The best possible ending?

[Lellygreen1]

hey i have been reading threads asking what would be the worst ending for the series - now what would be the best? harry lives and becomes an auora? or become headmaster of hogwarts? or dies just after defeating lord voldemort?

what do you think?

[Sebastian06]

Honestly, I think the best possible ending for the series would be for Harry to die, honorably of course, but still die. I don't want a perfect ending, and it just wouldn't make sense, in my opinion, if Harry survived. Since the prophecy says that either Harry or Voldemort will have to kill the other, people naturally think that Harry will triumph over Voldemort, the Wizarding World will elect him the next Minister of Magic, while he simultaneously becomes the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and yadda yadda yadaa. It's just not like Rowling to tie everything up so perfectly and to have the reader be able to guess the ending correctly.

[Amadeus]

.... And it was then when Harry woke up and realized all of it had just been a very long dream and he was still his 11 year old self living under the stairs.....



That would be interesting...

Actually, the best ending would be to have Harry killed off..

Maybe Ron.... too...:evil:

(Don't get me wrong, I love both Harry and Ron)

If it is the Disney-like 'happily-ever-after' ending, I don't think I would appreciate the HP books as much as I do now... (I think we all get enough of the happily-ever-after stuff from Disney alone.)

Even if Harry doesn't die, it should be a somewhat bitter and dark ending....

Something like the ending of LOTR...

They achieve their goal, yet LOTR is not 'just' an epic of the Fellowship of the Ring and Frodo..

[Alcina]

My sig says it all really... :-)

But from a point of view other than my own, the most appropriate ending would
be for Harry to die heroicly. I would also like to know what happened to all the othr characters who are in Harry's year; and to know what the future holds for the Wizarding World (and I hope it's more encouraging than the present suggests).

[cleansweep11]

Best possible ending?Harry to live but not become an Aurora. I can't really see him as one. And it would seem rather strange........I dno.........but maybe somthing else(not minister or headmaster though......). I can't really think of a job for him. But Harry must live!!

[Jessica]

To be honest, I trust JKR to come up with an ending that's both amazing and conclusive. You know, something that ties everything together and leaves you feeling satisfied that the wait was worth it.

Having said that,I have absolutely no idea what it might be but my preference would be for the trio to survive.

[dumbleedore]

I'd actually like Harry not to defeat Voldemort and leave us pondering what happened...

[WeasleyIsOurKing]

I'd actually like Harry not to defeat Voldemort and leave us pondering what happened...

Oh, Jebus. I would probaly have an aneurism. If JKR ever does that I will hop on the next plane to the UK and DEMAND closure.

[Rien]

The best possible ending is probably something I couldn't dream of guessing. :D

[Prof.Aze]

For me the best possible ending would have to be Harry and Hermione marrying and a very happy life and a happy family and their son having a scar in his forehead also. :) The best... :D

[lanifiel]

I think this i better suited for the Hall of Prophecy

[Morgan LeFay]

IMO it's posibble that Harry will die, but it also can be something like: he won't die, but somebody important to him will. I think it will be very traumatic ending. I can't imagine the ending. It's too hard.

[v@sh]

IMO, if Harry dies it should be a heroic death where he defeats Voldemort. If he dies, then he will be able to finally return to his family. It would be fitting in a way that he is able to see his parents again.

But the other part of me says that I'd rather Harry live on and live the life he has always wanted - to be a normal wizard without the pressures of the world on him - be happy, enjoy life, and find love. It would be cruel to have him killed off with all that he has suffered throughout his life and then not for him to enjoy any of it once he defeats Voldemort. I reckon that would be the best possible ending and who knows if Luna has someway he can talk to his family behind the veil, he mighten need not to die.

[Narami]

Am I the only who loves Harry too much to see him die? :sigh: Poor little boy, I've been crossing my fingers since the first book just for the "boy who lived" to live!
So the best ending for me will be very simple in it's basis, Harry lives.
About Voldemort, if he lives then the whole thing it's useless (and Harry would die) but I don't know. I'm sure JK has a great ending, very surprising probably... my signature has what I thought one day (watching the first movie you know when he goes all cutely "I can't be a wizard, I'm just Harry...just Harry) could be the last sentence... people have commented on it before, but honestly I would have a heart attack if it has to something with "When he woke up he couldn't beleive it was just a dream... but he still had his scar". And that wouldn't be very original, still Harry would be alive and I would be thankful deeply. I would also sue someone if in the last book there's no closure, wich thankfully is not very probable since JK has said she wants to tie everything in a big nice knot... I hope that means not to leave us wondering our heads off and becoming mad.

[lupe]

i don't want Harry to die but I don't really see him becoming an auror or having an actual job when he graduates.If he died the ending would be more effective but his life would seem so pointless or something because his parents died for him.
I can't really think of the best possible ending. There are too many possibilities.

[cleansweep11]

I totally agree with lupe! I can't imagine him with a job but I can imagine him living.

[Godrics_Heiress]

Harry will be a professional Quidditch seeker!

[HagridLives]

[COLOR=Navy]hey i have been reading threads asking what would be the worst ending for the series - now what would be the best? harry lives and becomes an auora? or become headmaster of hogwarts? or dies just after defeating lord voldemort?

what do you think?


I think it would be harry becomes an auora!

[Jesse_Granger]

I think that Harry should still kill off Voldemort and he's gone, but then from like Exastion or something Harry should die to. (Though it would still be really sad).
That or Hogwarts completely crumbles and there is some mass extinction of Wizards, that would be...interesting.

[cleansweep11]

I think that Harry should be somthing other then an Auror and a minsiter of magic.......

[Imsirien]

I'll cry if it turns out to be a dream. To me, that would be the worst possible ending because I really dislike reality. Anyway, I think it would be a good ending if Harry died....but only if he took Voldie with him. Something like the ending to the Last Herald Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey. If any of you have read it, you'll know what I mean.
The prophecy says that neither can live while the other survives. So at least one has to die. It doesn't say that one has to live and one has to die. Therefore Harry could sacrifice himself to get rid of Voldie.

[hermione_fan]

I think it would be for Harry to die after defeating Voldemort. I'm really sick of all this living happily ever after stuff. It would still be really sad *tear* but atleast he would die with honor and glory.

[WeasleyIsOurKing]

I think it would be harry becomes an auora!

I think that Harry should be somthing other then an Auora and a minsiter of magic.......


Just a comment... it's Auror, not Auora. :)

[BellatrixLeS]

I think it would be for Harry to die after defeating Voldemort. I'm really sick of all this living happily ever after stuff. It would still be really sad *tear* but atleast he would die with honor and glory.

I can see your point, but I'm reluctant to want Harry to die, simply because I want to see what he'd do with his life.

[Black's Flight]

Best possable endind? I know you're all going hate me for thinking up such a corny ending, but I think a perfect ending would consist of Harry killing Voldemort and ending up with Ginny or Luna. :blush: Ron and Hermine would live and get together and Sirius would somehow come back to life. Remus would live too. Yeah. That's good. DD can die though. Makes it a little more dramatic. Maybe he could speak to Harry as a ghost or sometihng. Like Obi-wan in Star Wars. ;)
Haveing the whole wizarding word crumble or Harry just wakeing up? I'd hate that. :grumble:

[Auror Williamson]

Just a comment... it's Auror, not Auora.

Thank you, I was just about to bring that up.

Note: See screen name. :)

[Dedalus Diggle]

I think Harry would have to live, and to 'vanquish' Voldemort without being a murderer. I also think he has to be seen struggling with the years of stress he's been under, not by becoming an utter flake, but having to find a way to redefine himself, to transcend being 'the one with the power to vanquish.' If he were unable to do that, he'd end up as a bum, trading tales of his battles with the Dark Lord for drinks in wizard pubs - perhaps a fair bit of realism there, but a bit too much. I would like to see Harry ending up in a stable love relationship, but I don't really care if its Hermione, Luna, Ginny, Tonks, Lavender, Alicia, etc. (I don't think the slash combos would do). But this should be part of the overall process of growing beyond the warrior self-image. I could accept anyone but the trio dying in the next two books, if it made sense and was not just wholesale slaughter (unless of course, wholesale slaughter by the DEs breaks out and is what drives the plot in a book - probably 7).

[*Jess*]

Ohhh wow...this is a great thread!! Nice work, Lellygreen!!


The thing is, though, I'm not sure which one that I can say...The BEST ending, or the MOST LIKELY? Well, I'll say both.

I think the MOST LIKELY ending will be that Harry defeats Voldemort, etc etc. Ok, no, wait, I'm going to contradict myself there by saying that that probably wont happen, simply because it's too simple...JKR will have to make it more complicated than that. So really I dunno!

But I think the BEST ending would be for Harry to finally defeat Voldie but die soon afterwards from some fatal wound etc. Don't get me wrong: I definitely don't want Harry to die...I love him heaps!! But I think that It would add more of a twist to the story, you know?

[Loz]

"And Dumbledore laughed triumphantly - the boy had killed his arch nemesis and he could begin his plan for world domination at last. He looked at the young Potter boy and with one final flourish cast Avada Kadavra directly at his scar..."

*snicker* No, not really. I am of the opinion that I couldn't possibly come up with an ending that could rival JKR. I'm positive she is going to blow me away... and that I'll cry for a week at least, even if it's a mostly happy ending :D

[Guardian Angel]

I think I'd prefer the Scooby Doo ending.

Voldemort: "I would've got away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids."

Lol, I'd like that kind of ending as well... or if not that, then this one:

"... Hary had been finally free, Voldemort defeated, Aberforth married a goat and Ron and Hermione lived happily ever after."

[*Jess*]

Oh, Loz mate I totally agree..my ideas on this aren't that good...I can't wait for the end of the series (just to see what happens), but I also can wait coz I don't want it to end!! lol. I'd better be blown away...:D

[wpolly]

I think it'll end in this way:


Harry Consumed all his magical powers to kill Voldie and become a muggle....(!?)

[Starrlight]

For books that I love as much as HP, I like to be able to read them again and again. I can't see mysef reading them ever again if anyone in the trio dies. Don't get me wrong--tragic endings can be good--I loved the end of Titanic, but never wanted to see it a second time even though it was a great movie! So all three of the trio must live, or I get rid of all the books when it's all done. That doesn't mean I won't like them, or couldn't accept a tragic ending as a good one, but I wouldn't want to read them again if all the magic, fun, and humor of the first books is just leading up to a tragic end. I'd have the same reaction that Harry had to Moody showing him the pictures of the original OOTP in book 5--remember he said that he thought it was sick? Well, ending this series with the death of Harry would be just as bad--Harry's right on this one!

[haycheng]

Have anyone watch the ending for StarTrek:The Next generation? Prcard is given second chance in the end. May be Harry will return to the point at 11 year old but with his family? This kind of end create a sense of ending, yet it is not truely end. It has been used in couple of moive and I think it can work very well in HP as well.

A second chance for Harry Potter without the problem of Vmort, how nice is that. I think that is what Harry truely wanted.

[Dragonfly the 2nd]

I think the best ending would be Harry's death. Harry and Voldemort should die killing each other, or Harry should be forced to kill himself to kill Voldemort. It wouldn't be sad at all, because Harry would be reunited with Sirius and his parents, and anybody else who dies. That would be an excellent ending, in my opinion. It's sort of a doomed "happily ever after."

[eggplant]

And then Voldemort said "Harry I can see you were right, you were right about everything. I can't thank you enough for returning my lost little puppy, Skippy, to me"
Voldemort wiped a single perfect tear from his eye and said
"You've taught me the true meaning of friendship and the true meaning of Christmas too. I know now I've made some poor decisions in my life. Harry, I'm sorry I tortured you and murdered your parents, I don't think that was a very nice thing to do, I really don't. "
"Ah, forget it you knucklehead"
said Harry feeling slightly embarrassed and giving Voldemort a friendly punch on the shoulder.
"None of us are perfect we all make mistakes."
They put their arms on each other's shoulder and then the feeling of joy in the hearts of both Harry and Voldemort became so large that they could contain it no longer and burst into song:
"I love you, you love me, we're a happy family..."

