Who's doomed

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22305

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 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*****************************************