The Miracle of the Trio Surviving

Didn't you guys think it was a miracle when the trio survived? I was sooo happy! I was seriously afraid that Hermione would die. Thank God she lived. And I was very worried about Harry as well.

Of course, this isn't an adult novel, killing off a core member is bad for business.

Yeah true and as the mugglenet book said in 1999 a fan asked Jo if all 3 would live throughout the series and she said yes, so I wasn't overly worried even though some of the spoilers suggested otherwise.?

I was absolutely relieved that they all lived through the series. This might sound bad, but the other deaths didn't bother me too much because the only people that I would've been totally horrified to see die were Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Hagrid. I cried through the scene where Bellatrix was torturing Hermione, I cried when Ron left (who knew what could happen to them) and I was crying so hard during Harry's death scene that I had to put the book down and go hunt down some kleenex. But the relief I felt at the end of the book was glorious... I felt bad for not being more upset about the other deaths in the book, but I felt the finality of those during my second time through.

Didn't you guys think it was a miracle when the trio survived? I was sooo happy! I was seriously afraid that Hermione would die. Thank God she lived. And I was very worried about Harry as well.

I was so relieved! I don't know why, but I had a gut feeling that Hermione was going to die. I hadn't heard about what Jo had said about not killing the trio, I stayed far away from spoilers for the last book. I'm so happy that none of them were killed!

Yes, it is a miracle/coincidence that all of the trio survived, but seriously people, this entire series is based on miracles/coincidences, if one little thing changed in any of the books, the central plot might have been so different. Although the plot of the entire series balances on so many events that so easily could have gone the other way, they didn't. This is how it happened. Jo always intended the trio to survive and even though there were so many places that one or all of them could have died, they didn't. It's not really so much a miracle as it is the will of J.K. Rowling.

That was a super bonus! Not only did Harry not die, but neither did Ron or Hermione. I had a feeling that Ron and Hermione were guaranteed "live" cards. It was really exciting to see them all together and relatively happy. I think they deserved that. Esp. Ron and and Hermione, who stuck it out through the hard times. Even if someone not to be named turned his back on them once...or twice. It was just a great feeling to them together in the end. Yay!

Hermione and Harry were in tight situations and I can believe they survived through it

"Of course, this isn't an adult novel, killing off a core member is bad for business."

You know, I truly hate it when people say that. What on earth makes these books for children? Perhaps the innocent woman tortured, suspended over the table, and slaughtered in the very first chapter? Or maybe you're thinking of Neville's backstory, there's a perfect example of a fairy-tale story - tortured into insanity, unable to recognize their only son.

Just because it's fantasy, and about a boy, doesn't mean it's for children.

I apologize for getting rather off-topic, I couldn't help replying to that. But I absolutely agree; I was terrified that she would kill off either Ron or Hermione. There were so many places where I thought she was about to...

I was actually surprised that not one of the trio didn't die (I always thought that either Ron or Hermione snuff it). But I found the other deaths even more surprising. Dobby and Fred's death were implausible enough for me not to even care about Trio and if they survive or not.

I was really surprised when Hermione made it out of Malfoy Manor alive (and sane). I can't say I'm not immensely relieved, though :).

No. I was positive the three of them would live.

i thought harry would die

I was so sure that Harry was gonna die, I dont know why but yea... sooo happy he didnt.

As for Ron and Hermione I was fairly sure after building up their romance for six books that they would get their happily ever after :D

All the way through the book I was waiting for one of them to die, and I thought Harry was going to and that Ron and Hermione would finish it! Im glad they all survived!

"Of course, this isn't an adult novel, killing off a core member is bad for business."

You know, I truly hate it when people say that. What on earth makes these books for children? Perhaps the innocent woman tortured, suspended over the table, and slaughtered in the very first chapter? Or maybe you're thinking of Neville's backstory, there's a perfect example of a fairy-tale story - tortured into insanity, unable to recognize their only son.

Just because it's fantasy, and about a boy, doesn't mean it's for children.

I apologize for getting rather off-topic, I couldn't help replying to that. But I absolutely agree; I was terrified that she would kill off either Ron or Hermione. There were so many places where I thought she was about to...'ear 'ear!