And they all lived happily ever after.

THE END

[Nick]

The best possible ending?

- Harry trips over his own ego and breaks his neck. AND DIES. Without honour.
- Voldemort finally gets around to forming that boy band he's been wanting with the death eaters. "Rage against the Muggles" tops the international charts.
- Neville, who totally rocks, becomes a teacher.
- Snape, it transpires, was involved in a love polygon with Lily, James, Peter, Aberforth DD, and several portraits.
- Hogwarts gets a decent name that can't be stupidised into something dumb like "hoggy woggy hogwarts".
- I get to score with Bellatrix Lestrange.

[Inkling]

Okay, it better not be a dream. If it is, I am going to...I don't know, boycott all fantasy for the rest of my life or something overly drastic.

I have noticed, though, that JKR is absolutely obsessed with time. We have the time turner in PoA, which is so complicated we should have a Hall of Time or something to address it. Then, in OoP, there is that whole room with the time turners and the bird and the "ugly-baby-headed death eater." She loves messing with it.

So, that, along with Dumbledore's "I must admit it would not satisfy me merely to kill you, Tom," right before he duels Voldie, gives me this crazy idea. What if Harry has some ability to manipulate time. I know that almost everyone has decided that Harry's power has something to do with goodness, but hear me out.

Voldemort either a) does not know it or b) detest it. He made himself virtually immortal after "many precautions" and experiments. This does not sound like the actions of a man ready to face his death. Plus, he is nearly seventy. He IS running out of time, whereas fifteen year old Harry might as well have forever. Terry Pratchett, for example, has a theory in his Discworld novels that we have hourglasses of life left. What if JKR has a similar and yet unexplained theory? Harry could actually have excess time in him!

Secondly, what better way to completely destroy Voldemort than to go back to before his fifth year and a) kill him, b) foil his plans and stop his rise before it begins, or c) turn him? Dumbledore woulde have completely destroyed what the Dark Lord stood for, and NO CASUALTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFERED. James and Lily would survive, along with Sirius and all the rest.

That, my friends, would be a happy ending to make the Brothers Grimm blush.

[lorna]

JK Rowling's been pretty clear about the dead staying that way so I don't thing we're going to get any of our loved characters back.

I'd like to see Harry beat that prophecy. I'm not sure I'm that happy with this "your fate is written, there's nothing you can do...." I've always had it at the back of my mind if anyone deserves to have his soul sucked it's Voldie. I just can't work out how Harry could arrange for this.
The other thing I wouldn't mind seeing happen is Harry to go into the one other thing he seemed rather good at and got a fair amount of satisfaction from. Teaching. He really seemed to enjoy the DA sessions
and his "students" were learning.
And wouldn't it just rot Snape's socks if, after all this time, with temptation to rejoin the DE gone with the final defeat of Voldemort,
the DADA position within his grasp, DD made Harry Potter the DADA
teacher.
I love Snape but that would be somewhat amusing.

[Abhishek]

I think it should be a LOTR-esque ending. Harry will be heartbroken-after losing his two closest friends and cant imagine being without them. he walks through the veil, in order to reunite with those he lost. It would be a bittersweet ebding. Bitter because Harry is leaving the world for good and he is leaving all those remaining survivors who care about him, more specifically Lupin and the Weasleys(maybe excluding ron). Sweet becuase his most desperate desire of meeting his parents is being fulfilled.

[ArmachiA]

My best ending?
~Harry died killing the Dark Lord all heriocly and such, gets a death Scene, everyone is sad. Though this would be hard to read I do think it's a good way to close the story of the boy who lived (Not the boy who liveS)

~Auther Weasley is made the new Minister of Magic (Wouldn't that be awesome)

~At the end of the book there is some kind of prologue that tells us what happened to the characters after Harry's passing.

~ Draco and Hermione get together! (Ohh... okay... so that defiantly won't happen... but the rest are plausible!) ^_^

[lorna]

Just out of curosity why do some of you want this angsty gothic ending?
For one thing Harry's parents die to save his life, right.
Wouldn't Harry's dying himself rather negate their sacrifice?

[Merrymime]

Yeah, I agree lorna. I've read this thread and I'm quite shocked to see how many people think it would be a good ending for Harry to die. That's interesting. I think, though it would be horrible for Harry to die. I would be pretty mad and disappointed if he did. I think others are going to die, like maybe Dumbledore, Neville and Hagrid. But, not Harry.

I think Harry will defeat Voldemort, but it will be in a spectacular way that we won't be expecting and it will be quite difficult for him. He will definately come very close to dieing, but something so incredible and phenomenal will happen, it will blow our socks off!

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Freezair]

Count me among those who'd like a happy ending where, at the very least, The Six survive. (Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, and Luna.) However, there'd probably be some sort of hugeo devistation that left a lot of other people dead, definately a lot of teachers: Dumbledore, McGonagal, Lupin, Moody, at least one other Weasley... But Voldemort would be gone. I can imagine the ending going something like this:

"Of course, Harry realized, his life could never be the same. His mentor lay dead, somewhere off in the distance, and so did many of his closest friends... the ex-professor Lupin, Professor McGonagall... Dumbledore. In the past few years, he had learned to deal with death. But still, he had his dearest friends with.
If he could have, Harry almost would have loved to point his own wand at himself and scream, 'Oblivate'--just to forget all the horrible things that had happened. But he couldn't. He was in Gryfffindor--to do so would be the ultimate act of cowardice, and one he would not commit. Besides, he told himself, even all those awful memories melted away, he would always have a reminded--ever looming there on his forehead, like a smear of darkness--a single, thin, lightning bolt-shaped scar."

[Merrymime]

I wonder...perhaps the scar will disappear in the end...

:huh:

[daz]

i would like to see harry and ginny together and see them married with kids and a twin boys called albus and sirius and ron and hermione dating and neville teacing at hogwarts and there at hogwarts at a reunion and there all happy

[Starrlight]

Why would it be good for Harry to die and be reunited with his parents and Sirius? He hardly knows any of those three people. They are images in his mind--he doesn't know any of them, as the last book demonstrates. Let him live 60 or 70 years, then join them beyond the veil, and tell them what he did with the life they died to give him. Otherwise, they would have to say--we died so that you could die yourself at 17? Man, we should have lived, instead, if that's all you're doing with our gift!
Harry knows his closest friends, and even Neville, a lot better than the three adults who sacrificed themselves for him. What the heck would they have to talk about beyond the veil? The boy who lived must live!!!! Or what's the point of the series? Good call above on Harry becoming a teacher! Harry as the DADA teacher, and Snape hating every minute of it! I like Snape, I want him to get over it and move on--but I'm not sure that he's capable of that.

[Nick]

Secondly, what better way to completely destroy Voldemort than to go back to before his fifth year and a) kill him, b) foil his plans and stop his rise before it begins, or c) turn him? Dumbledore woulde have completely destroyed what the Dark Lord stood for, and NO CASUALTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN SUFFERED. James and Lily would survive, along with Sirius and all the rest.


Time travel in this series doesn't seem to work that way. He could go back and cause things to occur the way they did, but he can't change what's done.

[ArmachiA]

Just out of curosity why do some of you want this angsty gothic ending?
For one thing Harry's parents die to save his life, right.
Wouldn't Harry's dying himself rather negate their sacrifice?

Well, personally I don't really like Harry dying, but it seems to me it would be a fitting end to the books. I don't know why, it just does. However, if push comes to shove, I would like for him to live.

[Tonks08]

"Of course, Harry realized, his life could never be the same. His mentor lay dead, somewhere off in the distance, and so did many of his closest friends... the ex-professor Lupin, Professor McGonagall... Dumbledore. In the past few years, he had learned to deal with death. But still, he had his dearest friends with.
If he could have, Harry almost would have loved to point his own wand at himself and scream, 'Oblivate'--just to forget all the horrible things that had happened. But he couldn't. He was in Gryfffindor--to do so would be the ultimate act of cowardice, and one he would not commit. Besides, he told himself, even all those awful memories melted away, he would always have a reminded--ever looming there on his forehead, like a smear of darkness--a single, thin, lightning bolt-shaped scar."

That's a good ending!!!!

--- I think that the ending's going to end with Harry heroicly dieing... Voldemort attacks him and they duel, Harry realizes what he must do to save everybody, die, and since Voldemort and Harry are connected through Harry's scar, they both die. And everyone that Voldemort killed comes back, including Harry.

^---- I think it's a little too Disney-ish though... Everything seems to simple

So besides that philosphy I have no CLUE so there! :rasp: :p j/k

[AvadaKedavra]

For me it would be- the "boy who lived" became known as "the boy who died". You see, the best thing about this is that his death would be the very downfall of Voldemort as Voldemort would make the same mistake as before, of underestimating the protection that someone dying for you can make- so lets say Harry dies for someone he loves and the Voldemort claims "victory" and then kills off the person he was supposed to do in the first place, but only this time, the curse rebounds and this time, Voldemort has no immortality to protect him. Some nice fried Voldie.

If JKR did a bit like this...

Harry felt like he was floating. The sensation was wonderful, and Harry soared upwards, light as a feather. The white light became too bright, and Harry had to screw his eyes up in order to see anything. There was wonderful, melodious music, and Harry gasped. His parents were walking, or rather, sort of "gliding" to him, with big smiles on their faces. "Hello, Harry" said his mother. "Well done, son" offered his father. Harry's heart leapt even higher, for on the white horizion, a familiar big black dog was bounding towards him.

I would cry for ages with happiness and proclaim JKR as the greatest ever.

[Potterific]

I have to say that I have always loved books with sad endings. If Harry dies heroically to save the Wizarding World I will cry my little eyes out, and I would cry my eyes out again and again every time I reread the book.

[noddwyd]

I do not think that Harry dying would make all that great of an ending, personally. As several have already stated, his parents died so that he might live a normal, happy life. So he should have the chance at that, before he joins them in the next world. I would like for Harry to defeat the 'dark lord' in a way that no one ever would have imagined possible. Without killing Tom, himself. There will be losses, yes, and Harry's will be great, I think. But his power, the one that has gotten him this far, will save him in the end, from himself, as well as what Voldemort will do to him. I think he will need to have someone to love, and be loved by for all this to work in the first place. Preferably Luna or Hermione.

Another possible ending I liked was where Harry attacks Voldemort with all his being at once. The attack destroys Voldemort completely, but Harry's energy is so drained that all that's left of him is a crystalized statue. Now, either he has the loved one, mentioned above, to revive him from this state somehow, or we have a fast forward in the epilogue that shows the statue still there, become either forgotten, or put on display, or even become some kind of tourist attraction. And Harry's soul forever trapped within. Never to make it to the next world, or interact with this one again, either. Until someone can wake him.

[o_O]

this is the MOST farfetched thing ever prolly, k well harry and volde have final battle, bla blah blah. ok now harry goesunconious cuz a stone pillar fell on him and muffled his hearing and all. now volde laughing cuz its perfect right? WRONG! peeves will come distract him and madam sprout will huck a mandrake pot with a mandrake at volde sprout an volde hear it they die and harry doesnt hear it cuz the stones made the cry sound like a muffled cry and he lives.... thank you......bye bye
:elaugh: :elaugh: :elaugh:

[Phoenix_Fawkes]

HARRY TO LIVE! And to become Headmaster. Then JK could write a short seiries aout that. Or somehting I dont want Harry to die cause then that decreases our chances for a sequel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ncannie18]

I think it should be a LotR ending. Harry is over welmed by grief and walks through the veil (lotr-grey havens)

-Harry looked into Dumbledores sparkling blue eyes and saw a tear roll down his cheek. He knew he could not change Harrys mind.
Harry looked at his close friends and realized that he had caused too much pain. Dumbledore and Harry exchanged one last look and hug and Harry was goin back peacefully into the veil. He was going home. A life with family and friends, a life with out evil and terror. But the magical people would always remember Harry as the boy who lived, the man who defeated, the hope of the world, but most of all the one with the scar.

