[HPforGrownups] Re: Straight from the horse's mouth... (possible spoilers)

[Kathleen Kelly MacMillan]

No: HPFGUIDX 1491

>
>I don't think JKR would have the dead person remain as a ghost,
>because ghosts are so real and present in her universe that it would
>almost be as though the person didn't die at all.  If she is aiming
>for the impact that she seems to be, the person will die and that
>will be that.
>
>It probably won't be Ron because, again, that's too obvious.


I agree that the dead person probably won't hang around.  It definitely 
wouldn't have the emotional impact, and it would ring as false as if Lily and 
James came back from the dead at the end of the series and Harry lived happily 
ever after.

As for the death, I just know it's going to be Ron.  I'm not saying I WANT it 
to be, but I am bracing myself for the worst.  Man, now I get to go through 
this whole anxiety for Ron thing again for a whole year, just like I did 
before Book 4.  (The first time I read GoF, I did it all in one sitting 
because I HAD to make sure Ron got through it okay.  I was even afriad for him 
up to the very end, even after Cedric dies, because I was afraid he would get 
run over by the Hogwart's Express or something.)  Is it natural to feel this 
much anxiety for a fictional character?

Kathy