Fleur in 5th book

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 49432

Suze:
>Forgive my potential foolery in this, my first post, as I'm not 
>certain as to what the consensus is on the issue, but what is thought 
>to be the role, if any, of Fleur Delacour in the 5th book?  And if 
>she does indeed turn out to be the 5th DADA teacher, what do people 
>think of the possibility of her being the second Triwizard champion 
>to die in as many books?
>
>Her final appearence in GoF provides, I think, enough canonical 
>evidence to put her in the frame;
>"We will see each uzzer again, I 'ope" shows that she is fan of 
>Harry, as well as her gratitude after he "saved" Gabrielle, and "I 
>am 'oping to get a job 'ere, to improve my Eenglish" is what I am 
>guessing has been cited before as an indicator of Fleur's presence in 
>the next book.

I /really/ dislike the theory that Fleur is going to be the new DADA teacher. The idea of someone graduating and going on to a full-fledged teaching job sets off MAJOR qualms in me, despite the fact that there isn't a wizard university. I still should think a person would have to be older and more qualified for the job. Fleur couldn't even handle grindylows.

Not to say that we won't be seeing her again, especially since she said she wanted to return. But I'd really be disappointed to see her in the DADA position.

Suze:
>The one loose thread in my argument is that I can't see how Fleur's 
>(or Figg's) deaths would be horrible to write, but then again JK 
>Rowling has 38 chapters to build those emotional ties up, and we all 
>know how quickly she can change our opinions about characters, 
>through our experience of Scabber's unveiling to be Wormtail.

Do note that she said horrible to /write/, not horrible to /read/. J.K. Rowling also said she died while writing Cedric's death, while many (if not most) people couldn't really care, because his character had not been sufficiantly explored. But from a writing perspective, it's very different. Rowling knows so much more about all the characters than we do and she obviously feels it's very hard killing someone that she has created.

--Taryn

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