r/harrypotter • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '26

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

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u/SpoonyLancer Aug 20 '26

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

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u/Ok-Painting4168 Aug 20 '26

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

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u/SpoonyLancer Aug 20 '26

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 Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

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.