Mountains=the "new place" ?

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> Well, even IF we take for granted SOMEONE's going to die, I don't 
see 
> why you assume it's going to be Hagrid. You would need to be more 
> specific about that. (Of course, I don't like the idea of him 
dying, 
> that's obvious.) If GoF is anything to go on, I feel it more likely 
> that some minor character is going to be the victim, anyway. After 
> all, Cedric, on second thoughts, seems to have been invented for 
the 
> only pupose to get killed off. Anyway, if it was book 7 we're 
talking 
> about, it would seem more likely that some of the major characters 
> are in for it, but definitely not book 5.
> However, I fully agree with you that "Giant Land" would be an 
> interesting place to see. 
 
hiya!
 I'm sorry, I don't have access to any specific JKR quotes right now, 
but I  believe in a interview, she said that in book 5 she will have 
to incorporate a death that will be very hard to write. Like you, I 
am a Hagrid fan, and I really hope that it won't be him that dies. 
However, when listing her favorite characters, JKR consistantly names 
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, and Lupin (in various order). I don't 
know about the Trio dying in general, but I don't think that any of 
them will die before book 7 (IMO)--for continuity reasons, more than 
anything. Between Lupin and Hagrid, however, I personally think that 
Hagrid has had much more on-screen time than Lupin, and also has a 
more important place in Harry's heart than Lupin. JKR has given 
Hagrid a specific role in Book 5, in terms of contacting the giants, 
which means that he will have to be present somehow.  Hagrid's 
importance and death is only my personal take on the plot of book 5/ 
Hopefully I'm wrong and Harry's next Big Fan to die will be another 
Cedric type, like Colin Creevy, or someone similar. I just think that 
Cedric's death was a way of raising the stakes, so readers will be 
prepared for a more significant death like Hagrids (which, in turn 
will raise the stakes again, to prepare us for a death like Hermione 
or Dumbledore). I think that this post is probably awfully muddled, 
but I hope I've gotten my point across!
cheers, 
acbed99 (who really should be revising for her lectures right now!)