I don't know why but I just expected that they would all live. I got sick of trying to figure out what was going to happen (away from internet it's less fun). Before it was released I told my brother the names of the people I wanted to live. They were Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Lupin, Tonks. :sad: Oh well. Really, after all they did in Deathly Hallows it was pretty much a miracle that they survived.

I always thought they would survive. Even when Harry was about to sacrifice himself I didn't think he would actually die. I don't know why, it was just a strange feeling I had that they would all make it through. But yeah, it's a bit of a miracle, considering all the dangerous situations they fell into.

Though I have to admit that I hadn't cried my eyes out if Ron had died, if that meant that Tonks and Lupin had survived :( But of course, it was great that the trio survived.

You know, I'm not proud of it, but by the Battle of Hogwarts, I found myself feeling a smidge of relief everytime someone died because it wasn't one of the Trio (or Ginny--I was nervous for her too). Which is funny becuase at the beginning I thought "If all four of them make it, it's going to be such a cop-out," and by the end I was like "I don't even care if they're the ONLY ones left alive, I'm just way too emotionally invested to handle one of their deaths." Lupin's death was sad though. I always liked him. I cried a little when Harry was apologizing in The Forest Again.

It is amazing how everything works out for them. Every situation they are in where other people would die, they survive. Especially Malfoy's house Dobby died for them to keep the trio alive.

Yeah true and as the mugglenet book said in 1999 a fan asked Jo if all 3 would live throughout the series and she said yes, so I wasn't overly worried even though some of the spoilers suggested otherwise.?

omg really??? how come no one picked up on that before, or it wasn't mentioned in a mugglecast?

I was almost 100% sure the at least one of them would die! but then when I was reading and saw all the secondary characters start dropping off like flies I started to have doubts, the last chapters the most surprising thing for me was that they all lived! I wasn't expecting it but I was somewhat relieved, thank god Ginny didn't die :love:

It did seem a bit far-fetched that the trio survived, but i cant see myself surviving if any of them had died..that would have seriously ruined the series for me

I was sure that Ron would die. I thought that he would sacrifice himself, but since a lot of secondary characters died instead so they were all safe.

Always thought that the trio would make it through. It's funny though, after reading the end of the book, I thought it would have made a better ending if Harry WOULD have died. Don't get me wrong, Harry's my favorite character in the series. But it sure would have been powerful if Harry sacrificed himself for all of those he loved.
Maybe I'll try fan-fiction and work out my own ending!

Skooma714 Of course, this isn't an adult novel, killing off a core member is bad for business.

Yeah, i really don't agree with you, since GoF, HP books where getting darker and darker, i mean, as a fan, how can you say that it's a kids novel and killing someone of the trio would be bad for buisness?

i Was really worried about the trio, i had doubts on Harry dying but never thougt of him not dying either. For Ron and Hermione i really thought that 1 of them would die :S, but it was a relife the did not :D.

It owuld have been super hard for JK to kill off her three main characters, I think. She actually said that the chapter when Harry walked into the woods to be killed, she cried and cried. So, I just don't think she had the heart to kill them.
Also, the three of them are always around each other, and where one is lacking something, another one has it. For example, Hermione is a super smart. They sort of protect each other, and are protected by the Order and all these enchanments and spells.

JK Rowling couldn't kill them off, it was too hard for her. But still...I was SO afraid Hermione was going to die.

I was convinced that one of the trio or Ginny would die, and terrified by that prospect! I was so happy none of them did.... Particularly after I watched JKR on Jonathan Ross a few weeks before the book was published, and she said something about Harry's story 'coming to a definite end', which I took to mean that he would die! So so so happy that I was wrong. :-)

I was very surprised actually than neither Harry nor Ron nor Hermione died. Mostly because I thought JK Rowling had said two of them had to die (or maybe I imagined this ?! - I'm confused). I am of course relieved but a part of me also thinks so many miraculous escapes and so much chance/luck makes the story slightly less credible/believable. But I do admit that I would have been immensely sad if one of them had died. I really like the trio :love:

Some of their survival came off a little contrived while reading the novel but before I went in I was 100% sure Ron and Hermione would survive and 99.999% sure Harry would. I also read the epilogue and believed it to be the true epilogue days before I actually read the book.

