Coupla questions - spoilers, predictions and general confusion

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No: HPFGUIDX 47448

Something that has been sitting ill with me as I read all these 
DISHWASHER ruminations...

Does anyone else see Cedric cast in the role of the red-shirted crew 
member? I mean, befor GoF came out there was all this to-do about one 
of the characters dying. I got to the end and I was like.... that's 
it? It's HIM?

And sure, he was a nice guy and everything and I understand how his 
death impacts everyone at the school and in the WW, but... really. It 
seems like the REASON he was such a nice guy was so that we would care 
more when Rowling killed him off!

Anyway, this kind of ties into DISHWASHER in light of the debates as 
to whether Dumbledore is complicit in the deaths of (among others, 
perhaps!) Cedric and Bertha. I'll warn you in advance, this is a meta-
narrative perspective, meant a bit tongue-in-cheek, so take that into 
consideration. As the story continues to unfold over the course of 
several books, we /continue/ to have rising action - not just in each 
book, but in the story arc as a whole. This means that each conflict 
must be more and more significant. There must be more at stake. From 
this perspective, given the life and death struggles that have already 
been established as backstory in the books, someone has to die.

Dumbledore is just a poor victim of circumstance. He can't help that 
the series sold so well that Rowling wrote a fourth book that 
continued the story and demanded higher conflict!

Incidentally, if we follow this train of thought a bit further it 
stands to reason that there will be more casualties in the books to 
come. Me, I'm pretty sure Dumbledore has been marked with the bloody 
thumbprint... and I'm betting on Snape or Draco as well.

Also, I'm wondering if "Insta-VaporMort" is canon or fanon. 

And last but not least, does anyone know offhand of any examples of 
scenes in the book that are written from the perspective of a /
character/ other than Harry? I know there are some scenes written in 
3rd-person omniscient, but not sure about otherwise.

That's all. Thank you, everyone.

- C.K.
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