Final body count: my predictions

[ellejir]

No: HPFGUIDX 72875

> The Sergeant Majorette writes:
> 
> Dead--
> Harry, Dumbledore (Book VI), Snape (returns to haunt the dungeon), 
> Molly Weasley (Book VI or early VII), Fudge, one of the Weasley 
> twins, Percy (heroically--he was a spy), Bill Weasley, Blaise 
Zabini 
> (or one other 'good' Slytherin whose name we already know), Hagrid 
> and Dobby (because they're getting tiresome)
> 
> Alive--
> Ginny (Mrs. Neville), Neville, Arthur Weasley (Minister of Magic), 
> Charlie Weasley, Ron, Hermione (Mrs. Ron), Draco Malfoy (poster boy 
> for PTSD; Mr. Hermione, if you kill off Ron; Mr. Ginny if you kill 
> off Neville), Winky (happily bound to the household of the widowed 
> Minister of Magic)
> 

Me:
Heavens!  What a blood-thirsty bunch you all are!  Perhaps I should 
stop letting my seven-year old read the series if the death toll is 
going to reach "Die Hard II" proportions!  (Although, come to think 
of it, he will probably be reading it to *me* in a nursing home if 
the books continue to come out as slowly as the last!)  Here are my 
(wishful) predictions:

Dead --
Lord V (of course)
Snape (tragic, noble, sacrifices self to save Harry, to right past 
wrongs)
Dumbledore (I thought that he was the one going to die in book 5)
Fudge and Percy (will they finally redeem themselves?)
Lupin (too sad, but his life is a bit of a dead end)
Molly Weasley (becoming too much of a nag, IMO)
Dobby (sacrifices self for Harry, etc)
Ron (makes stupid, thoughtless mistake that almost gets *everyone* 
killed, but redeems self by incredibly brave, altruistic act)--(sorry 
to all the Ron-lovers, but he is in the way of my H/H SHIP!)
Most of the Death Eaters including Bellatrix

Alive --
Harry (lays down his life for his friends, but survives -- Phoenix-
like!  At least I hope so!)
Hermione (Mrs. Harry)
All the rest of the Weasleys
Draco (reformed? or in Azkaban?)
Neville and Ginny (happy couple)
Hagrid (unfortunately, IMO--just kidding, just kidding Hagrid-lovers!)
Oliver Wood (I love that guy!  Sorry, movie contamination!)

So there you go! You don't need to wait for the rest of the books!
Elle  (disclaimer -- I have never *once* guessed one of JKR's plot 
twists in advance, so lists *may* be completely reversed!)