**SPOILERS** -- Did Your Predictions Bear Fruit?

[Phantom531]

I danced around in circles, yelling "I TOLD YOU SO!" at my best friend who never believed the Severus lvs Lily theory. I unfortunately was correct in predicting Fred's death (I wasn't specific on which twin, but I said one of them would go), I was accurate on Lupin dying (but I did not see Tonks dying), I knew that Harry would need a kind of "drive" to get him through the book, so I knew Dobby would probably go. I was wrong, however, in that Ron did not die, that Sverus and James did not become friends later in life, and that the war would destroy the magic world.

Then again, I also said that Snape was the illegitimate son of the whomping willow and that Dumbledore would turn into a giant bat and whistle the star spangled banner while incinerating the picture of Voldemort and George W Bush shaking hands. So should we really count my wrong predictions? Can't I be all right?

[PattyBNUChick]

I remember that post!

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Phantom531 wrote:
Then again, I also said that Snape was the illegitimate son of the whomping willow

[HermioneWeasle…]

Oh my God...i SO knew Hary was gona be a Horcrux because he was ther when Voldemort got destroyed (kinda)...
My Dada thought RAB was Regulus, but i had my doubts...eating my words now lawlz
Emmm...always stuck to my guns as far as Neville being the future Herbology teacher and Draco not being as evil as he seemed.
Mucho surprised by Snape's godness at the end...i felt truly guilty at the end =(
and CRABBE!! God that major part came out of nowhere...after all he did destroy a Horcrux.

[Luthien]

I remembered another one I got wrong. I was convinced at one point that even though JKR said Wormtail wouldn't kill Lupin with his silver hand, he would kill Greyback by karate-chopping him through the heart. Of course, I really like that theory more because I enjoyed acting it out...

[APenForYourTho…]

Things I was right about:
1. Harry was a Horcrux.
2. Snape was in love with Lily.
3. Ron would end up with Hermione.
4. Voldemort would die.
5. RAB was Regulus Black.
Things I was wrong about:
1. I thought Harry would die, but he obviously didn't.
2. I wasn't wrong about Snape, but I wasn't right either. I couldn't decide whether he was good or evil. I'm glad he's good, though.
I didn't see a lot of the deaths coming. Tonks, Fred, and Dobby in particular shocked me.
I'm sure there were more things, but I can't remember them at the moment. I'll post them when I do.

Message Edited by APenForYourThoughts on 07-29-2007 05:02 PM

Message Edited by APenForYourThoughts on 07-29-2007 05:06 PM

[Phantom531]

My best friend is almost 6 months pregnant...and has the hormones going! I got a txt one night that was simply:
"Dobby...Oh, no...." and that was it until the next morning, when I got a phone call that was mostly sniffling and asking me if it got worse. I didn't answer and she immediately went and got tissues, then said goodbye and read the rest of the book. I got another sobbing, almost indecipherable call when she found out Fred had died and when she read Snape's memory. Yet another one when Tonks and Lupin were both dead and their baby was now an orphan(her worst nightmare for her own unborn son). Finally, she finished it and (a whole box of tissues later), told me, ok I had been right about Snape and Lily and that she KNEW Dumbledore couldn't be evil, but couldn't be as good as everyone thought.

I told her to try and read Janet Evanovich for a while to cheer her (and the baby) up.

[Psychee]

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Phantom531 wrote:
My best friend is almost 6 months pregnant...and has the hormones going! I got a txt one night that was simply:
"Dobby...Oh, no...." and that was it until the next morning, when I got a phone call that was mostly sniffling and asking me if it got worse. I didn't answer and she immediately went and got tissues, then said goodbye and read the rest of the book. I got another sobbing, almost indecipherable call when she found out Fred had died and when she read Snape's memory. Yet another one when Tonks and Lupin were both dead and their baby was now an orphan(her worst nightmare for her own unborn son). Finally, she finished it and (a whole box of tissues later), told me, ok I had been right about Snape and Lily and that she KNEW Dumbledore couldn't be evil, but couldn't be as good as everyone thought.

I told her to try and read Janet Evanovich for a while to cheer her (and the baby) up.