Cheers :tu:

It was not a good miracle. I just wish one of them did die... I mean its sooo unrealistic that someone like Lupin dies and someone like Hermione or Ron with much less combat experience or for that matter Ginny lives happily ever after.....:grumble: I love Harry and the trio to death but my question is - The marauders all had to die, yet the trio lives?????? Come on....:grumble:

It was not a good miracle. I just wish one of them did die... I mean its sooo unrealistic that someone like Lupin dies and someone like Hermione or Ron with much less combat experience or for that matter Ginny lives happily ever after.....:grumble: I love Harry and the trio to death but my question is - The marauders all had to die, yet the trio lives?????? Come on....:grumble:

Well, all of them had brushes with death. But JKR engineered it that they were most of the time not in the thick of the battle, or under the invisibility cloak.

So what do you want? Before DH came out, we were all afraid that one of them bit the dust; and this fear shows how well the story was engineered to that point.

In DH Hermione was tortured and had nearly her throat cut, Ron was splinched and lost a lot of blood and Harry actually "died" and came back - this only sums up part of the dangers. So what do you want? Should Bella have cut Hermione's throat; Ron insane with grief gone on a DE-killing amok run until Voldemort blasts him to cinders, with Harry tackling Voldemort in the ministry pushing them both through the veil?

Is this really what you have liked to see, "Harry Splatter" instead of Harry Potter? Really, how bloodthirsty can you get???

I was sure that Ron would die. I thought that he would sacrifice himself, but since a lot of secondary characters died instead so they were all safe.

Yeah, I though so too. To make matters worse I stumbled on a "spoiler" (which obviously wasn't true) that said Bellatrix killed Ron. Its just so typical for the sidekick/best friend to die to motivate the hero. I'm so glad that didn't happen!

I was, before I read the 'spoiler', afraid for Ginny. I was sure LV was going to snatch her to get to Harry.

Well, all of them had brushes with death. But JKR engineered it that they were most of the time not in the thick of the battle, or under the invisibility cloak.

So what do you want? Before DH came out, we were all afraid that one of them bit the dust; and this fear shows how well the story was engineered to that point.

In DH Hermione was tortured and had nearly her throat cut, Ron was splinched and lost a lot of blood and Harry actually "died" and came back - this only sums up part of the dangers. So what do you want? Should Bella have cut Hermione's throat; Ron insane with grief gone on a DE-killing amok run until Voldemort blasts him to cinders, with Harry tackling Voldemort in the ministry pushing them both through the veil?

Is this really what you have liked to see, "Harry Splatter" instead of Harry Potter? Really, how bloodthirsty can you get???
Chill I was just giving out my opinion. In the TV show "LOST", Charlie dies saving the lives of his friends. Its a poignant moment. I cried like a baby, its what made the show insanely awesome. It showed even the main characters were not above death. I am not bloodthirsty, I guess I am just your average Die hard loving, anime loving run of the mill geek. Cheers. No reason for this to turn into a bloodthirsty battle of wills. I come in peace:love:

Im incredibly happy that they all survived, I was totally stunned by Rons abandonment though and absolutely refused to believe that he wasnt going to come back.
I did expect Harry to die, but on hindsight, Im very glad he didnt as the ending of the book wouldnt have been right otherwise.

I didn't want Ron and Hermione to die. I would have cried my eyes out if they died. I didn't want Harry to die either. I knew he would live. I am just happy that they all survived.

I am very happy that none of the Trio died. I would have felt torn apart if one of them had died, and the remaining trio would have been heartbroken. I was originally sure that Ron would die, i thought he would have to sacrifice himself for Harry and Hermione, but i'm glad he survived. His abandoment came to such a shok for me, i desperately wanted him to come back.

I was optimistic that neither Ron nor Hermione would die, but I will be honest and say that the possibility of Ron's death seemed like an option. I thought perhaps he would sacrifice himself to save Hermione or something to that effect.

Also, there was that little bit of thought that Harry could die also. There was a part of me that thought the ending would go like this.