[Maydeleat Greenly]

In my opinion, I think the best ending would be that Neville is actually "the one" lol but seeing as how that won't happen..... I hope Harry and Ron die ... I know it's awful but I like bitter endings that make you grieve like LOTR as someone pointed out so very well before. But if Harry doesn't die.... I hope he becomes the DADA teacher.

It would be rather satisfying. If Harry does die, I hope Hermione becomes a teacher at Hogwarts (transfiguration once McGonagall retires or whatever) and that she's married to Ron or something...... I think that Ron and Hermione fit the best because Hermione reminds me soooooo much like Mrs.Weasley.... it would be perfect! But I really hope Harry dies or Ron does. It would make me sick to see a pefect Harry and Hermione live happily ever after lol. And then Draco would become the Potions teacher and finally Snape would understand Harry though he would still be bitter.

While, Luna Lovegood gets with Neville or something and Ginny with Harry lol (dream on, eh?)

And then if Neville was "the one" when he kills voldemort he'll get a scar on his forehead just like Harry has .... and imo the one Dumbledore has from Grindewald (I swear he has a scar! just look people loooooooookkkk lol)

lol Ill stop ranting... I do that a lot



So many possible endings.... I just want a huge death... I want to be crying at the end dangit!



edit*
After reading all the other posts... I may have had a small change of heart. I still want a sad ending but perhaps...... if Harry lives it might be sadder then him dying. If he loses all his friends and such ... he'd be all alone and have to deal with this fact forever because of his scar

[leenielou]

I think the best ending would be Harry's death. Harry and Voldemort should die killing each other, or Harry should be forced to kill himself to kill Voldemort. It wouldn't be sad at all, because Harry would be reunited with Sirius and his parents, and anybody else who dies. That would be an excellent ending, in my opinion. It's sort of a doomed "happily ever after."

I used to think this. I probably still do. Harry sacrificing himself for the good of mankind...it would be so sad, but so warming and happy, especially if he was reunited with those he loved and lost.

Alternatively, an ending that involved everyone together would be good too. But I just don't think that it will happen....:sad:


For me it would be- the "boy who lived" became known as "the boy who died". You see, the best thing about this is that his death would be the very downfall of Voldemort as Voldemort would make the same mistake as before, of underestimating the protection that someone dying for you can make- so lets say Harry dies for someone he loves and the Voldemort claims "victory" and then kills off the person he was supposed to do in the first place, but only this time, the curse rebounds and this time, Voldemort has no immortality to protect him. Some nice fried Voldie.

My version of this was that if Harry sacrificed himself in some way for the world, then his strange and mysterious power of love would be unleashed from the MOM and protect everyone in the world. Therefore if Voldemort killed anyone he would die...or the survivors could all join together to kill him with supreme protection. :D Don't you love it when people think the same? Shows we're not insane...

Anyway, here's my ending that got lost a while ago on the old Very Ending thread:

'As the black clouds cleared, and the lightning that had torn the sky apart faded, Hermione and Ginny held hands tightly. Hermione, still bleeding from the intensity of the battle behind them, smiled weakly at Ginny as the tears fell from her brown eyes, attempting to hold back her own.
"He did it," she half whispered. "He saved us all."
The two got to their feet and gazed around at the remains of Hogwarts. The new sunlight fell all around them, highlighting the devastation, signalling an evil that was now past, but not forgotten. They picked their way over to their hero, the world's hero, who lay apart, eyes closed and breathing stilled.
"You did it Harry," Hermione said, taking his limp hand. "I hope you're with them now." She turned to face Ginny again, and both of their eyes widened in shock.
"What - " they both began, then both lifted a hand to their foreheads. On both were small, but perfect, feather shaped scars. And as the rest of the survivors began to make their way over, the lucid and pure phoenix song held in the fresh air. Everyone smiled through their tears, for they knew that from now on, every person born would bear the mark of love, the mark of sacrifice. Wizard or muggle, boy or girl, each would have the reminder of their saviour. A phoenix feather scar."

[Myrddin]

Harry not being able to preform magic after the 'battle'. So Harry would have just saved an existence he can't participate in.

[eVaNeScEnCe]

Harry not being able to preform magic after the 'battle'. So Harry would have just saved an existence he can't participate in.

I think that's worse than him dying. :shrug:
while I don't necessarily want there to be a sugary and perfect "happily ever after" ending, there's no reason why it shouldn't be at least an *uplifting* one.

How about...? Ok, I really have no creative imagination for this. But I'm sure J.K. will think of some classic yet original.

[Myrddin]

I think that's worse than him dying. :shrug:
while I don't necessarily want there to be a sugary and perfect "happily ever after" ending, there's no reason why it shouldn't be at least an *uplifting* one.

How about...? Ok, I really have no creative imagination for this. But I'm sure J.K. will think of some classic yet original.

Really? I thought it was better, if a little close to the cheap 'it was all a dream' ending. Harry gets to stay alive and since he's no longer a wizard there can be no more books.

[KatieLBell]

I really need the Disney ending. I've spend way to much of my life obsessed with these books for it to be a totally dark ending.
I would love for: Harry to defeat LV, for him to become an offical part of the Weasley Family, he and Ginny to live next door to Ron & Hermione, and for Harry to get the postion of DADA teacher instead of Snape. That would make me happy. Oh and Neville and his little cactus find a cure for all of those in St. Mungo's with permanant spell damage, and he could be the hero we already know he is.

[CentaurFirenze]

I think the best ending would be Harry failing all of his classes and having to stay at hogwarts another year!!! Lower grades = more books!!!

[Jill]

I think the best ending ever would be for Voldermort to die, Dumbledore to die, Harry, Hermione, Lupin and Snape to live.

I think Harry should become either Headmaster or an auror. Hermione should become an auror, shes smart enough and never rushes foolishly into anything.

If they do become aurors then further adult books could be made later on.

I think Snape will keep the potion masters job and still carry on moping about the DADA position. Now this is where it might get interesting, to see Snape have to grovel to Harry if Harry becomes the new headmaster at Hogwarts.

Lupin will possibly take the DADA job up once and for all, without anyone bothering that he is a werewolf.

Neville?

Now Neville, I think he might go on to teach Herbology at Hogwarts but I am not sure as to whether or not Neville will live through all of this, he could die.

[Chewy]

I Think Harry kills Voldermort and becomes teacher of DDA and later headmaster . And marries Ginny :D

[Girl]

I think that in the end Harry will defeat Voldermort but will also die. I know that this may not be a happy ending but in a way it will be happy foe Harry. If he dies then he will be reunited with his parents and Sirius. Also I don't think that Harry would be happy if he lived. If he lives then Harry would have to live with the fact that he killed someone, which would make him feel guilty and upset (even if he knows that Voldermort was evil). Harry does not seem like the type of person who could kill even if he knows the person is evil.
Also I'm sure that in the next two books other people who Harry cares about will die and Harry will feel like it's his fault.
So in a way with Harry dieing it will be sort of a happy ending, where Harry can at last rest and be with his family at last.

[Kaonashi]

The only thing I really want to see is the LeStranges go BOOM.

Preferably by Neville. :D

[eVaNeScEnCe]

I think that in the end Harry will defeat Voldermort but will also die. I know that this may not be a happy ending but in a way it will be happy foe Harry. If he dies then he will be reunited with his parents and Sirius. Also I don't think that Harry would be happy if he lived. If he lives then Harry would have to live with the fact that he killed someone, which would make him feel guilty and upset (even if he knows that Voldermort was evil). Harry does not seem like the type of person who could kill even if he knows the person is evil.
Also I'm sure that in the next two books other people who Harry cares about will die and Harry will feel like it's his fault.
So in a way with Harry dieing it will be sort of a happy ending, where Harry can at last rest and be with his family at last.

I thought that at first as well: hey, let's have Harry die so he can be reunited with his parents and family. But then I realized that notion might be delving a little too much into spiritual/religious waters. Who's to say that Harry will be reunited with his parents after death? For those who don't believe in an afterlife, Harry's death will mean nothing more than the end of everything and therefore be greatly upsetting and disappointing. And honestly, I'm not sure J.K. is keen on sending out that message. HP just seems to me to be a series where the hero actually survives. But that's not to say other important characters will...

With that being said, I refer back to my original theory:
I'm not expecting a super happy ending, but there's no need for there not to be an uplifting one, and I think that will be the case in HP.

[rozelle]

the most spifftastic ending would be for everyone, magic and muggle alike, to settle their differences over a nice vat of fondue...

all i can hope for is an ending that doesnt completely ruin fan fiction.....also to those neato dudes and/or dudettes who were saying that if harry dies then his parents will have died in vain i dont think thats completely correct....i think that if he does his hero thing then dies then all is good and well but then again i dont really like harry too much so he can just die anyway.....hehe

[Lupin_Lady]

The perfect ending-

Harry and Draco defeating LV side by side
Ron getting the recognition he deserves
Hermione becoming head girl, then the first Mud Blood minister of magic
Lupin finding a nice girlfrined (ME!!) and Harry moving in with them
Neville curing his parents and becoming a great auror
Draco being forgiven for all wrong doing
Lucius being murdered by LV
Percy being murdered by Death Eaters
Ginny becoming very powerful and Harry's girl.

Yeahhhh, I could be happy with that!

Oh and Cho getting what she deserves!

[Montbretia]

hey i have been reading threads asking what would be the worst ending for the series - now what would be the best? harry lives and becomes an auora? or become headmaster of hogwarts? or dies just after defeating lord voldemort?

what do you think?
As the first Chapter of the first book was "the Boy Who Lived", I think it would be rather nice for the final chapter in the final book to be entitled "The Man Who Lived" I really hope that Harry does kill Voldemort, but then goes on to lead a simple and uncomplicated life. Perhaps he could take over the Leaky Cauldren with Ginny Weasley (I would so like to see those two together) and produce 5 or 6 little Harries and Ginnies. :love:

[Montbretia]

As the first Chapter of the first book was "the Boy Who Lived", I think it would be rather nice for the final chapter in the final book to be entitled "The Man Who Lived" I really hope that Harry does kill Voldemort, but then goes on to lead a simple and uncomplicated life. Perhaps he could take over the Leaky Cauldren with Ginny Weasley (I would so like to see those two together) and produce 5 or 6 little Harries and Ginnies. :love:

Just to add to that - he will also get his own Chocolate Frog Card being one of the greatest Wizards of all time who defeated the Late Great Dark Lord Voldermort.:cool:

[Montbretia]

The perfect ending-

Lupin finding a nice girlfrined (ME!!)

That could bring a whole new meaning to "sorry darling, Its the wrong time of the month!!";)

[cleansweep11]

Now thats perfect............and Hermione and Ron would get togher................and Neville and Luna...........or Harry and Luna and Neville and Ginny.........its all good......oh wait!!! And Tonks and Stan Shunpike(of the night bus)

[rotsiepots]

I don't care for shipping, so if no-one ended up with anyone, that would be great. :D

Personally, I think the best possible ending is one that involves no loose ends. I don't want to be continuing to discuss aspects of the books for eternity; I'd rather JKR wrapped everything up nicely, explained everything we wanted to know and left it at that.

[Dedalus Diggle]

I don't care for shipping, so if no-one ended up with anyone, that would be great. :D

Personally, I think the best possible ending is one that involves no loose ends. I don't want to be continuing to discuss aspects of the books for eternity; I'd rather JKR wrapped everything up nicely, explained everything we wanted to know and left it at that.

