YES!! I have my Harry Potter book **SPOILERS ABOUND!!!***

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by raincoat

er...Hagrid didn't die unless I missed something?

naw..hagrid was still teaching according to the epilogue.

[Lady Pi Phi]

I borrowed these spoilers from BetteDavisEyes from the Harry Potter Speculation thread (I didn't want to re-print them in case some of you are still reading the book, and have not yet read them. Highlight to read) These were on the mark, except for one I think. Where did you get these from???

Dark Lord Ascending
-another first chapter that is not Harry's point of view
-very dark
-first death

In Memoriam
-back to Harry's point of view
-Dumbledore's past
-Rita Skeeter appears here. Apparently, Harry is not pleased.

The Dursleys Departing
-The Dursley's leave Privet Drive

The Seven Potters
-Harry, Ron, and Hermione are reunited
-Death Eater attack
-another death
-very intense

Fallen Warrior
-another death
-one person loses a body part
-scenes afterwards set in the Burrow
-Apparently, Harry gets drunk. (And I'm not pleased.) - I don't think Harry was drunk here. He had some firewhisky, and not used to something so strong, I think it caught him off guard, but I wouldn't say he was drunk.
-tells what happened with Ollivander

The Ghoul in Pajamas
-general plan discussion all around
-Hermione is scary

The Will of Albus Dumbledore
-Harry's birthday! Ron gives him a funny gift.
-Minister of Magic is back
-Lupin is acting off

The Wedding
-Weasley relatives, Luna's father, and Krum all make appearances
-Krum argues with Luna's father over the symbol
-Dumbledore's past again, which is not pleasant
-Kingsley makes an appearence with some bad news.

A Place to Hide
-Harry, Ron, and Hermione leave the Burrow, and run into Death Eaters
-Hermione gets hit on by drunkards
-They go to Grimmauld Place

Kreacher's Tale
-Harry finds a letter from his mother saying disturbing things about Dumbledore
-R.A.B. is Sirius's brother (everyone knew that, lol)
-lots of complex stuff on Horcruxes

The Bribe
-setting is Grimmauld Place
-Harry has sent Kreacher on an errand
-Kreacher seems to be getting friendlier
-Lupin is still acting off, and states something extremely surprising
-Trio find out who has the locket, and they are shocked.

Magic is Might
-Trio plan to get the locket from the ministry

The Muggle-born Registration Commission
-Umbridge
-persecution

The Thief
-Trio leave Grimmauld Place and Kreacher
-Trio stays in the woods.
-Harry sees through mind-link that Voldemort is not in the country, and is looking for a stolen object that has something to do with wands.

The Goblin's Revenge
-Ron does something weird.

Godric's Hollow
Bathilda's Secret
The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
The Silver Doe
Xenophilius Lovegood
The Tale of the Three Brothers
-Trio goes to see Luna's dad
-He tells them a wizarding fairy story about three objects
-They are called the Deathly Hallows
The Deathly Hallows
-Harry follows lead of DH story instead of Horocrux stuff (WTF for me?)
-He becomes stupidly obsessed over it, kind of like how he was over Malfoy in HBP
-Makes a huge mistake and gets the trio "captured"
Malfoy Manor
-A couple of people have died, one important
-Someone else is being kept in the manor
-Someone else dies
-The trio is tortured for info
-Dobby helps them escape
-Another someone else dies
The Wandmaker
Shell Cottage
Gringotts
The Final Hiding Place
The Missing Mirror
The Lost Diadem
The Sacking of Severus Snape
The Battle of Hogwarts
The Elder Wand
The Prince's Tale
The Forest Again
King's Cross
The Flaw in the Plan
Epilogue

[MysticCat]

Wow. Just WOW!

Some of my predictions were spot on, more were way off. But WOW.

I re-read the last 3 chapter about 3 times. So well done. And I see now what JKR was referring to when she said in an interview that when she has been asked if she believes in God and has answered "yes," she has been glad no one has pressed her further because she thought that would give too much of the ending away.

