Mugglenet.com's Harry Potter Should Have Died - Emerson Spartz [2]
Harry is a Horcrux.
Snape is working for Dumbledore.
Harry will live.
R.A.B. is Regulus Black.
Snape loved Lily.
The first prediction—we believed Harry was the seventh Horcrux—was very unpopular in the fan community. On our book tour, we spent most of our time at each bookstore facing a firing squad of fans challenging our theory, some even insulting our intelligence. But we stuck to our guns—the facts were on our side—and were eventually proven to be correct. So you can see how we are the kind of fans who would choose a title like Harry Potter Should Have Died. (For the record, this is Ben’s contention—not Emerson’s.)
Before each Harry Potter novel was released, fans argued passionately about what was going to happen. Now that the last book in the series has been released, fans are arguing passionately about what really happened, what should have happened, and what lessons can be learned. Far from being over, the Harry Potter legacy is still steaming ahead. It’s impossible to ignore the issues that have kept the fandom going for more than a decade. This book tries to resolve these disputes.
We hope you enjoy our work, and we look forward to receiving your feedback on our website.
Abbreviations Used in Book
SS Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
CoS Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
PoA Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
GoF Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
OotP Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
HBP Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
DH Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
FB Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
QA Quidditch Through the Ages
BtB Beedle the Bard
WB Warner Brothers Studio
Marauders James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew
The Trio Harry, Hermione, and Ron
J.K.R. J. K. Rowling
JKR-AOL AOL Chat. October 19, 2000.
JKR-BBC BBC “Harry Potter and Me Christmas Special.” December 28, 2001.
JKR-BC Bloomsbury Chat. July 30, 2007.
JKR-BNY Barnes and Noble Yahooligans Chat. October 20, 2000.
JKR-CH Carnegie Hall interview. October 20, 2007.
JKR-CL Connection with Christopher Lydon interview. October 12, 1999.
JKR-MN MuggleNet interview. July 16, 2005.
JKR-MTV MTV interview with Adler Shawn. October 15, 2007.
JKR-MTVC MTV interview on Christian Imagery with Adler Shawn. October 17, 2007.
JKR-OS J. K. Rowling’s official website
JKR-PC1 Leaky Cauldron. “Pottercast 130: The One With Rowling.” December 18, 2007.
JKR-PC2 Leaky Cauldron. “Pottercast 131: Rowling Along.” December 24, 2007.
JKR-RCM Radio City Music Hall Reading Second Night. August 2, 2006.
JKR-RN Red Nose Day Chat. March 12, 2001.
JKR-TD Today Show interview. July 26, 2007.
JKR-TD2 Today Show interview. July 29, 2007.
JKR-TD3 Today Show interview. July 30, 2007.
JKR-BDC World Book Day Chat. March 4, 2004.
JKR-RI Razia Iqbal interview. BBC News, November 1, 2007.
Should J.K. Rowling have kept Dumbledore’s sexual orientation private?
No!
The controversy about Dumbledore’s orientation all started in October 2007 at Carnegie Hall, when J.K.R. was asked if Albus Dumbledore had ever had true love with anyone in his long life. The author replied without hesitation that he was gay:
I always thought of Dumbledore as gay [ovation from crowd].
... Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extent? But, he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like Bellatrix, he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly, terribly let down by him. Yeah, that’s how I always saw Dumbledore. In fact, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth film, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script, saying