Yes, I could deal with some unfortunate deaths, a few marriages, a few people not quite being able to adjust to life after the war (*hem, hem, Harry*). But I want EVERY speculation on the COS forums answered when this is all done. We've made JKR the bloody richest woman in Britain and she's not done till she has answered every darned post here and given a personal review to every single fanfic!!!!!!!!! I don't think that's too much to ask for the galleons we've lined her vault with, eh?

[schoolkid]

I think the best ending would be that their would be no ending :evil:

[Lupin_Lady]

That could bring a whole new meaning to "sorry darling, Its the wrong time of the month!!";)

:rotfl: Ha ha ha hah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha :clap:

[Lupin_Lady]

[QUOTE=The only thing I really want to see is the LeStranges go BOOM.

Preferably by Neville. QUOTE]

Hear Hear... and Umbridge too. But mainly Bellatrix.... oooooh I hate that :censored: !!!! :grumble:

[Arkenziel]

I think the best ending should include:
- Voldemort and the DE being punished,
- the revealing of ALL character's backgrounds and lives,
- and the explaining off ALL clues and hints so that no end is left loose.

And I sincerely hope the *End* is NOT something like 'Harry conjured Gryffindor's sword and plunged it right through Voldemort's heart'... That would really be :grumble:

[deadlocked]

I think the best ending should include:
- Voldemort and the DE being punished,
- the revealing of ALL character's backgrounds and lives,
- and the explaining off ALL clues and hints so that no end is left loose.

i agree except that a huge battle between the DE and the order which the order win barely with DD dying. Then Harry kicks some Dark Lord ***!!

[Chewy]

For Harry to live get married to Ginny become DDA prof and then later on become headmaster and have a nomral life after he kills Voldermont

[Oo bUMbLE bEE oO]

You know how in the very first chapter its titled "The Boy who Lived?" What if its reused in the last one as "The Boy who Lived"?

[cleansweep11]

Yah that would be pretty good to......I always liked "The man who lived" but I never liked thinking of harry as a man.........*shudders* I don't know why.....maybe cuz it means the end of the series......

[Puffskein]

I want the series to end with Voldemort and the Death Eaters vanquished, so there will be an uplifting ending even if lots of people have to die to achieve it. I'd rather Harry and the other good characters don't die except for a good reason. Like Rotsie, I want the loose ends tied up, and I'd feel cheated if the book ended with the defeat of evil without describing its impact on everyone's lives. The battle might have costs as well as benefits.

[eggplant]

The first chapter of the first book was called “The Boy Who Lived”, the last chapter of the last book will be called “The Man Who Died”.

Eggplant

[NYCwitch920]

I think that JKR will choose the best ending for the book. I trust her with that! ;) I don't think my imagination can parallel what she has in her head so I'm leaving it to the creator of the series. However, I would like to see Voldemort gone. Forever. End of story. :)

[NeuroComp]

The most glorious ending:
Like most of you have said, Harry dies,
Arthur is minister of Magic
Ron & Hermione get together as auror like teh mckinnons or longbottoms and to carry on harry's legacy
Neville, McGongall becomes head master/mistress.
Neville & Ginny.

The most happiest ending:
harry lives,
HARRY & GINNY, RON & HERMIONE all become auros
ARthur as minister,
McGongall becomes head master

The ok ending:
Harry lives, shrouds away from everyone wanting to be left alone
except for his closest friends

The Saddiest ending
Hermione dies trying to save RON, but both harry and ron live.


The most morbid
AD dies, Hagrid Dies, Lupin Dies, mcgonagall to be headmistress
arthur weasley to be minister, AND RON & hermione died trying to save harry who then finishes voldemort. And harry is left withthe pain of being alone again. BUt GInny is still there trying to help him.

The FUnniest ending
somone posted that he wakes up and he's still 11. THat's funny

[koli]

I think the best ending for the series would be Harry to die in battle against Voldie. Like right after harry killed Voldie and he's all weak and such. It would be an honerable death. i woudln't be as happy if it was "and he lived happily ever after w/ blah blah blah ihis wife, and became and auror" not as dramatic...w/e we'll see what happens

[RonnyBoy]

I think Harry dying would be the absolute dumbest thing that could happen. I could see Hagrid, Dumbledore, or Ron dying, however. I also don't think Voldemort should die - I agree with the member who said JK should leave it a mystery as to what happened.

[Cheeseheads]

I think that JKR will choose the best ending for the book. I trust her with that! I don't think my imagination can parallel what she has in her head so I'm leaving it to the creator of the series. However, I would like to see Voldemort gone. Forever. End of story.

Ya I agree 100 %. You guys can talk all you want about how the books will end, but I'm sure JKR is going to think of something completely different, leaving all of us satisfied. Ive seen too many good trilogies and book series finish with a bad with a boring ending. Also JKR will hopefully write a 8th book for charity telling us what happens to everyone once they leave school

[cleansweep11]

I do agree. I love speculating,but I leave it up to Jkr,the harry potter queen.

[KatieLBell]

I really can't have Harry die. He will have gone thru to much to have it end that sad. We need alittle happiness for the "boy who lived." I know more people that Harry cares for will die, but he will handle it and carry on.

[green22]

I can think of two ways there could be sad endings. One, Harry could die, two, he leaves all of his friends at Hogwarts.

[JimmyPotter]

I think that the series can end with Harry living and yet not be happily ever after. Even after Harry induces the death of Voldemort, that doesn't mean all the other Death Eaters will go away. Maybe Harry as an adult will be an auror fighting a new generation of Death Eaters led by Draco Malfoy.

[histanegalad]

Yeah, It would be ok for Harry to die. He would be such a celebrity if he survived. "Hey, Its harry potter: The boy who lived twice!" It just seems a bit odd. If JK made the book end with Harry waking up from a dream, I think that he would have to wake up with his mum and dad and Sirius and Lupin all round him (and he can't remember anything from his dream). That'd be cool. OR...

We find out Crookshanks has the head of Voldemort sticking out of his left paw. Harry gets his finger bitten off by Crookshanks and Chrookshanks falls to his doom into some random volcano. They all go home. They all die on the way home. The End.:evil:

You pick your favourite ;) Whatever JK thinks will blow our socks off is fine by me.

[cleansweep11]

Now that I think about it......if it all was a dream.....that would be a little Wizard of Oz like.......wouldn't it be?

[djm]

Also JKR will hopefully write a 8th book for charity telling us what happens to everyone once they leave school
If Harry survives, there will be more books. The story might end but Harry and some other people will survive.

The best possible ending!?

That's very difficult. Of course, I want that Harry will survive because the moment Harry is dying would be a very very sad one.

A few posts above mine it was said, that JKR has sth. different in mind. So, why must the Story end in Hogwarts. She said that her will be a book for every year he's in Hogwarts. Maybe there are books about Harry becoming an auror fighting against Voldemort all the time.

Now that I think about it......if it all was a dream.....that would be a little Wizard of Oz like.......wouldn't it be?
The "It was all just a dream" ending ist so overused that it would be the most boring ending that could happen...

[KatieLBell]

Now that I think about it......if it all was a dream.....that would be a little Wizard of Oz like.......wouldn't it be?

Oh no, Please not the wizard of oz / Dallas ending. I just couldn't handle that at all. JKR did hint of it once though in SS when Harry woke up that next morning after meeting Hagrid, he was sure it was all a dream. 7 year dream though seems alittle long and too organized. But we will see.

[MaybeMemory]

IMO, if Harry dies it should be a heroic death where he defeats Voldemort. If he dies, then he will be able to finally return to his family. It would be fitting in a way that he is able to see his parents again.

But the other part of me says that I'd rather Harry live on and live the life he has always wanted - to be a normal wizard without the pressures of the world on him - be happy, enjoy life, and find love. It would be cruel to have him killed off with all that he has suffered throughout his life and then not for him to enjoy any of it once he defeats Voldemort. I reckon that would be the best possible ending and who knows if Luna has someway he can talk to his family behind the veil, he mighten need not to die.

How would Luna of all people find a way for him to talk to the family behind the veil. Speaking of the veil. I don't know exactly what it is. Whose voices did he hear from behind it and what would have happened if he had gone through it. Why couldnt Sirius come out? I NEED ANSWERS!

[Dumblemort]

(Please be kind...i'm not an author)
I'm sure this has been beaten to death...BUT here's how i'd like to see the end of the whole series.....we pick up the conversation between Dubledore and Harry before the final showdown with Voldermort....Dumbledore begins....

Harry, our life paths have crossed for a reson. You and I both know the prophecy says you are the only one who can kill Voldermort and I believe that to be true. But I have a secret to reveal and part to play as well. Let me explain......

Harry, there is good and evil in every world, muggle and magic. You have tasted this in your past dealings with Voldermort. It is sad, but that is the balance of things. The most ancient wizards realized this and knew there would always be evil to fight. Most of the evil is easiliy handled by the forces of the Ministry of Magic. But even thousands of years ago, wizards of the time realized there would always be anomolies. Extremely powerful wizards who would go bad...in this generation it's Voldermort. I think it's safe to say he's the most powerful evil wizard ever in history. But there have been others.

In thier wisdom, they realized that each generation would have to have, and would have to choose one wizard to be the most powerful of all wizards. To do this they created and invoked the most ancient and powerful of magic that allowed them, upon thier death to transfer thier magical power and knowledge onto thier chosen "good" wizard. This can also be done before the older wizard dies...but they will die within minutes after the transfer.

This is my great secret and now it is yours. No other wizard knows that the previous "super good wizard" chose me, at about your age, to be the most powerful wizard of my generation. He was the headmaster at Hogwarts and saw in me the qualities needed, courage, wisdom, kindness and bravery. There are powerful wizards Harry but none can defeat me, as I have the power and accumulated knowledge of hundreds and even thousands of wizards over time. No other wizard has the knowledge of generations, nor do they have the knowledge of how to pass this power on. It's the greatest magical secret and only one person can know the secret. It makes the reciever the most powerful wizard of thier time. Voldermort has somehow equaled my power, I don't know how nor do I have time to find out he did it but I cannot kill him. You have to.

That is why it is my time to die Harry, I have to transfer my power and the accumulated power of all those before me to you. You will be the most powerful wizard of your time. I know it's difficult but i'm an old man and my time has been spent well. You cannot kill Voldermort with your current magical power and knowledge. I cannot kill him because there is something special within you that I do not have. But you're something special combined with the power of the great wizard of the time....might have a chance. I know you're very young and this will steal your youth. As you recieve the power you will recieve the wisdom of me and all the other ancient wizards. You will become wise beyond your years. But the transfer has to take place. After the transfer of power Harry, you will basically become all powerful. Able to do pretty much anything you want with just a thought. You must choose to abide by the rules of the world, you must continue to see the value of the rules of the magical and the muggle world. You will easily be able to destroy and manipulate...I have chosen you because you have been mistreated and understand the value of goodness, kindness and humility.

Before I transfer my power and life to you Harry, a few instructions. First, I give you all my worldly possessions. In this office I have books and items of great magical power. Some items are so dangerous that they have to be kept in the posession of the "one great good wizard" for only he can control them. Guard them well, if anyone gets hold of some of my items, the power unleashed could well destroy the world. Two, this transfer of power is the greatest secret of all magic. No one except you and I know the secret of the "one great good wizard" and I soon will die with the transfer of power. You must NEVER tell anyone. With this transfer of power you could take over the magical world and the muggle world. You must never use the full power of your magic after this transfer. Use only enough to stop the evil that you face. Third, Fawkes will be yours to command, she is bound to the power of the "one great good wizard." She is not mine, not yours she belongs the the great wizard of the time. Fourth, when you reach old age you must choose another wizard to pass the power along to. Choose well, I think I have. Finally, here is the book that contains the instructions to use the power. As you add yoru power to the "super wizard" write in it your secrets and observations for use. The book must be protected at all costs there is only one and can only be one. For in it is the spell to make the transfer possible. You will be the only one who can read the book and you cannot make copies.

