Who will die?

[Tom Wall <thomasmwall@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52156

Oooh, I just think that it's *amazing* how everyone draws different 
conclusions from the text. 

Personally, I'm not worried about any of the Weasleys dying, except 
that I can see Percy and/or one of the twins taking it hard. I could 
even buy that Charlie/Bill might die too, since they seem somehow 
more likely to get in the way of an attack because they're full-
fledged adults, but I sort of think that Arthur, Molly, Ron and Ginny 
are good as gold and totally safe, just IMHO.

JKR's said in interviews that she knows who's gonna die already, and 
all I can do is guess. 

So, aside from students (and given Cedric, there are just so many 
weird possibilities with students dying that I can't even begin to 
imagine what she's going to do) I think that in the adult world, 
Dumbledore's definitely toast at some point for simple plot reasons, 
along with Lupin. IMHO, I think I'll start bawling when Lupin kicks 
it, 'cause I really love his character, and he's always so pleasant 
and cheerful. But I'm almost certain he's gonna go.

For some reason, I just think that Hagrid's safe. I can't explain 
why... but maybe because *everyone* loves him so much. I mean, why 
would Voldemort bother trying to kill him? Hagrid, IMHO, isn't much 
of a threat to Voldemort's cause, really, unless you consider the bit 
with the giants. Oh well - I just can't see it... probably for the 
same reason that I can't see either of the Weasley parents getting it.

Sirius is another - I mean, I just think that he's okay because 
Harry's already lost the rest of his family sans Dursleys. I don't 
think that she'd kill off Sirius too - although he could get 
permanently maimed or hurt in some way.

I think that Snape is totally, 100% safe. I can't figure it out, but 
I just do. McGonagall seems likely to be offed, but I'd say that both 
Lupin and Dumbledore seem *more* likely, IMHO.

I'm going on the premise of at least one major adult death in each 
book from here to the end, and students along with that in numbers 
that I couldn't really speculate on.

So, I'll venture: Lupin, Dumbledore, McGonagall.

-Tom, who just finished rereading GoF and who *still* is totally 
shocked when Cedric dies, except that now it's worse because now he 
knows it's coming and before he was just completely taken aback.