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That's so funny... I read Evanovich afterward, too!

[acciobrain]

I was right about the whole trio surviving the book, Snape being in love with Lily and therefore being on the Order's side, and Harry being a Horcrux. What I was WRONG about was my theory made near the beginning of book 7, about Snape using Polyjuice Potion to imitate Lupin, and that being the whole explanation for Lupin's out-of-character behavior (ie shaking Harry) and for the supposed de-earing of George by Snape. See, if Lupin (who was really Snape) lied about Snape being the one to cause George's ear to fall off, then my prediction of Snape being good would still hold! (Somehow, I didn't think of the possibility that Snape's curse had hit George by accident until later). And my theory was even supported by the favorable condition of Snape being the only person (other than Lupin and Harry) to know Lupin's answer to the question of what was in the tank in his office, since he arrived in the office later that day to give Lupin his potion to relieve his werewolf symptoms! But my theory was soon debunked by Lupin talking about James in a near-affectionate way ("No, I think you're like James, who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends." Then I just felt incredibly stupid about my wild prediction. But hey, it was sure fun making it!

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Message Edited by acciobrain on 07-30-2007 10:05 PM

[ABI]

I was also right about Harry being a horcrux, and kinda right about his fate...i thought he would retreat into somewhere between life and death, sort of like Voldy did after the curse backfired. I also was continuously rooting for Snape through the entire series, though i admit there were times when i suspected differently. And I was right about Snape and Lily!
Terribly, I knew one of the Weasley twins would die, of course!
I was horribly wrong in thinking Sirius could return, since he was only hit by a jinx...but i suppose i sorta convinced myself of that seeing as i LOVED him! Oh, and i would never have suspected Mrs. Weasley to kill Bellatrix! I was sure it had to be Harry!
Additionally (and very off-topic), i wish we could have learned more about the fate of Stan Shunpike!

Message Edited by ABI on 07-31-2007 09:27 AM

[PattyBNUChick]

What I had predicted basically was true, Dumbledore was plotting things to help Harry along to bring down Voldemort.

[Becs_Aunt]

Wrong about Harry's scar (I didn't think it was a Horcrux).
Wrong about Draco--I thought he would turn against LV and sacrifice himself to save Harry.
But I was a little right--Narcissa does turn against LV, and it seems that Draco has no love for the Death Eaters!! He lives, but in a sort of "half-life!! He certainly didn't fight WITH LV.
Right that Harry lives and marries Ginny. I'm so happy about that!!
Right that Ron and Hermione would live and marry.

I love this book!!!!

[PattyBNUChick]

Based on the wording of the prophecy, I got a little off track (no kidding says everyone on the board!) : ), I thought since it said 'Neither can live while the other survives', I thought maybe Riddle could be left alive like Grindelwald, but Voldemort vanquished or something. Wrong on that one. So, really what did that line mean? That Harry couldn't enjoy life with Voldemort still alive? I'm confused about that line so if someone could help me grasp what that line means, I'd appreciate it. : )

[Psychee]

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PattyBNUChick wrote:
Based on the wording of the prophecy, I got a little off track (no kidding says everyone on the board!) : ), I thought since it said 'Neither can live while the other survives', I thought maybe Riddle could be left alive like Grindelwald, but Voldemort vanquished or something. Wrong on that one. So, really what did that line mean? That Harry couldn't enjoy life with Voldemort still alive? I'm confused about that line so if someone could help me grasp what that line means, I'd appreciate it. : )

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Yes, that is exactly what it means... Harry could not rest and enjoy life as long as Voldemort was out killing people, and since nothing short of death would stop him from killing people, he had to die in order for Harry to have a normal life.

Voldemort wouldn't rest, either, until he had killed that boy whom the prophesy said could vanquish him. He was totally focussed on killing Harry as his first priority as 1) he was a threat and 2) his continued existence was humiliating to Voldemort.

Your idea of Voldemort ending up in prison wasn't an option, according to the prophesy.