I have written my final arrangements on this document. Professor McGonnogel will become the new headmaster at Hogwarts, you will be offered a teaching spot here at Hogwarts. Harry, you have a choice of course but I ask that you take it. You will be the one, you will be the protector of all that is good and you must protect and teach the new witches and wizards the ways of the good and light path. In time, you will become headmaster.

Once the transfer is complete you will know all the secrets I posess, all the spells all the magic I and my predecessors have done will be at your disposal. Use any and all to defeat Voldermort. You saw me fight Voldermort at the Ministry of Magic, you must use all tools at your disposal to defeat Voldermort. You may even have to try the forbidden curse. Do not worry about the ramifications, you must defeat him at all costs. He will be equal to your magic power...but hopefully the special something inside you will make you more powerful than him. That is our only hope.

Be happy Harry, be humble with your new power.
Lets start the transfer....

Harry goes on to fight and defeat Voldermort....but at a price....maybe his scar always hurts for the rest of his life etc...

[snapesmyguy3]

I think Harry and Voldemort will both die trying to vanquish each other, BUT Harry will be "re-born" without Voldemort's influence and no scar, since the Phoenix has been a big clue in the books and Voldemort has already been re-born.

"...Hermione and Molly remained prostrate over the spot where Harry fell, the tears from both women falling onto Harry's pallid skin. Ron stood above them, holding his bloody arm with the other and his face screwed up towards the sky in silent torment, his shoulders shaking. Luna and Neville sat hunched over, their grey faces in their hands, their wands scattered on the wasted ground. The others lay nearby, gasping and moaning. No one noticed on the blackened dais a slight stirring. The veil fluttered and danced and flirted with the person who was slowly beginning to raise his head.

Harry lifted his eyes slowly, wiping the blood from them, every move slow and deliberate. He touched the wispy veil with fingers that had just moments before had held Voldemort in a death struggle, and marveled at their smoothness, their minute detail. Hermione and Molly let out gasps and rushed to hold him, their sudden sharp movement startling everyone into action again.

"Oh dear Lord, oh dear Lord, oh dear Lord!" Molly screamed.
Hermione couldn't speak; she cried harder and struggled to hold Harry, burying her head in his shoulder as her tears flowed. Ron's face drained of its color as he looked down at Harry, beaming at him. Luna lunged forward to hug Harry, and Neville gave a tremendous sniff and gingerly patted Harry's shoulder. The veil stopped moving and was still.

Harry blinked hard to focus, he shook his sweaty, tangled hair out of his eyes, and marveled that his head didn't hurt anymore. He reached up out of habit to touch his scar and realized that it wasn't there---it had disappeared when Voldemort was blasted into the veil.
"Harry you're alive, you're alive!" sobbed Hermione. "Are you ok, are you hurt badly?" she asked frantically as her eyes swept over him. Suddenly she pulled away from him. "Harry, your scar is gone! Your scar is gone!" she said happily. " Harry, where's your scar?"

that is my fifth ending trying to end with the word scar, lol!

[azkaban]

i think that jkr will make a surprise. as many people stated before, everyone expects harry to defeat voldemort and i believe that he will. because if he doesn't and voldemort survives and keeps on doing horrible stuff, it'll be a too depressing ending. there won't be any chance left to stop voldemort. the wizard world won't have any hope because there won't be anyone else to rescue them from the Dark Lord. and it'll be nonsense, i mean what will happen later? i know the series won't continue but jkr must must make an open ending which we can assume what would happen if the series continued.
harry dying without defeating voldemort will not be nice. if harry must die, he must die after defeating voldemort or during his battle with him which harry should win in the end.
i assume that harry will die, too. it's obvious that jkr likes to surprise the readers and i'm sure she'd like to surprise us the most in the ending. the ending won't be like everyone expects.
but in my opinion, voldemort must be defeated. harry might die during his last battle with voldemort. i think ron and hermione will be united in the end. at leats one Weasley will die during the war.
But of course the best ending would be harry defeating voldemort and living peacefully :)

[Azkaban Phoenix]

The best ending....

Harry defeats Voldermort,
Then graduates from Hogwarts at the top of his class,
Harry becames a auror gets married and has 12 children.

Who knows it could happen.

[slavetopadfoot]

something totally unexpected, outrageous, yet completely satisfying... =D

[aoife]

something very unexpected but something good

[Kimmetje]

I think that if the ending would walk like the Changeling Hypothesis it would be a happy ending and I definitely think HP will win from LV as it is still a childrens book in the end. I ofcourse hope HP will become an Auror and I think he will. That would be nice to hear in the last chapter of book 7.

Changeling Hypothesis (http://www.redhen-publications.com/Changeling.html) (linked) about what I said above.

[stormcat_5000]

J.K.R said that only a few of the sites have so far guessed the ending correctly since Changerling hypothesis is soooo famous, I dont think it is the one.

[HBShayne73]

The best possible ending is hard to discuss because we dont know everything yet but I would like for there to be lots of action emotion and just something very un expected but I know we won't be dissapointed What I don't want to happen is for the last chapter to be called "The Man who died" or something lol whatever Jk writes will be deadly

[busy91]

I just want an ending that will bring closure to everything, that has a moral message, that evokes a lot of feeling and gives satisfaction to the reader. What that will be, I have no idea, but I know it will be.

[fire angel]

Honestly, I think the best possible ending for the series would be for Harry to die, honorably of course, but still die. I don't want a perfect ending, and it just wouldn't make sense, in my opinion, if Harry survived. Since the prophecy says that either Harry or Voldemort will have to kill the other, people naturally think that Harry will triumph over Voldemort, the Wizarding World will elect him the next Minister of Magic, while he simultaneously becomes the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and yadda yadda yadaa. It's just not like Rowling to tie everything up so perfectly and to have the reader be able to guess the ending correctly.


yeah i doubt jkr would end the story the way everyone expects

there's bound to be twists... just have to wait and see...

can't wait for half blood prince

[Egla]

I just don't hope Harry dies, one of friends (I think Ron) will sacrifice himself in one way or another but Harry dying would be pretty ******.

Harry will live happily ever after with his great love (*cough*hermione*cough* ;) ) and have lots of babies. :p

[ammy_asakura]

Gah, I really don't want this whole thing to end...It's so much fun waiting for the next book, speculating on stuff, writing fanfics...Happy ending or not, I'm probably going to cry after I finish book 7.

Anyway, I think Harry will die trying to kill LV. Dumbledore will probably die too, but not necessarily at the end.

[Mr Trix]

i really will be at a loss when all this is over. Mugglenet will probably turn into a HP withdrawal centre, sorta like alcoholics anonymous...

my name is Mr Trix and i have gone 2 whole days without having to read the last book again....hehe

[kamplified]

I don't want Harry to die, and I don't want Tom Riddle (separated from Voldemort) to be cleansed of his evilness. I don't want Hermione or Ron dying, but maybe coming really close to death (kinda like Frodo being stung by Shelob). I've always wanted Harry to end up marrying a muggle and live pretty happily even with all the loss in his life. It would be really nice if the last line was a joke or something, because after all the sadness of the climax it would just be hopeful to chuckled at the very end.

I'm pretty sure JKR's ending will be satisfying, tragic, hopeful, and something that will totally blow everyone away.

[Krumpet]

Best possible ending would be Harry living; all of the Weaselies living; Hermione, Neville, Seamus, Dean, Hagrid, Dumbledore, and Minerva all living. It would end with Harry being happy and knowing his whole life was a head of him.

[LordGrindelwald]

Here's how the books could end happily:

Harry and Ginny looked forward upon Voldemort, advancing, Death Eaters surrounding them, the sky a dark hue, and they knew all was lost. They looked sadly at each other, and held hands. "AVADA KEDAVRA" cried Voldemort, lips curling. A flash of green light zoomed towards Harry and Ginny, but the love protectecting them as they held hands caused the Killing Curse to ricochet and bounce back to Voldemort.
"AAARRGGGH!"
And at once, the Lord of all evil collapsed forward, in front of Harry and Ginny. He was dead. "That was easy," grinned Harry. They looked around; there was stirring going on, Ron and Hermione had come to, but also, the Death Eaters were suddenly smiling warmly, as if they had just woken up from an enchanted sleep. Lucius raised his arms, "Oh, my, the bond of evil has been lifted. I...I don't feel like killing anymore."
"Me neither," said Bellatrix. "How strange."
"Oh, Harry," cried Lucius, hugging him. "I feel so...so ALIVE!!"
Harry looked up, the dark cloud of evil was lifting, and all in the world was becoming sunny again.
"Hey, come on everybody!" said Wormtail on the guitar. He burst into song, "Gray skies are gonna clear up."
"Put on a happy face," sang Bellatrix.
"Brush off the clouds and cheer up," sang Dolohov.
"Put on a happy face," sang Grawp.
And Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, Luna, zombie Cedric, zombie Sirius, the Death Eaters, Grawp, the dementors, and Dumbledore all were gathering in a circle with arms around each other.
"And spread sunshine all over the place. Just put on a happy faaaace!"
Hermione looked at Harry. "Oh my," said Hermione. "It's gone. Your scar!"

[TheGreatest]

I hope Voldemort wins, the bad guy never wins. Hopefully JK will change it up a little bit.

Here's how the books could end happily:

Harry and Ginny looked forward upon Voldemort, advancing, Death Eaters surrounding them, the sky a dark hue, and they knew all was lost. They looked sadly at each other, and held hands. "AVADA KEDAVRA" cried Voldemort, lips curling. A flash of green light zoomed towards Harry and Ginny, but the love protectecting them as they held hands caused the Killing Curse to ricochet and bounce back to Voldemort.
"AAARRGGGH!"
And at once, the Lord of all evil collapsed forward, in front of Harry and Ginny. He was dead. "That was easy," grinned Harry. They looked around; there was stirring going on, Ron and Hermione had come to, but also, the Death Eaters were suddenly smiling warmly, as if they had just woken up from an enchanted sleep. Lucius raised his arms, "Oh, my, the bond of evil has been lifted. I...I don't feel like killing anymore."
"Me neither," said Bellatrix. "How strange."
"Oh, Harry," cried Lucius, hugging him. "I feel so...so ALIVE!!"
Harry looked up, the dark cloud of evil was lifting, and all in the world was becoming sunny again.
"Hey, come on everybody!" said Wormtail on the guitar. He burst into song, "Gray skies are gonna clear up."
"Put on a happy face," sang Bellatrix.
"Brush off the clouds and cheer up," sang Dolohov.
"Put on a happy face," sang Grawp.
And Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, Luna, zombie Cedric, zombie Sirius, the Death Eaters, Grawp, the dementors, and Dumbledore all were gathering in a circle with arms around each other.
"And spread sunshine all over the place. Just put on a happy faaaace!"
Hermione looked at Harry. "Oh my," said Hermione. "It's gone. Your scar!"



If that happened I would throw up.

[LuvHP_001]

Something exciting and not too gay (AS IN HAPPY!!) . I don't want something like.... they all lived happily ever after because after years of pain,Voldemort was defeated by Harrry,the hero.

[ProphecyOrb]

You guys are morbid! Why do you all want harry to die? I would hate for Harry to die without having had some happy time...all his life he has lived with the Dursleys, who have treated him horrorbly and then at Hogwarts he has gone through drama all the years he's been there. I just think he deserves to have a family and leave some truly happy moments before he dies. I also don't want Ron or Hermione to die...I'm way too attached to them. I'm undecided whether I want Ron and Hermione to be a couple or Harry and Hermione to be together. Either way I think I would be happy with either couple. What can I say...I guess I like happy endings. The suspense is killing me, though.

