Predictions for Order of the Phoenix

[Zarleycat at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24963

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Joy M" <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> > 
> > I think this would be a good time to start collecting 
> > rumors/predictions about OoP, maybe in an FAQ.  We could even 
place 
> > odds on them.  It would be fun to see how right we are.  IIRC, 
some 
> > people were much better at others at predicting GoF (I was wrong 
> > about everything; I was sure Sirius was toast.)  Any volunteers?
> > 
> > --Joywitch
> 
> Joywitch -- I'll go on record that the beloved figure who will die 
is 
> Hagrid.  I will be shocked if it is someone else.  Hagrid has 
> outlived his usefulness.  Well, almost, anyway.  He has two more 
jobs 
> to do.  First, he has to send an envoy to the giants.  Then he has 
to 
> die protecting Dumbledore ("I'd trust Hagrid with my life").
> 
> No way will it be Lupin.  There are too many cool plot twists that 
> can involve Lupin.  It just isn't Lupin's time -- yet.


I'm not going to predict who will die in the next book because I 
think I can make a case for at least a dozen people.  My prediction 
is that the new DADA professor, who reportedly will be female, is a 
contemporary of Snape, Black and Lupin, and has(d) a romantic 
involvement with one of them.

Marianne