(using the last word of the book as scar, as it was said to be that for a long time)

Epilogue: 19 Years Later

Harry stepped through the barrier dividing platforms nine and ten. He looked around taking in all of the sites. To his right stood the Hogwarts express billowing smoke from beneath. On his left a tall man with sleek blonde hair was leaning down talking to his son. "Now Scorpius ...." the rest of his words went unheard as the train whistle blew announcing that boarding had begun.

By this time two more people had come through the barrier, Ron and Hermione Weasley came through the barrier hand in hand beaming as they took in the familiar sights. Ron pointed for a moment to Draco Malfoy who was seeing his son off.

"Come on, lets find Harry!" Hermione whispered into Rons ear leading him by the arm.

"Harry! Harry come here!" Ron shouted spotting Harry about ten feet away. As soon as Harry heard this he came running toward Ron and Hermione.

"Now listen Harry, be sure to write us every day while you are at Hogwarts."

"I will, I will" replied Harry, whose tone showed that he made this promise several times before today. The whistle to the train sounded again and the last few people began making there way onboard.

"I've got to go!" Harry said. He reached in and hugged Ron tightly, and then turned to Hermione who also embraced him, giving him a small kiss on the cheek.

Harry turned and began running toward the train, boarding it just as the guards were shutting the gates. A moment later a face poked its head from the window, his read hair and smile made it obvious that it was Harry saying goodbye again.

"Bye Mom and Dad, I love you!" said Harry Weasley. They had named him Harry after their greatest and bravest friend. Their friend who ensured by his sacrifice that others would be able to live in freedom without fear to raise a family. So far little Harry had acted the same as they remembered there old friend, you could almost confuse them, except for the red hair and the lack of a scar.

Something to that effect ...

Of course, this isn't an adult novel, killing off a core member is bad for business.
Completely agree! LOL... although, I think that even for an adult novel it would be bad for business to kill off a core character :relax:

Anyway, I of course was really happy that none of the trio died, I did thought in the past that Harry would die, and I'm really happy he didn't and that he had a wonderful family with Ginny :D
Also, I think it was a bit Indiana Jones-like the way they escaped from Malfoy Mannor, I enjoyed it a lot until the point where Dobby died :upset: I really loved that elf (just to clarify, I enjoyed the way in which they escaped, because everything that hapened before that was awful.. damn Bellatrix...

"Of course, this isn't an adult novel, killing off a core member is bad for business."

You know, I truly hate it when people say that. What on earth makes these books for children? Perhaps the innocent woman tortured, suspended over the table, and slaughtered in the very first chapter? Or maybe you're thinking of Neville's backstory, there's a perfect example of a fairy-tale story - tortured into insanity, unable to recognize their only son.

Just because it's fantasy, and about a boy, doesn't mean it's for children.

I apologize for getting rather off-topic, I couldn't help replying to that. But I absolutely agree; I was terrified that she would kill off either Ron or Hermione. There were so many places where I thought she was about to...


I concur! :love:Anyone who thinks JKR is above killing off main characters needs to reread the entire series, particularly books five through seven...

I was immensely relieved when the entire Trio survived. I'd, of course, heard about the interview back before HP was insanely popular at which JKR said that the entire Trio lived, but that really didn't help too much...you have to take things with a grain of salt when it comes to undocumented HP news. Besides, Jo had mentioned the two deaths/one reprieve situation, so that was just terrifying...not that I really thought that she would be changing her mind, that late, about who in the Trio would survive.

All in all, I was pretty sure that they would survive, (especially Harry - I went to three pre-DH talks at which Emerson drilled his HARRY LIVES theory into our minds, lol,) but I avoided thinking about it too much because I was afraid of seeing to much evidence that Ron or Hermione would die and becoming really apprehensive about the book.

I was so, so worried about Hermione when she was being tortured (that was so scary, emotionally....). I didn't worry about Ron too much, but then...I've never really liked Ron that much (*cower*).

I bawled like a two year old with a scraped knee all through The Forest Again...I actually stopped reading for two or three minutes (as if I could resist the pull of HP for any longer!) to just wail and cry when Harry died ("died?").

