Both those ideas have merit, and would have made for a far better ending. I mean, if you wanted melancholy, you could have gone for Golem-Harry returned to a
mindless husk, and the girls mourning for him, and real-Harry grudgingly admitting his worth and accepting him as a brother, posthumously, and all that kind of
stuff. But "Oops, out of time, I'll blow up now, kthxbai" just did not work for me.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
mindless husk, and the girls mourning for him, and real-Harry grudgingly admitting his worth and accepting him as a brother, posthumously, and all that kind of
stuff. But "Oops, out of time, I'll blow up now, kthxbai" just did not work for me.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.