Originally Posted by porkfriedrice

And oh my god, I have to say the funniest part was Neville announcing that they were going to throw mandrakes at the deatheaters over the walls.

That was good, but I thought this was even funnier:

Originally Posted by dvs-dz

And what about Professor Trelawney hurling all those crystal balls?

Originally Posted by icelandelf

Who was the person that was able to do magic late in life?

I went back and checked, and apparently that statement was from an interview in 1999, before the publication of POA. The speculation I have seen is that she was referring to Voldemort's mother, Merope Gaunt. Alternatively, it is quite possible that that's a plot point she decided to drop later on.

Originally Posted by raincoat

er...Hagrid didn't die unless I missed something?

I think she meant that Hagrid was the one who got the reprieve, and Tonks and Lupin were the ones whom she hadn't originally planned to kill. But as soon as they made Harry Teddy's godfather, things didn't look good.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Wow. Just WOW!

Some of my predictions were spot on, more were way off. But WOW.

I re-read the last 3 chapter about 3 times. So well done. And I see now what JKR was referring to when she said in an interview that when she has been asked if she believes in God and has answered "yes," she has been glad no one has pressed her further because she thought that would give too much of the ending away.
That was good, but I thought this was even funnier:


I went back and checked, and apparently that statement was from an interview in 1999, before the publication of POA? The speculation I have seen is that she was referring to Voldemort's mother, Merope Gaunt. Alternatively, it is quite possible that that's a plot point she decided to drop later on.

I think she meant that Hagrid was the one who got the reprieve, and Tonks and Lupin were the ones whom she hadn't originally planned to kill. But as soon as they made Harry Teddy's godfather, things didn't look good.

Mrs Weasley cursing at Bella during their duel I thought was funny....kinda gave me an impression of (for those that remember) Ripley facing off with the alien in the mech suit.

[cuteASAbug]

I thought that it was a great book overall, althought I would've liked it if she said what happened to the Dursleys and to Hermione's parents at the end.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

I thought that it was a great book overall, althought I would've liked it if she said what happened to the Dursleys and to Hermione's parents at the end.

I agree that I would have liked to know about the Dursleys.

As for Hermione's parents, I fugured she did tell us -- when Hermione was explaining about sending her parents to Australia, she talked about how she'd undo it all and they'd come home if everything turned out okay.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I agree that I would have liked to know about the Dursleys.

As for Hermione's parents, I fugured she did tell us -- when Hermione was explaining about sending her parents to Australia, she talked about how she'd undo it all and they'd come home if everything turned out okay.

What I am hoping for is that this is THE END and she won't sell the intellectual properties over to someone who will create more books and spinoffs...for instance...when the Star Wars franchise was revived in the early 90s with the newe books...it was cool..but now 15 years later, they have killed off major characters and have storylines that just make me say....enough please...if anything...if Rowlings does do anymore writing..would be something like a compedium similar to what the Lord of the Rings has to kind of round out everything.

I wanna know if anyone killed at the last battle became school ghosts

[MysticCat]

As Beryana noted, the title of this thread says "Spoilers Abound," so no need to hide the spoilers.

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Okay, maybe I'm just having a blonde moment but who the heck was the person that JK said would come into their power late in life? I seriously don't have a clue who it was. What chapter did it occur it? At first I thought it was Molly, but she came from a wizarding family because while the Weasley's weren't well off, they were Pureblood.

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

My guess is that the person who comes into power late in life would be Neville Longbottom, although I'm really not sure about that one either.

I noted this in a post yesterday, but I went back and checked, and JKR made the statement that one person would do magic late in life an interview in 1999, before the publication of POA. She never said it would happen in the last book. I think people just assumed it would be in the last book.

The speculation I have seen is that she was referring to Voldemort's mother, Merope Gaunt, who couldn't do magic until her father and brother were gone and were no longer squelching her.

Alternatively, it is quite possible that this was a plot point she decided to drop in the 7 years between making the statement and finishing the writing.