That's about it, then. I'm so glad that they lived. So, so, so, so, so glad.

DocHollidaywe-I would have preferred Ron and Hermione living and Harry dying to Harry living and Ron and Hermione dying (I think) butI think, other than all three living, it would have been best for all three to die. I just....a shattered Trio would be hugely more devastating than a together-in-death one. At least, that's what I think.

And Albus Severus, James, and Lily were bad enough (middle names would've been better, anyone agree?). Ron and Hermione naming their child Harry and then making the kid almost exactly like Harry would be kind of...creepy. Not to dismiss your opinion - sorry. But no, even if I didn't like the Epilogue as much as the rest of the book...it was good. It fit - in a way. :whistle:

Er... I guess I'm the only one who wanted Ron to die? None of the deaths were really bad, expecially considering in the OOTP we loose Sirius, in HBP we loose Dumbles, we just needed to loose some huge in this book, and out of Harry and his 5 friends, Ron was the best choice to go, for me at least.

Er... I guess I'm the only one who wanted Ron to die? None of the deaths were really bad, expecially considering in the OOTP we loose Sirius, in HBP we loose Dumbles, we just needed to loose some huge in this book, and out of Harry and his 5 friends, Ron was the best choice to go, for me at least.

You know, when I was thinking about which of the trio was most likely to die, I always ended up concluding with Ron. I always found him so emotionally vunerable, that someone could get to him easily, bribe him, distract him, etc., and kill him.

I don’t consider it a miracle the Trio all lived because Jo wanted them to plain and simple. Had she wanted one of them to die they would have. I really didn’t think any of them would die. But I thought if she did it would be Harry that he’d have defeated Voldmort only to be killed by some loyal death eater. Since Harry purpose what he was born to do would have been completed. Ron and Hermione would have each other to cling to and get past his death. Then we might have had a Harry Weasley. I would have really respected Jo had she killed off one of the Trio. Life is not always happily ever after, and I really respect an author who does not have their characters live in honkey dory harmony afterwards.

I thought it was rather unrealistic that the trio including Ginny survived even though I was pretty damn certain they would all survive, it is at it's core a children’s novel after all. I also believe Rowling gets to emotionally invested in her books, she couldn't bring herself to kill Arthur Weasley and Hagrid, so Tonks and Lupin go instead, she couldn't bring herself to kill one of the trio so she kill a whole bunch of minor characters to make up for it then tries to make Dobby's death as a major blow, when really it's not. But back to the point I was kind of hoping either Ron or Harry would die, I know that sounds bad and all but it would have made me love the character all the more, plus there was a lot of evidence that Harry would die along with Voldemort (Ginny say's something along the lines of "You wont be happy unless your hunting him" which makes me think Harry would be similar to Frodo)

Er... I guess I'm the only one who wanted Ron to die? None of the deaths were really bad, expecially considering in the OOTP we loose Sirius, in HBP we loose Dumbles, we just needed to loose some huge in this book, and out of Harry and his 5 friends, Ron was the best choice to go, for me at least.

Yeah I see what you mean. I always figured Ron because loosing him would strike a blow not only to Harry but Hermione as well. And JK always said that watching the first one then you could now how the last would end. So Ron sacrificed himself in the chess game remember????

I thought it was rather unrealistic that the trio including Ginny survived even though I was pretty damn certain they would all survive, it is at it's core a children’s novel after all. I also believe Rowling gets to emotionally invested in her books, she couldn't bring herself to kill Arthur Weasley and Hagrid, so Tonks and Lupin go instead, she couldn't bring herself to kill one of the trio so she kill a whole bunch of minor characters to make up for it then tries to make Dobby's death as a major blow, when really it's not. But back to the point I was kind of hoping either Ron or Harry would die, I know that sounds bad and all but it would have made me love the character all the more, plus there was a lot of evidence that Harry would die along with Voldemort (Ginny say's something along the lines of "You wont be happy unless your hunting him" which makes me think Harry would be similar to Frodo)
I kind of agree with you on all points. I actually thought we would lose one of the Trio or Ginny - but if I was to guess at anyone to go, I thought it would have been either Ron or Harry.

