Which 'fan' will die?

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 38600

Soprano Ham wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to add my $.02. I have heard this bandied
> around and JKR has mentioned it (I believe) in
> interviews. Forgive me if this has been mentioned, but
> the biggest fans of Harry seem to be the little Creavy
> brothers. Colin's role has been increasing steadily.
> So I am going to venture to guess that it may be this
> little cherub who gets the axe.
> 
> Sop

The them "who will die next" has, indeed, been widely discused before 
in this list (ever since JKR offered us that little jewel of 
information). However, I'm always pleased at seeing new points of view: 
the more, the merrier. Obviously, Colin has been considered, since the 
statement "a Harry fan" fits him like a glove. Some people (and by 
that, I mean listees) are, however, mistrustful of this nomination on 
two major basis. Of course, since we're positive thinkers here (none of 
that "It's just impossible": if you want to pull down a theory, you've 
better have one to replace it), the people who disagree have their own 
candidates for the kill. The first idea is that JKR is anything but 
direct when telling things. Up till now, every book has been positively 
drowning in false leeds and misdirections. Some fans feel that JKR is *
always* trying to mislead us and take us down the wrong path, s they 
try to see further and interpret her words to get a different (and 
hopefully, correct) interpretation. If IIRC, Hagrid has been suugested 
as a fan of Harry, as has Cho and Ginny.

The second argument is that Colin is too much of a secondary character, 
thrown in as a comical relief and with little to no dialogue. The fans 
that use this idea say that he's just to unimportant and that JKR is 
thinking of killing someone else -someone who's got lines and who Harry 
knows better (any of the above still fit). The counter-argument is that 
the two times we've been presented with death in the books directly 
(The old man at the beggining of GoF and Cedrid Diggory at the end), 
bith times the deceased was a minor character as well, with short 
lines.

My opinion, subject to change in this matter easily if heavy arguments 
are used, is that Colin is doomed. JKR doesn't seem to like killing 
major characters (she's only talked of ONE death who "will be very 
painful to write", near the end which I believe is going to be Ron).

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf