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2 Post author: Gondolinian 08 March 2015 07:00PM

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Comment author: Unknowns 09 March 2015 04:11:50AM 8 points [-]

If Eliezer had written the antimatter ending, it would indeed have implied that Voldemort would later take over the world, since the antimatter would not have been able to destroy his horcrux network.

Comment author: Velorien 09 March 2015 12:09:25PM 1 point [-]

To follow up on this, the sad ending wouldn't be the sad ending because Harry had to sacrifice himself to win. It would be the sad ending because Harry failed, as a result of not being able to think of a clever enough way to stop Voldemort (reflecting our own failure to do so in the exam).