How hard would it be. . .(was: Re: who is gonna die?)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 53852

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:
> Risti:
> 
> > Voldemort knows he can't touch 
> > Harry when he's with his relatives... So let's get rid of the 
> > relatives.  Back in that fateful Oprah interview that kid did say 
> > that JKR told him something about the wizarding world mixing with 
the 
> > muggle world because of Voldemort.  You want to talk about 
> > character's out living their plot purposes?  It's pretty obvious 
that 
> > with Voldemort back in town, he won't wait all patient like for 
Harry 
> > to have a miserable summer off from adventure.

 Lynda:
 
> I really like your reasoning here, and it works well from many 
aspects.  
> Harry will be "set adrift" without the protection he had from those 
relatives 
> (whatever protection they were for him).  The people who care about 
Harry 
> will feel badly that he's lost his last living relatives and all 
they ever 
> said or thought about those people were bad things.  Harry will 
have to face 
> the fact that he resented them, even hated them, all those years, 
and 
> probably deservedly so -- but since Harry is such a decent person 
at heart, 
> he will probably feel guilty for not having done a better job of 
getting 
> along with them (despite the fact there was no way on Earth he 
COULD get 
> along with them, and he realizes that too -- an endless circle of 
frustration 
> and guilt).  The flaw in this analysis is that they aren't fans of 
Harry's.  

Well, though "a fan of Harry's will die" - well, the 'fan' won't be a 
Dursley, but that doesn't mean they can't die as "something 
surprising about Dursleys". Harry finding kind emotions upon their 
death would be a surprise, and he also might find something magical 
that was his Mom's (a seven-lock trunk, including letters from Seer!
Lily to her son, Sirius & Dumbledore, as well as a plan to get Sirius 
free! - for some reason I've imagined Dursleys having it in a place 
where Harry's not allowed (attic) or something else).

Also, there's probably going to be quite a *lot* of dying in OOP, but 
I doubt Sirius or Ron - but what about Hermione? She *has* been the 
one helping Harry to learn, but if Sirius gets free, he'll do that. 
Or McGonagall - she might get close to Harry and die. Or Dobby, who 
gives his life for Harry. (and Voldemort won't repeat his error!)

-- Finwitch