Mugglenet.com's Harry Potter Should Have Died - Emerson Spartz [44]
Dumbledore is always in demand with the Wizengamot, the Minister of Magic, and Hogwarts because he basically knows everything about everything in the wizarding world. Gandalf is never sure of himself and is always riding off to visit the Gondor scroll library to remind him of things he has forgotten about, such as the Ring of Power. How does he forget that?
Voldemort never comes close to killing Dumbledore, and Harry learns in SS that Dumbledore vanquished the racist Grindelwald, saving Europe and ending WWII in 1945. That is so completely different from Gandalf wrestling the Balrog in some distant cave and then turning up confused in Fangorn Forest, which was just a waste of time during a war when people needed his help. The Fellowship of the Ring should never have gone under the mountain anyway, and that is Gandalf’s bad call, which nearly gets them all killed.
In HBP, Dumbledore grows ill and bravely asks Snape to finish him off at the right time. What’s wrong with that? The whole point of the HP series is that immortality does not help anybody. Dumbledore thinks death is a great adventure and it doesn’t frighten him, but Gandalf shakes like a fraidy-cat in the Mines of Moria, thinking the Balrog might rise up to get him.
In HBP, Dumbledore has already lost his hand, but he is able to swim right into the Horcrux cave, drink the poison, and fend off the Inferi. Then he flies home on a broom, faces his enemies, saves Harry and Draco, and dies with dignity. Nothing Gandalf ever does in battle can match what Dumbledore does in that one night. We have only seen a fraction of the magic both wizards are capable of, but one of them lives in a world with magic in it and the other lives in the wizarding world, which includes non-magical areas, too. Gandalf is a big fish in a small pond. In a duel between Dumbledore and Gandalf, Dumbledore would open up a can and show Gandalf how it’s done in the big leagues.
Verdict
So, who would win the fight? Both Gandalf and Dumbledore can be fierce and impressive in battle. It’s true one of them dies an old man, while the other defies death and lives. But Obi-Wan Kenobi dies in Star Wars, and he still helps Luke clown the Empire. Verdict: Dumbledore would put the wn in pwn.
Should J.K.R. write an eighth book about the next generation?
Yes!
J.K.R. should write an eighth book—and more beyond that. The Epilogue of Deathly Hallows sets the stage perfectly with the introduction of young James, Albus Severus, and Lily Potter, plus Hugo and Rose Weasley, and Scorpius Malfoy. Every reader wants to follow them to Hogwarts and the Sorting Ceremony, which could be full of surprises. Imagine the reversals if Albus Severus is actually put in Slytherin, while Scorpius is put in Gryffindor. Or what if they are both put in the same house and have to be room-mates? Fans love to speculate about this, but J.K.R. is the one who should have the last word. If she doesn’t, there is no doubt that fan-fiction writers will take over the story for the next hundred years.
Another good reason for J.K.R. to write the book is that there are so many unresolved issues in the series. What becomes of S.P.E.W. and the rights of house-elves? Were the Malfoys changed forever by the death of Voldemort? And is there some new force of evil lurking about in the halls of Hogwarts? Please, J.K.R., keep on writing, and we promise to read every word. Twenty times!
No!
No way—J.K.R. should just leave it alone and go write something else. Her original plan was to stop at seven books, and that was a good idea. All good things must come to an end, and Jo performed a miraculous feat by delivering seven extremely long books without the story deteriorating. It’s better to go out on top like Seinfeld than to create a less-than-amazing sequel, like we’ve seen from the American Pie and National