Who's doomed

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24750

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> This is a very interesting thread, but I wonder if people are 
making 
> some random speculations.  One person even wrote that 
she/he "hoped" 
> one of the Weasleys would die!  That made me feel sad.
> 

I think Ginny Weasley is doomed.  For whatever reason, she was chosen 
to receive Riddle's diary.  Also, on the train in P of A, only two 
people are seriously affected by the dementor:  Harry and Ginny, who 
was described as "shaking like mad," meaning the dementors were 
affecting her more than anyone but Harry.  I think that means she has 
some sort of connection with Voldemort, and that is going to get her 
into trouble.  Plus, from a dramatic viewpoint, killing off the only 
girl in a family with six boys and youngest child is tragic all by 
itself in a way.

I, too, am convinced Lupin will die at Pettigrew's hand.  Totally 
unfair, given that Lupin could have killed Pettigrew in PofA.  But 
maybe, just maybe, Pettigrew is in debt to Harry, and won't be able 
to go through with killing Lupin.  One can always hope, I suppose.

The only characters who could be killed and not really upset me would 
be:  Snape, McGonagle, Bagman, various Malfoys, Fleur, Krum, 
Trelawney.  Deaths of any of the others would be hard to swallow, but 
I guess I'd survive.  :)

Cindy


> I think JKR chooses the consequences extremely carefully throughout 
> the series.  Just look at Cedric: the handsome, athletic, honest, 
> hardworking, always-gets-the-girl kind of guy, and he was the one 
to 
> be murdered in cold blood.  Poor Harry; the guilt he'll always feel 
> for having witnessed this after always being a bit resentful and 
> envious of Good Cedric.  Cedric didn't deserve to die, and Harry 
> certainly didn't deserve to witness it.  I have students who have 
> witnessed murders; it has an everlasting and damaging effect on 
them.  
> 
> Why things happen is complicated, and I think JKR is anything but 
> random..  My point is, I'd like to hear why people think certain 
> characters will die.  Most people have explained that well, but I'm 
> confused by other predictions.  For example, why do people think a 
> Weasley will die?  Is it simply because they are a large family and 
> one of them is expendable?  Or do we believe that in the fight 
against 
> Voldemort, the Weasleys will be so deeply involved that one of them 
> will get in his way at the wrong place and time?  Or is JKR trying 
to 
> make Harry suffer even more?
> 
> I agree with everyone who said killing Sirius would be way too 
much.  
> I kind of think killing a Weasley would be too much as well - even 
> Percy (who always amuses me). I also like what someone said about 
> Snape dying while saving Harry, leading Harry to see Snape 
differently 
> (though I think he is starting to do that already).  Dumbledore, 
too, 
> will definitely not survive (I will cry when I read that scene) for 
> reasons that have discussed ad nauseum.
> 
> I'm not sure why people think Lupin will die.  Or Cho.
> 
> Just some thoughts on death on a hot summer evening.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, who feels special that Caius dedicated 2 
filks 
> to me*****************************************