Who will die?

[three_sickles_short <three_sickles_short@hotmail.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52100

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rona Patterson 
<rona_patterson at y...> wrote:
>  
>  Pepsiboy  said:
> 
> As much as I hate to say this, but I believe Mr. Weasley to be the 
one to
> die.  He's the patriarch to the whole Weasley clan, he has an almost
> child-like fascination with muggles and anything muggle-like (plugs,
> anyone?), Lucius absolutely hates him for those reasons and 
others,  and I
> believe Voldemort knows the tension that may exist between him and 
Fudge
> (since Fudge is so blind to V's rise).  Anyway, my thoughts...
> 
> -Pep
> 
> 
> ME:
> 
> I think that Mrs. Weasley will be the next to go.  I was thinking 
that she is the reason the family is so together.  She is the one who 
enforces the rules and without her the family will go down.  I think 
that Voldemrt knows how much Harry cares for her and that will be the 
motivation behind this murder.  Fudge is blind because he is going to 
be found among the Death Eaters(my theory).  And I think that Fudge 
knew abouth Voldemort all the time. 
> 
> Rona 

It's funny, the different things we all see when we look in our 
crystal balls.  ;-)  

I expect Arthur to live long enough to become Minister for Magic, 
which is to say that I expect him to survive the series.  (The Muggle 
fascination would, in this case, turn out to foreshadow the improved 
wizard/Muggle relations that occur during his time in office rather 
than foreshadowing death at the hands of Voldemort and his Pureblood 
Posse.)  I'm expecting Molly to live, too, though I can't articulate 
why--just a gut feeling.  Harry's already lost one mum, and I don't 
think JKR is going to kill his second one.  My money is on Percy for 
the Dead!Weasley; he can die heroically redeeming himself after he 
sides with Fudge and is a general prat in Book 5 and beyond.  

As for Fudge, I don't think he's smart enough to be a Death Eater.  
(Yes, I know ... Crabbe I and Goyle I are clear evidence that DEs 
don't have to be the brightest porch lights on the block, but 
still.)  I think he really is as dumb and clueless as he seems.  His 
role in the grand scheme, I expect, is to serve as proof that failing 
to act against evil can be as catastrophic as intentionally doing 
evil yourself.

As for Book 5 deaths, I'm betting on Hagrid.  Here's my wacky 
theory:  I think JKR is, on some level, tuned in to what her 
characters want for themselves.  Hagrid wouldn't want to outlive 
Dumbledore.  Just as Harry has already lost one mum, Hagrid has 
already lost one dad, and he doesn't need to lose another.  So I 
think Rowling may "let" him die before Dumbledore, perhaps even in 
the act of saving Dumbledore's life.  And, since I expect Dumbledore 
to buy the farm in Book 6 (because we all know what happens to wise 
old mentors), that leaves Hagrid as the Big Death in Book 5.

In addition, one of the few things we know from That Card is that 
someone that JKR loves will die.  And we know she loves Hagrid.  Of 
course, she also loves Lupin, and Dumbledore, and Ron, and Hermione, 
and bunches of other folks, so that in itself is hardly conclusive.  
But that's my theory, and I'm stickin' to it ... at least until June 
21.  ;-)

TSS