Lupin fans and possible death predictions

[Kristin]

No: HPFGUIDX 26658

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:

> There are interesting, moving deaths in a story, and then there are 
> deaths that are just way too much to take.  Can't we allow for the 
> possibility that some characters can never be killed off?  Like, to 
> use your Star Trek example, the main trio in Star Trek?  If so, can 
> we possibly shoehorn Lupin and Sirius into that category?


Okay I'm the last person who would want to see Remus(especially) or 
Sirius killed off, however. Let's use Star Wars as a better example 
than Star Trek. In SW, the main series of books were becoming a bit 
mundane, you always knew Han, Luke, and Co. were going to come out a 
little battered maybe, but none of them were ever in real danger of 
dying. In the X-wing series characters were introduced that were well 
liked and in some cases they were killed off, however again you knew 
the main *core* characters weren't going to be killed. 

Then came the New Jedi Order series and all bets are off as to who 
will live and who will die. A beloved main supporting character was 
killed in the first book of this series. It makes the whole series a 
little more exciting to read now, because I wonder who might be next. 

I think this is the same for HP. If JKR keeps putting the Trio and 
main supporting characters in danger but, there's no real threat that 
she'll kill them. It will start to make the books a bit mundane. 
We'll say to ourselves: "Oh that was exciting, but I knew in the end 
everyone would be OK."  However if she does kill Remus or Sirius or 
Snape, or whoever of the main characters, it touches us more and the 
books will be more suspenseful. 

Cedric was just a taste of what may be coming in the future. The next 
death is going to *hurt* a lot more, because it's someone that's 
closer to the *inner circle*. I just hope it isn't Remus or Sirius, 
at least not until the end.

Kristin
**Who will be quite heartbroken if Remus goes first**