[PattyBNUChick]

Its funny, I predicted Harry was a horcrux and part of that was based on Trelawney's predictions of his death and thinking he was born in winter. So I thought that meant Voldemort's death (and thus Riddle), but my Luna brain went where no B&N member had gone before, I tried to figure out that line in the prophecy and contradicted my Horcrux theory by trying to stick Voldemort and Riddle in that line instead of Voldemort and Harry. Ah well : )

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Psychee wrote:

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PattyBNUChick wrote:
Based on the wording of the prophecy, I got a little off track (no kidding says everyone on the board!) : ), I thought since it said 'Neither can live while the other survives', I thought maybe Riddle could be left alive like Grindelwald, but Voldemort vanquished or something. Wrong on that one. So, really what did that line mean? That Harry couldn't enjoy life with Voldemort still alive? I'm confused about that line so if someone could help me grasp what that line means, I'd appreciate it. : )

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Yes, that is exactly what it means... Harry could not rest and enjoy life as long as Voldemort was out killing people, and since nothing short of death would stop him from killing people, he had to die in order for Harry to have a normal life.

Voldemort wouldn't rest, either, until he had killed that boy whom the prophesy said could vanquish him. He was totally focussed on killing Harry as his first priority as 1) he was a threat and 2) his continued existence was humiliating to Voldemort.

Your idea of Voldemort ending up in prison wasn't an option, according to the prophesy.

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[BnBookworm]

I Knew That
Harry was an ACCIDENTAL Horcrux
RAB was Regulus Black
Voldemort would die
Ron and Hermione get married
Harry and Ginny get married

However, I never thought that Dobby would return and die, that Fred would die, that Lupin and Tonks would die, that they'd leave a son behind...

[mrsronaldweasl…]

yea it did.
ive always believed Snivellus was "good"
harry was a horcrux
harry will "die"

but the snape loved lilly twist was a shocker.
did.not.see.that.coming.

[PattyBNUChick]

Mind you I read the book the first time in a blaze of semi-consciousness, and the second time, well, I dont have the tiny details ingrained in my brain yet, but I was surprised that Moaning Myrtle didn't make an appearance in book 7. (If she did and I forgot it in my slumbering stupor, let me know ) : )

[Mollywobbles]

Pretty much a mixed bag of right and wrong predictions
mostly right ones:
HRH would survive and that Harry & Ginny and Ron & Hermione would end up together
McGonagall was good
Snape would have to die. Also right that he was acting in accordance with Dumbledore's wishes, but totally wrong about his motivation
right about going back to Hogwarts to get info from the Ravenclaw ghost, and right about the tiara in the ROR
-right about the Slytherin locket, but no clue that it would end up in Umbridge's possession
-right about Petunia having been in contact with Dumbledore, but wrong about why
-right about Percy coming to his senses in the end and being reconciled with the family
-right about Pettigrew expunging his debt to Harry, but wrong that he would die "by his own hand" so to speak.

mostly wrong about
Fawkes-I thought we'd see him again
the Hufflepuff cup-no clue it would be in Gringotts
I originally thought the final battle would take place at Hogwarts,but switched to the Love Room at the MOM
I thought Neville would be the one to finish off Bellatrix, but I'm actually happier with Molly having been the one to do it.
Totally wrong about the Harry as Horcrux situation
Totally wrong about the Snape loves Lily scenario
Thought Lupin would die, but not Tonks
Thought Mrs. Figg would do magic late in life
Wrong about the Harry/Draco resolution

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Bill_T wrote:
If you posted your predictions in this book club -- which turned out to be right? Which were wrong?

(And even if you didn't post them here, feel free to tell us which parts of the final volume you prognosticated correctly, and which you guessed wrong about.)

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[PattyBNUChick]

I was looking over my notes and next to the list of things Dumbledore said in the cave, I had scribbled a note "Did Grindelwald kill Dumbledore's family". Well, I may have been partly right if he was the one that killed Ariana : )

[ConnieAnnKirk]

Good one, Patty!

~ConnieK

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PattyBNUChick wrote:
I was looking over my notes and next to the list of things Dumbledore said in the cave, I had scribbled a note "Did Grindelwald kill Dumbledore's family". Well, I may have been partly right if he was the one that killed Ariana : )

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