Death In OotP

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klingerji wrote:
> Has anyone considered that Dumbledore will be the next one to die?
> In the end of GoF there was a lot of discussion about how tired he
> looked and how old he appeared.
> He would obviously be Volermort's biggest threat and most likely
> to be his first priority.

I have always thought that it is posible that Dumbledore dies (maybe 
not in book 5, but at some point). It seems that when JKR repeats 
something, she is making it clear that what ever she is repeating, 
is a very important clue. Both Hermione and Hagrid have said at some 
point, that as long as Dumbledore lives, Hogwarts is safe (or Harry 
is safe). "As long as Dumbledore lives..." is enough to make me 
think: "No, no, no, he's gonna die. Arghhh". I hate the idea but 
it's possible.

There are also many references to vampires, and so far we don't know 
who it is (I am one who believes Snape is a good choice). Many 
references to poisons (seems Harry is inmune to them, or at least 
has a protection to slow them down).

klingerji wrote:
> Also, it is my theory (although totally unsubstantiated) that JKR
> may has withheld the release of the next book knowing that Richard
> Harris had been sick and antcipating his death. 
> Any opinions? 

No. It would be too cruel to wait for Harris to die, you have to be 
cold-hearted to do that... Anyway PoA filming will start in February 
2003. Book 5 is long away to become a movie and has nothing to do 
with any of the actor's health.

I understand she was rushed by the publishers to finish PoA or GoF 
and she hated that. Also she was very much involved in the filming 
of PS/SS and CoS, she got married, she's pregnant, she has a little 
girl, she wrote the Quidditch and Beasts books, she been promoting 
these books as they are for charity... 

She says that when she was half way through the book she had to 
rewrite everything because she realizaed there was a big plot hole, 
even took out a new character (Ron's female cousin). She's finished 
the book but is double checking all the details. These are very 
complicated books to write, to many details, clues and plots going 
on at the same time. Publishers said that it won't be released 
before June 2003

I am amazed at all she has been doing. I prefer to wait a bit more 
and receive a really good quality book.

The plot thickens...

Happy New Year!!

Sharana