deaths, Ginny's fate

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No: HPFGUIDX 33158

Lucy Austin wrote:
> > But I'm still very nervous that she's going to be killed off - 
> someone reassure me please?? I've heard there will be a death 
> involving a fan of Harry, and one that will crucify JKR to write, 
and 
> that Ginny will get more of a mention in OoP. I keep thinking 
> Harry will notice her, but then she'll die, forcing him to 
> re-examine death etc in the light of the death of his girlfriend. 
> Help!!<<

pippin_999 wrote:
>   Are we sure that the death of Harry's fan and the death that will 
> half-kill JKR are the same one? 

I write:
I don't think that the fan who dies is the same as the death that
will be hard to write *unless* the fan is a favorite character. I 
think the death that will be hard to write will be one of JKR's 
favorite characters. I did a search for her favorite characters and 
the characters who show up most are Lupin, Hagrid and the trio. Here 
are the results of my search listed as Q and A:

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Q: Who's your favorite character besides Harry Potter? 
A: It's very hard to choose. It's fun to write about Snape
because he's a deeply horrible person. Hagrid is someone I'd
love to
meet. 

Q: Ms. Rowling, which character besides Harry is your favorite, and 
why? 
A: I think that would have to be Hagrid -- but I love Ron and
Hermione too, and I also love writing characters like Gilderoy 
Lockhart, Snape, the Dursleys... it's such fun doing horrible things 
to them. 

Q: Who is your favorite character in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's 
Stone? 
A: Harry himself, of course, but also Ron, Hermione and Hagrid...then 
there's Dumbledore.... I love all of them, to be honest, even Dudley. 

Q: Will we be seeing Lupin anytime soon? 
A: Yes, Harry will be seeing Lupin again. He's another of my
favourite characters. 

Q: What is your favorite Harry book so far? 
A: ...I was looking forward to writing the third book from the start 
of the first because that's when Professor Lupin appears, and he is 
one of my favorite characters in all seven books. 

Q: What is your favorite part of the (Harry Potter) story? 
A: In (Prisoner of) Azkaban, Professor Remus Lupin was one of my 
favorite characters. 

Q: Who is your favorite character? 
A: I love, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, and Professor Lupin. 

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I don't think any of character above could be considered a "fan",
with the exception of possibly Hagrid. I see a fan being someone like 
Colin, Dobby, or Ginny. 

As for Ginny's fate:
I don't know if Ginny is going to live or die. Her death might move 
the Weasleys into one big badass fighting machine, and I think V (or 
Fudge for that matter) would be making a grave mistake going after
the Weasleys. I wouldn't want to go up against 8 Weasleys! I would be
very sad for the Weaselys if they lost any one in the family. I think 
it is likely that they will lose a member, but I think it might be 
Percy, not Ginny.

I haven't shut the door on her and she has room to grow. I hope she 
grows on me in the next book, cause I like the Weasleys. She just 
doesn't trip my trigger at this point, and I feel she's incredibly 
under-developed.

-Katze