[HPforGrownups] Has anyone thought of this?

[Michi]

No: HPFGUIDX 20655


--- Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Okay there has been a great deal of talk on many
> message boards, and a little here that one of
> Harry's biggest admirers might die in the next book.

A-ha!!

>  I have a hunch that it might be a bit of sarcasm on
> JKR's part and that it might be snape(but part of me
> doesn't believe that JKR would kill off Snape in the
> 5th book.  He's too interesting of a character, I
> think).  I also don't see it being the Colin Creevy,
> mainly because I think that it would be way too easy
> for her to kill off a character like Colin, that I
> doubt would be missed all too much.  

As much of a cutie Colin is (I like 'im. He's such a
cute little fanboy... him and his brother...) I have
to agree with you here. Colin would not be readily
missed.

> Why wouldn't it
> be Ginny?  I think that she does have very deep
> feelings for Harry, more than just a simple admirer.

Hm... see, that's where I have a bit of a
disagreement. Ginny has yet to really show her value
as a character in the series. In my opinion, the way
she's taken with Harry right now is very much hero
worship, a girls crush. I may be stretching it here
but maybe because she didn't get a good look at him
when he first showed up at Platform 9 3/4 and because
her mom didn't let her go up and see him (good one,
Molly!) maybe that just made the hero-worship grow.

That's not to say that she can't grow into really
having a true affection for him. It's just right now
she's still in the *pitterpatter* crush stage. At
least, IMHO :)

> She is suppossed to have a larger part in this next
> book.  Killing off Ginny, as sad as it would be,
> would bring about some interesting dynamics in the
> rest of the relationships. Of course, Ron would be
> devistated.  I think that in a very adolescent state
> of mind Ron could even find  a way of blaming Harry
> for his death, especially if trying to help Harry to
> some degree.  

I could definately see that. As we all saw in GoF the
Ron-Harry relationship definately has gone through
some strain and I would not be surpised if it
continues to undergo more. 

So far, we've had Ron/Harry vs Hermione; Ron vs Harry;
the on-going Hermione vs Ron (aren't they cute?)...
I'm curious to see if there's ever going to be a time
when Harry's going to be very opposed to Hermione.

*coff* Personally, I see a love triangle between these
three when they get old enough. ^-^

> Or maybe because we have seen that
> sometimes love can make girls do crazy things, and
> she might be more susceptible to Harry's not seeing
> her as anything but a sister.  I am not saying this
> will happen, but i just wanted to see if anyone else
> thought this to plausible.

The thing I keep thinking back to is that her whole
affection for Harry (and embarassment because of it)
is what lured her to become Riddle's pawn in the first
place. If that plotline got used again... well, I
think JKR could definately find a different plot
device ^^;

In addition, I dunno... I've got my opinions as to who
would die, if indeed JKR thinks it's time for one of
the characters to kick the bucket. It's not a happy
business, this whole Voldemort thing, that's for sure.

IMHO... *scratchscratch* I think Dumbledore's gotta go
at some point. Don't get me wrong, I love Dumbly-dorr
and all that but seeing that he was the only wizard
Voldemort was ever scared of, I'm sure Voldemort's
going to find a way to off him. It's also a sure way
to get Harry more anxious to get read of Voldemort.

But in order to have a really lasting effect...
*blink* I'd say Ron would actually be a candidate for
being killed off as well. I admit that I'm not much of
a Ron fan, but just analyzing it... Ron is Harry's
best friend, Harry's first real friend. Killing off
Ginny would certainly affect Harry but killing off Ron
would have a much more lasting effect. 

Why Ron and not Hermione? Ron's a great side-kick, and
unfortunately he is a side-kick, but as for having any
real *use*... uuum. He's great for moral support (and
that is more important than any power, really) which
also ties in with killing him being a greater blow to
Harry. Hermione has an actual use - she's the walking
library of information that Harry can ask anytime -
which should also make her a bit of a target but
again... magical use vs. moral use - Harry needs moral
support more than magical support.

Just my 2 knuts :)

Michi

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