Death In OotP/ Books 6 and 7

[Laura <metslvr19@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49066

Danny Tenenbaum wrote:
> > > 
I mean imagine being a 7 year old and having nearly all the 
characters that have been nice to Harry die, one after the other. 
> > >

I don't think that carries any weight, JKR isn't going to say "oh no, 
someone might be upset if I kill off this character."  I believe 
she's already said that she never necessarily intended it to be a 
children's series.  And we have seen the books becoming darker and 
darker...and she intends to write it just the way she wants, crying 
little kids or no. =)

Here are my predictions:

Book 5:
Dumbledore (just WAY too many references in the end of GoF about how 
old he is)
The Creeveys (sorry, they're Muggle-born...)
Arabella Figg (maybe towards the end, though, we still need to learn 
about her...besides, if she ends up as the DADA teacher, she's not 
going to last more than a year, right?...my apologies for making fun 
of death, but it does make some sense)
Fudge (mostly just because he refuses to believe that Voldemort is 
back...so of course that's gonna come back and bite him in the you-
know-what)

Book 6:
Pettigrew (I just can't see Voldemort going through the whole series 
without killing him)
Lupin (unfortunately...he's way too nice, I can't see him making it 
through the whole series)
Igor Karkaroff (a good lesson here...look what happens when you take 
the coward's way out and flee from your mistakes)

Book 7:
Draco and Lucius
Harry (sorry folks, I just see it that way)
Ron (*sniff* how come no one ever predicts Hermione getting killed 
off??  just doesn't see to fit that way, does it? *another sniff*)
Voldemort (ok, I'm definitely taking this one for granted...but with 
JKR, should I really be doing that???)

And of course, random DEs and innocents throughout the next 3 books.  
And I have a strong suspicion that Snape is gonna go...not sure when 
though.  Of course, it will happen just after Harry learns to trust 
him...  

Also, someone (Richelle?) predicted the death of "someone who 
suddenly becomes likable, like Cedric Diggory"  Just to open up a 
whole new topic, I would say that Cedric became likable BECAUSE he 
died, not the other way around.  Well, even more so.  By the end of 
GoF, him and Harry and been through a lot and they had helped each 
other out and worked together...but if he hadn't died, I don't think 
he would be just AS well-liked.

Just a few thoughts.
-Laura