Who's doomed

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., JenniferABacker at c... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/22/01 11:53:42 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> cynthiaanncoe at h... writes:
> 
> << For whatever reason, she [Ginny] 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.  >>
> Now I have a theory on this, and I'd like to know what others think 
about it.

 
> First, I think Ginny got the diary because the Malfoys hate the 
Weaslys, and 
> Lucius saw a good opportunity and took it. I believe we dicussed 
this a bit 
> awhile back. {It was more about how Lucius knew they'd be there 
though, IIRC.}
> Am I right in saying someone in PoA {I think it was Lupin} said 
something 
> along the lines of "You went through some horrible things that 
would make any 
> of us pass out. {said to Harry of course}. In CoS, Ginny went 
through a 
> terrible time. Even more terrible for her it seems than it would be 
for say 
> Hermione if it happened to her. Could that just be the reason she 
was 
> "shaking like mad"? It was horrible for her and only happened a few 
months 
> ago. Plus, she's pretty young. Anyone share similar thoughts?

> Forge


This makes sense to me. Now, if I were writing it, I'd kill off one 
of the twins. (Sorry, Forge!) There are a couple of reasons why this 
makes sense (to me at least). They're close to Harry, but not as 
close as Ron and Hermione; losing one of them would be very hard, but 
not absolutely devastating. Secondly, there are two of them, without 
distinctly separate personalities, so in a way there's a 'spare', as 
Voldemort would say. (Shiver!) Thirdly, for the surviving twin it 
would be the hardest thing in the world to lose his 'other half', 
which would bring home (once again) the evil of it all. Unlike many 
of you (I gather) I'd also feel the need to kill off Sirius Black; 
he's the one who's supposed to protect Harry, so he's a logical 
person to get killed, plus I somehow feel that Harry has to be 
stripped, so to speak, of his surrogate father as well as his 
biological parents by the end of the series. He has to come into his 
own as an adult, and I think Sirius has to go for this to be 
accomplished. But this is just my opinion, never to be humble, and 
JKR consistently proves me wrong, so I'm probably as wide off the 
mark about this as I am about most of my other predictions. No better 
than Sibyll Trelawney, in fact!

Bente