Who will it be?

[bruinfan1988]

No: HPFGUIDX 46124

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "aja_1991" <aja_1991 at y...> wrote:
> --- 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?  
> While 
> > you are thinking-here is a fact to consider:  JKR stated 
> previously 
> > that the writing of Cedric's death in book 4 was very traumatic 
> for 
> > her.  This has led me to believe that writing any death is 
> difficult 
> > for JKR.  I guess what I am saying is:  a "bad death" does not 
> > necessarily signal the death of a major character-just a 
thought.  
> > But even so-who do you think it is?

I tend to agree with those who think Hagrid might be the one to die, 
given that: 1) he's been portrayed as relatively harmless, bumbling 
and very trusting, and therefore may be less able to protect himself 
and less on guard, 2) his great "what's coming will come and there's 
no use worrying about it" line, which, if he died would certainly be 
dredged up, 3) the effect on Harry, who would lose a surrogate big 
brother/father, first friend, etc. and feel incredibly guilty, 4) the 
fact that Hagrid's very niceness and decency would contrast sharply 
with the evilness of his killer, 5) he's a huge fan/supporter of 
Harry's, so would fit within the "big fan" hint, 6) JKR is on record 
that he's one of her favorites, so his death would be hard for her to 
write, personally, as well as hard to write from Harry's perspective, 
7) as others have pointed out, Robbie Coltrane was only cast for five 
movies (despite being JKR's first choice for the role of Hagrid and 
other adult actors being signed for all seven), and, despite that, 
has said (as I recall) he'll be around as long as his character is 
and has indictated that JKR has told him what the future holds for 
Hagrid, and 8) the last scene of the SS movie seems to emphasize that 
home to Harry, at least to an extent, is where Hagrid is (feeding 
into point 3 above, with the added benefit of possible JKR-influenced 
movie foreshadowing).

Having said all that, I think it would be very interesting to see the 
effect on the relationship between Ron and Harry if a Weasley was 
killed.  I'm sure Harry would think it was all his fault--and I'm not 
sure how I think Ron would react.  And I think that Mrs. Weasley (or, 
possibly Mr. Weasley) is the most likely Weasley candidate, because 
of the "big fan" clue.

bruinfan