Who will it be?

[Liz]

No: HPFGUIDX 46074

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bugaloo37" <crussell at a...> wrote:
> In an interview held while attending the London Premiere,  JKR 
stated 
> for the record that a "bad death" will occur in book 5-one she has 
> found particularly hard to write.  Okay folks-who will it be?  

Although, as you pointed out, it doesn't have to be the death of a 
major character, most of the people that run through my mind are 
major characters.  My gut instinct is that it will be Hagrid to die - 
someone on here once wrote a post about Harry's development, and how 
Hagrid was instrumental to it in the beginnning, but that stage is 
over now, or something like that.  (whoever you are, I'm sure I 
botched your theory. I apologize).  I also (and again I could be 
wrong) seem to remember JKR having a a particular attachment to 
Hagrid.  Besides all that, Hagrid dying would be really, really sad - 
and therefore hard to write, perhaps?  Could whatever it is he and 
Madame Maxime are doing (summoning the giants, or whatever) be so 
dangerous as to be fatal?

Arguments against my gut feeling would be that Hagrid has already 
been in serious danger, with being in Azkahban (can't remember how 
it's spelled and don't have my books handy) and then when Buckbeak 
was on trial (before Buckbeak was on trial, Hagrid thought he would 
fired from being a teacher).  So I don't know if the big peril will 
fall on someone who's already gone through so much in the books.

Another painful, painful idea is in my head.  This one also was 
prompted by an older post on here - what if one of the twins died?  I 
can't think of anything more painful, because they are such a team.  
It would devastate so many people...

What does everyone else think?

Lizbot