I can understand very easily how a writer becomes attached to her characters and therefore wouldn't want to let any of them go - but to cling onto them just because she couldn't quite bring herself to kill them off was an odd decision, IMO. I think the book would have been a lot stronger if we had lost one of the more major characters.

That said, these are children's books, and to kill off someone so important may have been devastating to a younger reader. :shrug:

The most important thing, being a children's book or not (there would be to discuss about what's a children's book and what's not), is that everybody was scared about them dying. You didn't feel protected in DH: for example, when Bellatrix took Hermoine, I was really scared about her dying, I didn't thought "Ahah LOL she's isn't going to die because she's a major character", but I was scared for her like Harry and Ron. This is a good thing.

About them surviving: I don't think it's so strange, because they weren't - usually - in the core of the battle, often they were with Harry so the Death Eaters were too afraid to kill him to try. The only time they were in "open battle" and forced to fight (no way to escape) was in HBP, but they had Felix Felicis.
I think that it's more strange, for example, that in LotR survived Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf, Aragorn, Eowyn, Frodo, Sam, Pipino, Merry and... yeah, everybody. Harry Potter had a lot of death for this kind of books, and it was fantastic to read for this, too ;)

edit. About Charlie in Lost: I don't think you can call Charlie a major character without calling Dumbledore a major character too.

But it sure would have been powerful if Harry sacrificed himself for all of those he loved.But isn´t that exactly what happened? Harry did sacrifice himself for his friends, but in the end, fortunately he did´t die. So we have the best of both worlds so to speak.

I always thought the trio (and Ginny) would live for a variety of reasons. But you never know. JKR definitely wrote the books in a way that you had to think they could die. As JKR said in her post-DH interviews, they were always up for grabs. She had intended them to live from the beginning but she could have changed her mind.

I understand that it seems like a miracle that the trio survived. They were in the midst of life-threatening situations enough. We might argue that it is unrealistic that none of them died, but why should it be unrealistic? The likelihood for them to die was bigger than for some other characters, but that does not mean they had to die. Since a lot of (most?) readers expected at least one of them to die, it is a suprise that they didn´t.

I think it's a miracle Harry gets to survive for 19 years in peace after proclaiming in front of 100s of ppl that he is the owner of the elder wand. Isn't the bloody wand supposed to attract ppl ready to murder to own it?

I was actually very confident, and pleased, they all three survived. I was positive JK wouldn't kill any of them off.

I was actually very confident, and pleased, they all three survived. I was positive JK wouldn't kill any of them off.

same here. i knew they were all going to make it through.
its the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! ;)

The Trio without one of his member isn't what it's! They complement one another perfectly ==> If one die it's a part of the others'life who die...Seven years passed together...For some that's nothing , but their lifes hanged by a thread , they were alone...One fell , the others as well . And , I've had a heart attack ! JKR must really like play with our emotions to make us think heroes can pass away ! Quite pleased they're still alive =D

Lady , "Trio without one==> It's a duo! (To myself : "You found it alone ?") XD

I was very concerned that Ron would die and was all wound up ready to have to deal with that!

The reason I thought so, ironically, was that JKR had been setting up Ron and Hermione as a couple, I thought, since COS. That relationship seemed "too easy" somehow.

JKR also had shown herself increasingly ruthless in killing off characters that we and Harry really cared about...Sirius, then Albus Dumbledore, wow. So I was expecting a death with emotional impact on an even worse level, and who was closest to Harry for the longest time?

I even thought in my false cleverness that Hermione might be consoled in the long run by Viktor, and Harry by marrying Ginny who is of course (among other things) Ron's sister.

So much for cleverness. I'm actually glad she let Ron off. :)

Didn't you guys think it was a miracle when the trio survived? I was sooo happy! I was seriously afraid that Hermione would die. Thank God she lived. And I was very worried about Harry as well.

:agree:Yeah, I seriously thought that Ron and Hermione would have died. :scared:I mean, I somehow wanted them to be alive, but thought that it would've been quite good ending if harry or one of the trio died.Am I weird??

