Cedric's death

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 13365

It really goes to show you how much being in or out of the hype loop 
affects your reading of the books.  I hadn't heard any of JKR's dark 
hints before reading GF, so I had no particular expectation that 
anyone was going to die.  When it comes to 5, it will be very 
different because I've heard all her warnings.

I thought his death was important, not so much to the plot (though 
that remains to be seen) or V's character development (he's done 
worse), but to Harry's character development.  Judging from the final 
chapters, I think it affected him even more than seeing his parents, 
at least in the short term.

Amy Z

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Crabbe and Goyle chuckled trollishly.
             -HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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