Defending Mundungus' Death (WAS: Mundungus Will Bite the Bullet in Book 5)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 46139

the5thmarauder wrote (in response to my theory that Mundungus 
Fletcher will be the Book 5 death):

> 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.  

and Pip!Squeak wrote (in her post summarizing likely death 
candidates):

> Mundungus Fletcher: Who? Would you care? Would I care? Would JKR 
> care?

Me again:

OK, I'll admit Mundungus is a bit far-fetched (but you have to give 
me credit for an original idea!).  But while we don't care about him 
now, it's possible that we may care about him in Book 5, if JKR tells 
us more about him in Book 5 the way she told us more about Cedric in  
Book 4.  And I think Mundungus *was* part of an era - he's part of 
the "old crowd" that Dumbledore calls together at the end of GoF, 
which implies that he helped to fight Voldemort during his first 
reign of terror.  And if Dumbledore is now summoning him to help 
fight Voldemort again, it's possible he'll be in the line of fire and 
possibly killed in the process.

Pip!Squeak again:

> Voldemort. Well, what do YOU think?

Me again:

Harry will kill Voldemort in Book 7.  No doubt in my mind.

~Phyllis