JKR's quote about upcoming deaths & my predictions

[Diana <dianasdolls@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49187

Richelle contributed:
> To quote JKR from a interview after GoF came out (interview by 
Evan from cbc.ca):
> 
> E: Writers often say "I loved that character and the most tragic 
part of my year last year was having to kill them     off."
> JKR: Well, that's coming.  
>E: Do you konw already who is going to die in the next books?
> JKR: I know all of them who are going to die, yeah.
> E: And some characters we might love and you might love?
> JKR: I'm definitely killing people I love, yeah.  It's horrible 
isn't it?  It is actually.  I cried during the writing of that 
>     one (Cedric) for the first time ever.  I cried doing the 
actual writing of it.  It really upset me.
> E: But in the future there's even more. . . 
> JKR: There's worse coming.
> E: Is there?  There's even worse coming, isn't there?
> JKR: I don't know why I'm laughing.   It's mild hysteria.  I've 
got all these children peering at me.  If they knew I 
>     was talking about slaughtering their favorite characters.
 
I find this quote upsetting - not because I think JKR shouldn't 
write HER books the way she wants to write them, but because I can't 
help wondering which wonderful characters she will be killing off 
[okay, okay, *have* Voldemort kill off] in the upcoming books.   I 
fear for my personal favorites, Harry being my most favorite among 
them.  
Her quote may be an exaggeration, but I doubt it.  Our beloved (YES, 
they *are* beloved!) characters are going to war against Voldemort 
and we have only hope that our personal favorites will survive.  

JKR has said Hermione represents herself in the books, so I doubt 
Hermione will die.  Most authors do not kill the projections of 
themselves in their own books.  It does happen, but it's rare.  
Hagrid is a likely candidate to die because JKR has said he is her 
favorite character and she said she is killing people she loves.  
Neville Longbottom and/or Fred or George Weasley may also be 
doomed.  And, as mentioned many times by others, Dennis and/or Colin 
Creevey have bulleyes on them as well.  

As for Sirius, Lupin, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Molly, Arthur 
basically all the adults, it's up in the air for who will scrape 
through the last three books still breathing.  All are likely 
canidates for dying in the war against Voldemort.  The death of 
children in books has always bothered me a great deal more than the 
death of adults, so I'm hoping that if there is heavy casualties, 
that's its adults and not children or teens.  

There are many other characters who may be killed who were once 
integral parts of the books but are not now, such as Oliver Wood, 
for example.  Any of the wizards, witches, and even muggles 
(Hermione's parents maybe?) mentioned in any of the current four 
books will be fair game, so we may be surprised by who is killed off 
in the last three books because we may not have thought about them 
for a while.  

All I know is that I'm probably going to cry while reading about all 
those deaths...sigh...I hate crying while reading.  

Diana