[irony_in_blue]

Harry dying isn't going to happen. There'd be too many die-hard fans depressed, and Rowling wouldn't do that. I think maybe it would be good if Harry lived, but he was somehow tainted a little by the memory of all the terrible things that happened to him. Or maybe another character would die.

Now, I've never cried during any media, whether it be sorrow from movies, sadness from books, or frustration from video games, but I don't doubt that tears would trickle if Hermione would die during book 7, or 6 for that matter.



... Or maybe he gets hooked on drugs and spends his final years in a California state penetentiary.. KIDDING! :rotfl:

[Vatea]

Personally, I would hate to see him die. However, after everything, it's kinda hard to think of an happy ending that wouldn't be kind of anticlimatic.

[Wairay]

I would like to see Harry AND Voldemort die too. Tragic ending. But it is probably too dark for a children's book. Who knows.

[LovesOliverWood]

Bittersweet is good...

I'd like to know that Ron and Hermione become a couple, but I don't want them together when they are still at school (or still have a lot of school left, anyway). I looove Snape, but I think I want him to die, I haven't decided yet. Perhaps once Harry finds a reason not to hate him so much...

[Egla]

I just hope Harry survives in the final battle and finds his soulmate (*cough* Hermione *cough*) gets a bunch of children, just have the family he never had.

I can't imagine Harry dying in the end, that's just horrible.

[SquibOnline]

He wins and doesn't die

[Sunfish McCaul]

I think Harry's gonna die. And a lot of the other characters, too.
We've already had a schoolboy die in a senseless act of brutality, and one of the most popular characters died in the last book, also in an act of senseless brutality.
And, as Rowling has said, each book is going to get darker.
Things do not look good.
Lupin? Dead. Dumbledore? Dead. Snape? Dead. A bunch of Weasleys? Dead.
Harry?
Definitely dead.

[PtiteLex]

I don't think that Harry absolutely HAS to die for the ending not to be too "happily ever after"-ish. Even if Harry survives, there can still be a lot of things that make the ending sad.

[esmerelda]

Things do not look good.
Lupin? Dead. Dumbledore? Dead. Snape? Dead. A bunch of Weasleys? Dead.
Harry?
Definitely dead.

Hooray, you're as pessimistic as I am! I think there will be deaths galore, but that's fine by me. It's being built up as this huge war, and if any of the main characters don't die then it will seem a bit false and cheesy. The best possible ending for me is a thrilling final battle with plenty of twists and turns, and a kind of bittersweet ending: the good guys will triumph, but lots of them will die.

[GodricHollow]

I think it's going to be a case of PS, Harry will win but won't have a clue about it for ages afterwards, maybe he'll fall into a coma for ages, and wake up on September first or something...

[Bunny]

Originally Posted by Herbert West
I think I'd prefer the Scooby Doo ending.

Voldemort: "I would've got away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids."
:rotfl:

I think that there are many ways to end this.
1) Harry dies. This would make the most sense with everything that he has gone through. (I really don't want the LOTR ending with him going through the veil and smiling sadly at all his friends who are sobbing their eyes out)
2) He loses all his powers either because he has to use them to defeat Voldemort or because as soon as Voldemort dies all the stuff he transferred disappears. A muggle? Can't do that to him, he would be at the mercy of the Dursleys
3) He becomes much more powerful, possibly the new DD? Or more? This due to the power that Voldemort transfers into him. As Harry is a good person so the evil is transformed. :angel:
4) He becomes really evil from all the power Voldemort transfers into him, he cannot overcome the evil.
5) He lives, marries Ginny. The world gets back to normal

Voldemort Dies and 1) or 5) for me as the best scenario.
However, whatever Jo has up her sleeve will ok with me. :tu: I am and am not looking forward to the last book. :td:

Bunny

[Dedalus Diggle]

I can see it now, they have fought and fought in the Forest, finally Harry's wand is destroyed, and Voldemort sees Harry is defenseless. He laughes maniacally and starts to do a happy dance. Harry picks up a big rock and dashes his brains out.

[ChiChi]

Personally, I think the best ending would be if Ron, Lupin, herm, and Dumbledoor die at some point. Harry kills Voldemort then he goes throught the vail and reunites with his family.

[BlackHeart]

5) He lives, marries Ginny. The world gets back to normalAdd to that he has a bunch of little ones running around.

[McBeth]

I want Harry to live, prosper, and be happy. And have Voldemort die, of course. I know there must be something about terrible Voldemort's past that made him what he is today, thus keeping me from thoroughly hating him. I think death is what he deserves.

[BlackHeart]

I want Harry to live, prosper, and be happy. And have Voldemort die, of course. I know there must be something about terrible Voldemort's past that made him what he is today, thus keeping me from thoroughly hating him. I think death is what he deserves.
Death for sure. Eye for an eye i say. I dunno....I hate the Malfoy's more than I hate Voldemort. Down with the Malfoy's I say too. :td:

[Almighty Pod]

my predictions:

- harry will marry the "little love" he's going to find in book six that JK talked about on her site.

- hermione and ron will marry.

- hermione will be some sort of politician.

- ron will... do something.

- harry will be a professional seeker.

- author weasly for minister.

- minerva mcg. as hogwarts headmaster.

- people who will die: malfoy sr., dumbledore, lupin, pettigrew, lestrange.

- people in azkaban: malfoy jr., the majority of the death eaters.

- people kissed by dementors: voldemort, handed over to them by harry ("There are things worse than death, Tom," said Dumbledore/and it is common in the magic world to believe that being kissed by dementors would be worse than dying, and if harry hands him to the dementors, then the prophecy is still fulfilled.)

[elfgirl831]

I too don't understand why everyone thinks Harry is going to die. Here is my relationship prediction:

Part One: The Star Wars relative theory
Harry= Luke Skywalker
Hermione= Princess Leia
Ron=Han Solo (a stretch, but it has to work for my theory)

Part Two: Everyone else
Harry gets together with either Ginny or Luna. Whichever of those two doesn't get with Harry gets with Neville.

I also think that Harry will start Auror training.

[snakeshark03]

Honestly, I think the best possible ending for the series would be for Harry to die, honorably of course, but still die. I don't want a perfect ending, and it just wouldn't make sense, in my opinion, if Harry survived. Since the prophecy says that either Harry or Voldemort will have to kill the other, people naturally think that Harry will triumph over Voldemort, the Wizarding World will elect him the next Minister of Magic, while he simultaneously becomes the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and yadda yadda yadaa. It's just not like Rowling to tie everything up so perfectly and to have the reader be able to guess the ending correctly.
Read what I wrote in the "Aberforth is Grindelwald" thread. ;)

[Spirit]

I don't think that Harry dying would be a good ending, like a lot of you guys think. I think that a good ending would be for him to live, and to vanquish Voldmort. Then Harry could live for something more then just defeating a Dark Lord.

[mistymoon]

I think Harry will live but be very close to death from the battle with voldemort.I think Snape will somehow save Harry's life repaying the life debt owed to Harry's father.I keep thinking back to ss/ps in Harry's first potions class when Snape gives his speech about putting a stopper in death.

[Kidney Pie]

Harry and Voldemort are fighting at the MOM. Harry is trying to get to the veil room, but doesn't make it. So Harry runs into the bell jar room. He has a head start, so when Voldemort appears, Harry rushes him and pushes him into the bell jar.

Then he pulls Tom out as a baby. As Tom is a baby, there is no Voldemort anymore.
Voldemort doesn't exist anymore.

Harry finds the baby a loving home and becomes the secret keeper for the baby. No one can tell the baby about Voldemort, or tell him who he really is. Maybe there can be some kind of spell that makes people forget the name Voldemort anyway.

Man1: I heard that Harry defeated You know who.

Man 2: Yeah, it is good that he defeated you know who. But..I forget ol' you know who's name. What was his name?

Man1: That's weird....I've called him you know who for so long I forgot what it was he called hisself....he is dead now and that is what matters....

Tom grows up and has a loving family, so he has a second chance at life and becomes the person he should have been.

[morgiana]

My fantasy ending is:

LV is overcome by the LOVE and willingness to SACRIFICE in HP and perishes. No one else is even hurt. All the DE have their memories erased and are reprogrammed to do good.

HP & Company sail off into the sunset after graduation with all top marks & 7 Outstanding NEWTS each.

DD will retire to the seashore to write his memoirs. McG will become headmistress. Hagrid will recieve private tutoring from Hermione and graduate from Hogworts by testing out. Lupin will become the permanant DADA teacher, he will learn to make his own potion and take 1 day off every month which he will spend in the shrieking shack his new home. Winky will quit drinking and she and Dobby will have the first free born house elf.

Oh and Mr. Weasley will win the lottery and retire to play with muggle artifacts.

[ComicBookWorm]

Harry injures Voldemort using Gryffindor's sword, Voldemort falls through the veil
Buckbeak eats Wormtail
Dobby marries Winky
Harry pairs up with Ginny
Ron pairs up with Hermione
Neville pairs up with Luna
McGonagall becomes headmistress of Hogwarts
Neville becomes Potions Master at Hogwarts
Harry and Ginny become dragon wranglers
Hermione becomes an unspeakable
Ron works for the ministry in muggle artifacts
Arthur Weasley becomes MoM
Remus Lupin gets cured

[hermionefan01]

I think:
1. Harry should become DADA teacher after his 7th year
2. Tom Riddle will be separated from Lord Voldemort (Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader) and the heir of slytherin, and the heirs of the other houses will re-unite Hogwarts
3. DD will retire and spend his days relaxing on a tropical beach
4. The MoM will be sorted out and Arthur Weasly will be recognised for the valuble member he is
5. Hagrid will get private tutoring (yes, I know that was said before, but I agree that would make a nice wrap-up for him)
6. Hermione will get into politics and become head of the part-of-the-ministry dealing with magical creatures that have intelligence and their rights (house elves, centaurs etc.)

And all the other characters will live wonderful lives and do good important things and the world will be rid of serious evil forever

[AsKPeeVes]

for there not to be one but...... it will have to end somtime so i would want it to end where no more of the charaters weve grorwn to love die.

[NeuroComp]

[hollywood ending] Harry lives and marries ginny or hermione or parvati, and has a fruitful life.
[Action ending] Harry to die along side voldemort...to be one.

[My ending] For harry to defeat voldemort in a bitter battle where heavy casualties are lost on both sides, and for harry to seclude himself from the rest of the world...sorta like moody and frodo

[Polychrome]

You know what bugs me about any fandom? The fans. Geez, you guys are brutal. "Kill him off!"

Killing Harry off is NOT the best possible ending. ESPECIALLY if it's a frodo-ish one. You say he'll be re-united with his parents and Sirius and "live" happily ever after. GARBAGE. Think of all the people who died for Harry, and had him as their only last thoughts. It would be an insult to their memories if he was euthanized in such a manner. Do you really think Harry's parents died just to save the Anti-Voldemort weapon? No, they died so that their kid could have a life, as any loving parent would do. As did Sirius.

As for dying in battle, after the prophecy, I don't really see this happening. As far as I'm concerned, it will be a total win or total loss. Not some politically correct, new age "balancing the forces of good and evil" ending.

So what IS the best ending? The "happily ever after" ending I think is not only likely, but best for all the characters. After the war, the characters will need to draw from each other to recover and survive.

Before you all go screaming that I'm just another idiot in denial looking for a fairy tale ending, lemmie say that I know some real Harrys in my life. One of them would be a former soldier, current cop, who's dedicated his life to teaching martial arts so that people will be more confident in the face of danger and able to defend themselves. He does have his own unhealing wounds, both physical and mental. He's seen entire cities of people melted by chemical weapons. But that was no reason for him to make the best of the life given to him. He's been through more hell than I can list here, and yet he lives a happy, cheerful life. He has two children which he is fiercely protective of.

