* * spoilers * * Speculations and discussion Book 7 Options

[McGonagall's Cat]

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

[McGonagall's Cat]

and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives

This has bothered me ever since I first read it. They are both surviving right now, at the same time.

and either must die at the hand of the other

OK, that's easy enough. "Either" means one or the other.

BUT -

for neither can live while the other survives

If both are surviving and living when it says that "neither" can, it seems like turning the whole phrase around to "both can survive while the other lives" makes just as much sense.

JKR said she chose the words carefully. The words contradict eachother. *throws hands up and shrugs*

I wonder if TDL can die from getting old?

It would seem that if all the Horcruxes are destroyed, he'd be human again, so he could. But wouldn't he be too dangerous to allow him the chance to create another Horcrux? It's about the only thing would trust him to do for sure...do something to keep himself from dying... well, that and continuing to be mean and evil.