Who will it be?

[feumindra]

No: HPFGUIDX 46135

Hello, all!  Found your group through The Leaky Cauldron...and boy, 
am I glad...folks around me are REALLY starting to wonder about me.  
I am probably a more dedicated fan of LOTR, but Rowlings' the only 
other author who had made me actually WORRY about what will happen to 
the hero...the last time I felt that way about a main character 
was...well, when I read LOTR!!!  (I used to read back to back, 
straight through a book until then!!  But in trying to keep up with 
what happens to certain characters, I have been spoiled forever)  I 
don't do that with HP, but after the 4th book, certain 'side' 
characters have become intriguing to me, so I hope I can join 
everyone here in discussing them.  The only other forum I can find 
intelligent discussion is on Khazad-Dhum (my handle is 'esgaroth').  

Anyway, I was a slow starter with the HP phenomenon, and then not too 
certain of it until the 3rd book...by that time, I KNEW I was going 
to be a big fan...I believe I am a bigger fan of it than my 8 yr old 
daughter!

I live in Houston, Texas by the way.

On the 'who will die' conversation, have any of you postulated that 
Rowling's 'special fan' might be Draco Malfoy?  Seems to me that 
Draco is forever seeking Harry out to harass.  Isnt there a 
phenomenon in celebrity fandom where some fans love to hate the 
object of their attention, and express their fandom by making life 
uncomfortable for them???  Maybe I am off base here, but in reading 
the parts where Malfoy goes out of his way to raise Harry's hackles, 
I keep wondering, 'why would Draco care?  Doesn't he have his own 
stuff to do?'  I realize that as a Malfoy, he may have a 'family 
obligation' to oppose Voldemort's Defeater, but I think I like Draco 
as a character to much to believe that he is so single minded and so 
without individuality as to waste his time trying to make life hell 
for Harry.  

I'm just rambling here to jump into the conversation.  Talk with 
everyone soon!!

Sharon Ferguson