[HPforGrownups] Re: Imperious/Twin's Next Prank

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 42729

Lilac writes:

> <chuckle, chuckle> Ah, those rambunctious twins! I look forward to their
pranks as well. However, this post reminded me of a nagging fear I've been
having for some time...that either Fred or George will die in book 5. They
are both fans from the beginning (in fact, they are the *first* ones to
discover that he is The Harry Potter in book 1). But the fact that there are
two of them and that they are so much alike, plus there is that Weasley
family clock that says "mortal peril", tells me it might be one of them. If
it is, maybe JKR's reasoning is that because they are twins, this
main-character death might be a little more tolerable because the dead
twin's legacy will live on in the living twin. Of course, I hope I am wrong.
The rest of the series woudn't have very much comic relief.

I think a Weasley will die, too, or else what would be the point of JKR
showing us the clock?  Whether it's a twin or not, I'm not sure.  There was
that time they bewitched the snowballs to bounce off the back of Quirrell's
turban, which means they were bouncing off Voldemort!  I could about imagine
that if one of the twins dies, the other one goes on with their joke shop
idea, maybe name it after the deceased twin and keep his legacy alive.

The more I read interviews with JKR, I wonder who all will die?  She has
implied that a good many people will die, but who will it be?  Surely a lot
of the people won't even be at Hogwarts, as that is the "safe house."  Older
people?  Older Weasleys perhaps?  Who will be out fighting Voldemort this
time around?  People like Lupin?  Sirius?

Richelle