Was I the only one that was honestly dissapointed when the trio+ginny survived?? I wanted one of them to get killed... don't get me wrong, I'm not an evil person or something, but I think that would have been the perfect ending to this story... I hated this "All was well" thing, I though the Epilouge will be darker, and I just though - one of them HAS to die. I was very dissapointed they all survived.

I think that the perfect ending would be Harry sacrificing himself in the forest, therefore summuning the same old magic his mother used when he was a boy and protecting all the others, and then LV will try to kill Ron or someone else and the curse will rebound because of Harry's protection and kill LV instead. And then Ron would end up with a scar on his forehead, LOL. I really like this ending...

Anyway, I'm not a bad person or something, but I never really grown to love the trio as characters (I would be really upset if Luna has died, though). I just though - one of them has to die...

:agree:Yeah, I seriously thought that Ron and Hermione would have died. :scared:I mean, I somehow wanted them to be alive, but thought that it would've been quite good ending if harry or one of the trio died.Am I weird??

You're not weird, I can see excatly what you mean. BTW, after Ron & Hermione kissed before the RoR scene, I was totally expecting one of them to die... I though that Rowling wanted to let them kiss before they part...

I think the point of them all surviving, was that they had so much trust and love between them all that they always had each other's back. That together, they would be able to accomplish some serious feats. But more so, I think they all completed each other and to have one of them missing wouldn't really seemed fitting. I mean, on numerous occasions, did they take turn at saving each other's lives...

Ron always seemed jealous of Harry - he looked at all the attention, yet overlooked all the pain, and stress, and responsibility that Harry had. Rather than see any of them die, I would have been happier if Ron had matured somewhat, and understood what Harry had had to deal with.

I hoped that Hermione would live to write the story of The Boy Who Lived, since no one seemed to see as much or feel as much as she did. Well, of course DD did, but he was dead. Harry would never write it himself - he was no Gilderoy Lockhart.

As far as Jo letting Harry die, I don't feel she could do that to her fans - we lived with Harry, laughed with him, felt his pain, and cried - oh how we cried with him. He has earned a peaceful life after all he went through.

FGM

I was definitely concerned that one of the trio was going to be bumped off. As usual, with the lead up to the release of the book and all the interviews that were going on, she did say that some of the major characters were going to die and I took that to mean one of the trio.

It actually took me 2 weeks to read the book. I had to stop reading after the chapter "The 7 Harry's" as I was crying my eyes out at the death of Mad-eye and Fred Weasly's close encouter with death. I was thinking "Oh Bu**er!" I already sensed the tone of the book from the opening couple of chapters and was afraid to read on in case I read something I didn't like.

I did shed a tear at Lupin and Tonks' death as that left poor little Teddy in almost the same predicament as Harry, except I beleive Andromeda survived so he at least had his maternal grandmother to look after him.

Ron always seemed jealous of Harry - he looked at all the attention, yet overlooked all the pain, and stress, and responsibility that Harry had. Rather than see any of them die, I would have been happier if Ron had matured somewhat, and understood what Harry had had to deal with.But exactly that happened in DH. You see that clearly if you re-read the Silver Doe chapter.

I hoped that Hermione would live to write the story of The Boy Who Lived, since no one seemed to see as much or feel as much as she did. Well, of course DD did, but he was dead. Harry would never write it himself - he was no Gilderoy Lockhart.Hermione knows that Harry would not want a book written about him. Not even by one of his closest friends. Probably especially not by one of his closest friends. Harry always wanted to lead a calm, normal life. He hates being famous, that is referenced to in the epilogue.

As far as Jo letting Harry die, I don't feel she could do that to her fans - we lived with Harry, laughed with him, felt his pain, and cried - oh how we cried with him. He has earned a peaceful life after all he went through.I think she couldn´t do that to herself. She couldn´t get herself to kill off Arthur in OotP, how would she have felt if she´d to write one of the trio dying.

I am very happy that the Trio lived. It just goes to show that love and friendship conquers all. :) Though, before I read the book, I was definatly expecting one of the Trio to be killed off.

You gotta remember there were sacrifices made so many died and that should be enough the fact that harry lost a second godfather is a lot.