... Draco's been a staple character throughout, but he couldn't kill Dumbledore, and that's gonna make Voldie very very angry... he might just take out Draco for insubordination.

I read a theory on another site that hermione might be an older herself in disguise. It sounds slightly stupid, but I like the idea. And someone said that the thought of her coming back, disguising herself like that, and then dating young boys like Ron and Krum was just plain wrong, but maybe that in itself is foreshadowing? Maybe in the future, Ron's not around to hit on? *prays for Ottery's sake that it's not so* We all know that it's possible to go back in time. And the twins used an aging potion to get a bit older, why couldn't Hermione use an potion to make her look as she did when she was young? She could've forced her younger self into hiding or something, and then taken her own place.

Being fans, and not Ms. Rowling herself, we can't rule out the possibility that Harry is a Horcrux. Heck, she may just come out and say it in the title: Harry Potter is a Horcrux, anyone?

But that does mean that we'll lose our golden boy in the end.