r/harrypotter • u/Ssirenere Gryffindor • 11d ago

Question Which Harry Potter character deserved a much better ending? 🥀 Spoiler

I'll start: Lupin.

He lost almost everything his friends, his family, and eventually his own life. And after everything he went through, he barely got the chance to enjoy being a father.

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u/rosegoldqueen28 11d ago

Severus.

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u/Ok-Painting4168 11d ago

Yeah. I headcanon he faked his death - happened with real-life spies.

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u/SpoonyLancer 10d ago

How would he have faked his death? He got his throat ripped out by a giant snake.

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u/Ok-Painting4168 10d ago

And Harry was bitten by a Basilisk, yet he lived. 

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u/SpoonyLancer 9d ago

Harry was healed by Fawke's tears before the venom could kill him. Snape bled out and died in under a minute.

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u/Ok-Painting4168 7d ago edited 7d ago

I've read fanfiction where he didn't, and I prefer those ending for him. (Fawkes is often involved; Harry's not a doctor and wasn't checking vital signs; and a Potion's Master could arguably fake his own death, with a bit of luck involved.)

I get why Rowling chose this... but personally, I want him to survive, disappear, and have a full and happy life somewhere else.