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

[Penny Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 1494

Hi:

<<<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?>>>

LOL!  I did the same thing (read GoF in one sitting) but because I HAD to be 
sure that Sirius was going to live.  I was so afraid to turn the pages once 
I learned a dementor had been brought into the castle to administer the Kiss 
to Barty Crouch Jr.  I just *knew* that when I turned the page, the Dementor 
would have cornered Sirius.  Talk about a high anxiety level as I read those 
last pages . . . . I was biting my nails and muttering "No. No .... No . . 
." the whole time.  I had a hard time believing at that point that Cedric's 
death was the only death that the readers would care about.

So, in answer to your question, I think it might not be unusual (not saying 
whether it's normal or not) to feel a high degree of anxiety about a 
fictional character.  <g>

I sometimes wish JKR just wasn't saying anything about deaths in each of the 
books.  You're right -- now we'll all read Book 5 in one sitting so as to be 
sure that our personal favorite(s) live through it.  The rumors have already 
started -- are we all sure that the Book 5 death is the one that JKR said 
has/will "half-crucify" her?

Penny




>From: Kathleen Kelly MacMillan <kathleen at carr.org>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com
>Subject: RE: [HPforGrownups] Re: Straight from the horse's mouth... 
>(possible spoilers)
>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:05:36 -0400
>

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