Mundungus Will Bite the Bullet in Book 5 (WAS: Who will it be?)

[the5thmarauder]

No: HPFGUIDX 46130

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "erisedstraeh2002" 
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> bugaloo37 challenged us thusly:
> 
> > 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?  
> 
> Now me:
> 
> Well, I can't resist the urge to deposit my two knuts into the 
bag.  
> What if it's a la Cedric - a character that's just been mentioned 
in 
> passing in the earlier books that takes on a bigger role in Book 5 
> and then gets the axe in the end?  This would actually make more 
> sense to me than killing off one of the main characters when there 
> are two books left to go in the series.
> 
> So, on this premise, a likely candidate could be Mundungus 
Fletcher.  
> He's been mentioned in passing in CoS and in GoF, and JKR said in 
an 
> interview that we'll learn more about him in OoP.  So my vote's 
for 
> Mundungus (plus, I believe Mundungus is a kind of tripe, and JKR 
has 
> said that tripe's the only food she won't eat, so it would make 
sense 
> for her to kill him off if he reminds her of a horrid food...).
> 
> ~Phyllis

Excuse me if I sound confused, I just joined your group.  

I disagree, I don't think that Mundungus Fletcher will be killed in 
book five.  She has said at the London Premire of CoS that the 
murder was very hard to write, it was also sited in an interview 
located on the HPGalleries site that the murder was an "end of an 
era."  Fletcher was not part of an era.  It is more likely that 
Hagird is the one to get the 'axe.'  For a number of reasons.

1. Hagrid is not central to the main plot of Harry's quest to defeat 
the Dark Lord Voldemort.  If you were to take Hagrid out of the 
plot, nothing would change other than Harry's broken heart.

2. Dumbledore asked for Hagrid to help in getting the Giants on 
their side, as well as Madam Maxine, in GoF.  It is likely that 
Voldemort will kill him when he tries to gain alliances with the 
Giants.

3.  One of JKR's favorite characters is Hagrid.  This would be why 
it is so horrible to write.

4. Hagrid is a father figure to Harry, even Rita Skeeter pointed 
that out to Harry.  JKR doesn't seem to want Harry to have a father, 
for Sirius is also still on the run.  Hagrid, however, is an easy 
target.

--The5thmarauder