The best ending for both Harry, and the audience, is one where they are alive to experience the aftermath of the battle. It is the ending where they pick up the pieces and move on. Everyone has their scars. I'm sure we'd all take a bullet to save someone we cared about, if the situation came up. But not everyone will get that chance. Most of us have problems in life. But the healthiest thing for any of us to do is make the best of what we have, and move on until we die of old age.

Obviously, overcoming one's battle scars is not the sugar-coated "castle in the sky", but it still can be "happily ever after". It's healthiest for the characters, and happiest for the readers. It also honors the last wishes of Harry's parents, as well as Sirius.

Also, let me remind you that Harry hates fame. Would he really want to die some super-heroic death, where statues are built in his honor for people to gawk at and pigeons to poop on?

[tracer]

It's found that Neville is the kid who the Dark Lord should've been after. So Harry tries to kill Voldy, but fails according to the prophecy... Harry dies.. Neville comes out as a hero as he kills Voldy..

Dumbledore then announces the new headmaster and goes off for a world tour..

[DarkThunder]

If any of us could formulate the best possible ending we wouldnt be able to post it here, as we'd be too busy writing our own tales. ;)

[RocknRollgirl]

I'd like, "And they walked through the barrier to muggle world knowing they'd all acomplished something, if not justice for the wizarding world,". Something along those lines, or maybe a Hermione/Harry ending... I dunno, I suppose she'll suprise us like Jo always does. :agree:

[Tane]

I would love a cryptic ending, one where we have to look through out the whole last book really hard to work out what happens right at the very end. I don't mean the way the struggle between Harry and Voldemort ends but a less important part of the book that still keeps us on our toes. How would JKR end the series and what would be the best ending, I really could not say with exact detail.

[phrodo]

if harry lives, he gets with Luna and either plays Quiddich or teaches DADA.

or else Harry kills V but is mortally wounded, and then reunited with his parents and everyone else who dies (probably alot!), or maybe at the end of time, like a Christian afterlife type deal.

[cbrdave]

you know, Ive seen this a couple of times and its starting to sound truish... The DADA position is always open. That way you could have an ending where Harry is shown to be good enough to be the DADA teacher by beating voldy, DD gets to stay as headmaster and this would allow him and harry to be close and not compete for "whos best". You could tie up a bunch of threads by just aiming the conclusion at that point...

Best ending for me? For Harry to beat voldy by being better, not luckier or trickier, everythinge else is fluff. My biggest worry is that I will read the entire series just to have Harry win by a lucky punch or die heroicly when no good enough reason is given for him to die. What a waste that would be.

I will say though, I will be disappointed if she kills off Harry. Ive seen many a writer ruin an otherwise excellent book by killing someone off for the sake of "drama". It takes a strong writer to keep someone alive and make it dramatic and interesting.

With the way these books are progressing there is plenty of room for an exciting, dramatic, ending without needlessly throwing away major characters. Ive seen that movie (cliche) way to often.

We have been given no clear reason why Harry cant just kill voldy and live on (happy or not). It said "either" not both.

Course old voldy could just shove Harry through the arch while muttering "if you miss him so much why dont you join him you negative little brat"...

[Selene Sedai]

I'll cry if it turns out to be a dream. To me, that would be the worst possible ending because I really dislike reality. Anyway, I think it would be a good ending if Harry died....but only if he took Voldie with him. Something like the ending to the Last Herald Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey. If any of you have read it, you'll know what I mean.
The prophecy says that neither can live while the other survives. So at least one has to die. It doesn't say that one has to live and one has to die. Therefore Harry could sacrifice himself to get rid of Voldie.
I agree!
Harry makes the sacrifice and takes his own life in order to rid the Wizarding race of Voldemort.

But thats not the BEST ending. the best ending would be for Harry to live and become Minister of Magic AND an auror and have his parents come back to life and Siruis come back as well... and for Harry to get together with Luna and Ron with Hermione... but it'd be too typical to have a happy ending, and the way the books have been written, i just can't see the ending being anything but sad. Exept for the "fact" that Hermione and Ron admit their everlasting devotion to each other at the end, and get married and have children. To make up for Harry's death, of course.... ;)

[Artermis_Hoou]

I know this is impossible, as she ruled it out, but it would be very nice to see Hermione and Draco getting together...but never mind. I would have to say a good ending would be Harry, Dumbledore, Lupin and the rest of the DA and OoTP surviving and all of the DA becoming Aurors (except Neville-he becomes Minister for Magic, hee hee) All of the Weasleys surviving and either Fred or Geogre becoming Headmaster at Hogworts (after Dumbledore retires) but I don't think we can count on the real ending being very happy :sob:

Oh a dream would be very intresting way to end, though it would be a bit cheap on JK's part

[BlackHeart]

If any of us could formulate the best possible ending we wouldnt be able to post it here, as we'd be too busy writing our own tales. ;)
:rotfl: That's a good point.

[Lexiw]

The best ending, in my opinion, would be for Sirius to still be alive, Harry to defeat Voldemort, and then go live with Sirius finally. (And get Sirius's name cleared) :p But the chance of something like that happening is very slim. :shrug:

[BlackBelladonna]

Honestly I would like to see Voldemort win not because I want him too simply because it's not what everyone is expecting and we all know that with Harry Potter you have to expect the unexpected.

[Phoebe Cat]

After the final battle I think Harry will be "OK" but nothing in his life will be settled. By this I mean:
1. He will defeat Voldemort
2. He will do well enough on his N.E.W.T.s to become an auror (if he wants to)
3. He will have other career options like being DADA teacher.
4. He will not have a love interest.

Remember, one of JRK's "big things" is imagination. This way we can all imagine what happens after the end. Everyone (well almost) can be pleased with the "end" that way. Plenty of books and movies leave the end to our imagination.

For example, "my" Scarlett gets Rhett back.

[Amelia Snape]

I've always seen Harry dying in the end. Sorry but I just can't see JKR leaving us all hanging there wondering 'wth happened to Harry?'

I think he'll get everything he ever wanted if he dies or not maybe in the end dying will be all he ever wanted?

And seen as she's only writing 7 books which cover Harry's Seven Yrs of Wizarding education it doesn't leave us to wonder much... :huh:

[zeroFantasy]

Harry dies is the best possible ending? Are you kidding? Why would you want that to happen? That's horrible! JK cannot do this to us. Everyone grew up with these books, even if you were 20 when you stated reading them. She can't kill him off and end the book with a word "scar." I think it's going to be something like: and the only reminder of Voldermort's actions was Harry's scar.

Or the book will go on and tell the story what happened to Harry after Hogwards, and then he dies or lives forever!! yay go Harry

edit: oh and about the dream, it's a long dream :huh:
I wouldn't want him to wake up under the stairs. Maybe he'll wake up in his parents' house and the go to his first year at Hogwards. Or, maybe he is not going to be a wizard.

[zen110]

i think that if harry didint die then it would be hard to please everyone...if he is alive then i think people would me alot more picky about how harrys life after hogwarts would be, if he dies then thats the end of it and people wouldint end up spectulating that maby she is gunna write an 8th book when we know she wont

[Meghan73211]

The perfect ending will be shocking. It doesn't matter who dies. As, long as I have that feeling where I want to skip forward, but know if I do all will be ruined I will be happy. ;)

[louise1990]

Well i dont want a happy ending too predictable but i believe the trio must all live

I see a war going on in the Great hall you see-
Voldermorts gathers supporters and finally goes to kill Dumbledore, On halloween (of course!!!) Then Dumbledore stands infront of harry to save him but harry says no and says its my war i will fight and he takes Dumbledors wand and fights but Dumbledore dies !

[CoLime]

In my opinion the best possible ending for the last book would be for Harry to get a oportunity to defeat Voldemort and the only way do that is for, since Harry and Voldemort are so connected, is for Harry to sacrifice himself. It would be even better if was about to kill someone like Dumbledore and if Harry didn't sacrifice himself Voldemort would surly triumph with his terrible deed. So Harry decides to kill himself to save others that he loves.

[Dr_Nick]

I would like at the end to see what the future is for all the charactors e.g what they are doing with their lives.

Who lives/dies
What jobs do they do
Who is married/kids

[Hellicious]

Voldemort will be killed by Harry. Due to the precautions he has taken "against death" (book four) he will be come a ghost. Nick tells us that being a ghost is "neither here, nor there", thus, it is worse than death. He will become Slytherin's ghost. Why do you think the Bloody Baron is so bloody? He was the last great dark wizard.

Ron will marry Hermione, and Harry will do a luke Skywalker and stay single and mysteriously sad. Ginny will hook up with Neville.

And, JK will write 3 more books about Harry and Hermione at Auror school. Ron will play quittich for england.

[Phane00]

Voldemort will be defeated.

Over 60% of Hogwarts staff survive.

Over 50% of the DA survive.

Over 30% of the Order survive.

Over 10% of LV's army survives and has not been imprisoned.

McG, the twins, Lupin, Snape, Draco, the Creevey brothers, Luna, and Neville survive the war.

Bellatrix, Wormtail, Umbridge, Macnair, and Percy are killed in the war.

Hogwarts will be attacked, but will survive the battle.

[obsessedwithHP]

Mabie the best ending could be that Ron Sacraficies himself like he did in the chestgame of PS/SS :S:(
Hermione and Harry (finally:D) realise they have feelings for each other and Hermione and Harry are the ones at the end fighting off Voldemort he goes for Hermione but harry distacts him and chooses to sacrifice himself for the love of Hermione and the rest of the world yet he kills Voldemort and then Hermione is pleading with Harry just to hold while she gets helf, hes near death himself and tell Hermione that he loves her and the reader is left wondering wether he died or lived with Hermione..
Can people guess im a Harry/Hermione shipper? :D

[sportzfreak_03]

I think the ending of harry potter will be that Dumbledore gets killed bt Voldemort, and that makes Harry mad and goes after voldemort and they both will be killed. HArry will sacrafice himself for the rest of the world like his mother did to him.


I think all of the order will die. Very sad
I think some of the teachers will die, but not many

[Miss ERB]

the best possible ending would be for Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny all to live and for H/G and R/Hr to end up together!

[Tiphany]

I always thought Harry would die at the end, in taking out Voldemort, saving someone else's life, etc; obviously it would be terribly sad, but it's his destiny. He was marked for this when he was a baby. His parents died to save him and they'd want him to be happy, as people have said above, yes, but they knew about the prophecy, didn't they? If so, they knew they were saving not just their son, but the potential future of their world. I think the main storyline is bigger and bleaker than personal family stuff, and Harry dying would be a suitable ending.

However, if Harry DOESN'T die, I have a theory that he and Voldemort will somehow cancel each other out. For example, the shared/transferred powers will combine and blow up the mythic/iconic/hero/whatever you like to call them identities, leaving an old, lonely man and a boy who used to have a scar.

But that's reckoning without Neville - I'm a firm believer in the new shiny scary fighty Neville. He may or may not be The One, but he's going to be very important. Yay Neville! :clap: :clap:

Theorising aside, the best theory will be the one that JKR writes (particularly if it's edited a bit more carefully than OotP was). I couldn't hope to compete with her ingenuity...

[percivalwulfric]

In the End i want Snape and Harry to drop there hating for eachother and shake hands, and then for Harry to turn around to Hermione and say "i've waited to do this a long time" and kiss hermione. Dumbledore will have died but took with him 80 percent of the death eaters with him. Sirius gets his name cleared and is found in the middle of Alaska. And then a HUGE party.

[Holly is Short]

In the End i want Snape and Harry to drop there hating for eachother and shake hands, and then for Harry to turn around to Hermione and say "i've waited to do this a long time" and kiss hermione. Dumbledore will have died but took with him 80 percent of the death eaters with him. Sirius gets his name cleared and is found in the middle of Alaska. And then a HUGE party.

:rotfl:Sirius is found in the middle of Alaska?:rotfl: Sounds all happy but not very practical!

I think a good ending would be Harry dying :sad: I don't know why! I love the Boy Who Lived! But I think Harry would die happy...I don't know why. I just have a feeling. :upset:

[Coik]

Personally, my best ending would be Harry and Voldy killing one another after a long and gruesome war, leaving the survivors to rebuild a shattered world. Most of the OotP and DEs dead, several Hogwarts staff members dead, quite a few students (including Ron or Herminone) dead. Bellatrix, Snape and Draco would all survive because I like them, but I'm honestly not holding out hope for Bella. Sure, it's depressing and angsty, but I don't think there's anything wrong with that...

Alternatively, Harry survives, becomes DADA teacher, and is killed on the 37th day of his first term by a rogue niffler, thus proving once and for all that the Defense Against the Dark Arts post is cursed beyond any hope of circumvention and forcing the abandonment of the subject as part of the offical curriculum.

[Auror77]

I actually want Harry to survive and live out the rest of his life. If J.K. decides to kill Harry off, then that means the whole world is at Voldemort's grasp at last, which would be a very dark ending. I'm hoping Harry comes out of this alive, hopefully gets together with Hermione (I'm a H/Hr shipper, big deal), and settles for the continuation of his life. If Harry emerges victorious, I don't see it as being a grand one. The possible victory will come, but with many hardships. J.K. said that there would be many more deaths and she wrote the ending so that we'd have a sense of what happened after seven. I seriously don't the trio will be a trio after seven. Either way, if he survives or dies, I think one of the three will still end up dying. (I'm leaning toward Ron...) As for the other things I'd like to see is Neville surviving, Lupin surviving, Wormtail redeem himself, and for Harry to put Malfoy in his place at last.

[Aseldar]

NO, just because Harry dies DOESN'T mean the world is at Voldemort's grasp. It means Harry died in order to defeat Voldemort and save the world from him--a sacrifice.

[LunaB13]

The best possible ending for me would be for Harry to defeat Voldemort, without anyone on the good side dying, him becoming an Auror, and getting married to Luna Lovegood.

[Auror77]

NO, just because Harry dies DOESN'T mean the world is at Voldemort's grasp. It means Harry died in order to defeat Voldemort and save the world from him--a sacrifice.
I wasn't downgrading Harry if he gets killed by Voldemort. Yes, it would definetely be a noble death if that's how Harry goes out. I was simply stating what would happen if Harry died and Voldemort survived. Try reading before jumping to conclusions of what people say. ;)

[McKinnon02]

1. Draco Malfoy is aiming for Harry but accidentally ends up killing his father instead.
2. Neville causes Bella to die in exactly the same manner as Sirius.
3. Kreacher is eaten by Buckbeak.
4. Voldemort becomes trapped inside Harry until his presence is permanently and completely exterminated.
5. Hermione becomes future Headmistress of Hogwarts, after McGongall's retirement.
6. Ron becomes the owner of Honeydukes after the unfortunate deaths of the current owners during the war.
7. Harry becomes the head of the Aurors.
8. Umbridge has another run in with the centaurs. This time, she does not survive.
9. Aragog dies a peaceful death. His spider minions continue to follow his post-mortem orders.
10. Hagrid is given full rights to continue his studies to become a full-fledged wizard. Grawp becomes an educated, controllable giant whose only passion is to learn more.
11. Snape's debt to James is finally repaid in his mind, and he can continue hating Harry in peace.
12. Rita Skeeter gets a taste of her own medicine, as Luna Lovegood writes a nasty article about her- revealing her as an unregistered animagus, and accusing her of manipulating her stories to cover up ministry screw-ups.
13. House elves get full rights- even if they don't want them.
14. Sirius Black's name is cleared. Pettigrew dies a long, severe, painful death after Ministry Interrogation- by Mad Eye Moody.

Ok, not all of this is possible, but I'd love it if even one happened.

[Gale]

I don't want harry to die. dumbledore or snape or someone else might hav e to sacrifice themselves for harry to kill you-know-who.

[dementorsekiss]

I think it would be the victory of Harry and return of Siruis *sigh* never would happen..
I wouldn't mind if something weird gets in the end..
But one thing I won't rest if it happens..
is if Harry dies..
I won't forgive Jo ever.

[v@sh]

The best possible ending would IMO be that Harry ends up being happy and having the normal life he has always wanted and the wizard world safe once and for all from Voldemort and his followers.

[buggie]

I think Harry, Ron, and Hermione will survive but one of the Weasley's probably will not.

[hpfan_08]

Obvioulsy Harry ends up defeating Voldemort and lives. But I think what ever she gives us will be good.

[Arwen42]

My best ending would be an incredible fight between Harry and Voldemort. An unexpected twist (maybe Percey fighting in the good side), Aunt Petunia asking forgiveness to Harry.
Then I would love if Harry deeats Voldemort and lives! I really want him to live and try to have a normal life with his friends. I'd also like to see Dumbledore saying his work is done and now he is going to retire from Hogwarts, leaving McGonagall as Headmistress.

My ending would be almost picture-perfect, but it's my ending? I know sad things will happen, and there are things in my ending that...may not be possible, but a girl can dream right?

[Natsufan]

I don't like prophecies and stuff, as if Fate was what lead people's lives. If the books are about choices, I don't like the fact that only Harry can kill Voldemort. I wish some other student claimed the Creation of Slytherin, and challenged Voldemort to a duel. Hey, why is Voldemort supposed to be the heir of Slytherin. Why does none of the Slyths claim that title? After all, Romans were the heirs of Greece without needing to be descendants from them. I would love it if someone that's not Harry killed Voldemort. And if it's someone that's not from the trio nor Ravenclaw, I'd love it even more. I would like it to be done by a Hufflepuff or a Slytherin.

As for Harry, I want him to live. I bet that if someone else's killed Voldemort, Harry would be happy and relieved. So I suppose Harry would fight bravely in the battle (Voldemort has an army, you know), and would be as a hero as he is now. But I want a lesson about human beings being stronger than fate, prophecies and all that.

[Angeltiger121]

Anything but the 'Alice in Wonderland' Theory. :)

[Natsufan]

I don't like prophecies and stuff, as if Fate was what lead people's lives. If the books are about choices, I don't like the fact that only Harry can kill Voldemort. I wish some other student claimed the Creation of Slytherin, and challenged Voldemort to a duel. Hey, why is Voldemort supposed to be the heir of Slytherin. Why does none of the Slyths claim that title? After all, Romans were the heirs of Greece without needing to be descendants from them. I would love it if someone that's not Harry killed Voldemort. And if it's someone that's not from the trio nor Ravenclaw, I'd love it even more. I would like it to be done by a Hufflepuff or a Slytherin.

As for Harry, I want him to live. I bet that if someone else's killed Voldemort, Harry would be happy and relieved. So I suppose Harry would fight bravely in the battle (Voldemort has an army, you know), and would be as a hero as he is now. But I want a lesson about human beings being stronger than fate, prophecies and all that.

[Dedalus Diggle]

The BEST possible ending for Book 7? - Voldemort is still on the loose and Jo announces she is going to write three more books, with Harry in Auror School and teaching at Hogwarts (or something like that).

[DocHollidaywe]

I like the idea of a 'perfect' ending. Harry defeats Voldemort, begins his career, gets married and remains amazingly close friends with Harry and possible wife Hermione (I say possible because I am avoiding shipping) I would like to see all three of them end up happy, as well as Neville and many many other characters.

[DragonFly11]

I think the ending should leave us satisfied that Voldemort has been defeated but show a glimpe of what Harry has in store for the future. (in my theory, Harry lives)

Percy will die trying to help the Order.
Dumbledore will die.
Snape will die for the cause and Harry will finally see that Snape is on the right side of the order. (too little too late) ***

After that, Harry will defeat Voldemort. The hero's lifelong quest will have ended and the Ultimate Evil Wizard will be destroyed once and for all!

. . . then another dark wizard will begin rising to a leadrership position among the dark wizards and the quest for good and evil will continue . . . (nice little cliffhanger) we will never get another book to find out if Harry conquers any more evil but must be content that Voldemort has been defeated. **sigh**

***What if Snape finally gets the DADA position he has wanted for so long (in book 7) then ends up dying? The curse of DADA continues.

[enchantedgerbil]

I don't know about best possible ending, but I think the most possible ending (to me, anyway), is as follows:

Harry and Voldemort kill eachother, but Harry comes back to life (or not), Harry becomes an Auror if he lives, Ron becomes a teacher at Hogwarts, marries Hermione, Harry's a legend forever, marries someone who we haven't met yet or isn't of much importance of the moment (or Luna), happily ever for-the-time-being after, etc, etc.

As I said, this is what I think and probably won't happen anyway.

[cHeRRy_LiPz]

I'll cry if it turns out to be a dream. To me, that would be the worst possible ending because I really dislike reality. Anyway, I think it would be a good ending if Harry died....but only if he took Voldie with him. Something like the ending to the Last Herald Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey. If any of you have read it, you'll know what I mean.
The prophecy says that neither can live while the other survives. So at least one has to die. It doesn't say that one has to live and one has to die. Therefore Harry could sacrifice himself to get rid of Voldie.

LOL! i was gonna say that. That would be the biggest rip off.
I am kind of in between. I don't want the ending to be "Disney" but I don't want it to be really depressing.
I agree with you if Harry does die, he should die an honarable death taking Voldemort with him. But I don't want him to die, hasn't the kid suffered enough?

[fairy_lightz]

...would be if all the trio were still alive at the end

[Firebolt2004]

Would be Harry defeating Voldemort, marrying Ginny. Ron and Hermione marrying and they all live happily ever after. :)

[Briar Filth]

Best possible outcomes at the end for some of my favourite characters that I thought of.....

Harry Becomes an Auror and goes down in legend for his Quidditch skills. Aquires photos of his parents that talk to him. Marries a pretty lady and makes lots of green eyes babies.

Ron: Becomes an Auror or an Unspeakable, or just a very important person who lots of people look up to. Marries Hermione.

Hermione: Becomes a Professor or someone who studies amazing things abroad. Or establishes herself in a very high place in the Magickal world and makes any remaining Death Eaters see that muggle borns are just as good as pure bloods.

Luna: Is finally respected and makes lots of friends. Takes over the Quibbler and earns it the reputation of a very good magazine.

Lucius Malfoy: Has his wand snapped and is made to live as a very poor wizard, and is also made Arthur Weasley's Assistant and must do every thing that Arthur tells him to do.

Draco Malfoy: Is made poor like his father and must clean out Hippogriff stables everyday with only bread and water as his wages. He must bow to Ron, Harry and Hermione and call them "my lord" and "my lady" because they saved his life in he Final Battle (I reckon so anyways).

Severus Snape: Is made a hero, marries Professor Sinistra, has a happy marriage with her and dies peacefully when his time comes.

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How very cheesey indeed! :p

[SuperDufus]

Well I think the predictable endings at this point would be either:

A) Dumbledore dying and Harry killing Voltemort without his help.
B) Neville being the boy of Prophecy.

And I would think either of them would be good.
But honestly why would Voltemort killing Harry be a good ending?

[imjk]

Ny ideal outcome? Harry defeats Voldemort-but there have been many deaths along the way. Percy dies at the wand of Lucius Malfoy. Tonks dies at the wand of Bellatrix Lestrange.
Neville is sucessful in avenging the death of his parents-he kills Belatrix and Rudolphus Lestrange.
No-one gets together!!! Harry, Ron and Hermione remain best friends in my ideal ending..No love affairs!~why ruin wonderful friendships?
McGonagall takes a chill pill (I love her just the same) and Snaoe learns that Harry is not his father..no matter how much he may look like him. The grudge is then forgotten.
I just hope no matter how it all ends, that JK keeps us on the edge of our seats.