Usual cast of suspects (a few more added)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 120533


Lilyp wrote:
> First, I'd like to notice that when JKR said about new deaths in
> HBP, she didn't say it was a very known character. And of course
> there'll be deaths. There is a war going on. 
> 
> 
moonmyyst replied: 
> In several of the interviews that I have read today, JKR was
supposedly quoted as saying that one of the main characters would die
in this book.  She would not give clues to which one, only that it was
not Harry or LV.
>  
> 

Carol responds:
I think the articles you've read are returning to the idea that one
major character will die, which was thrown out into the public domain
when JKR said on her website that she was going to kill more
characters. But IMO, that was a misreading by reporters not familiar
with her earlier interviews. The actual question was "Are you going to
kill any more characters?" and the actual response was, "Yes. Sorry."
No indication of how many, how major, or which book, but the
implication is that "characters"--plural--will die.

In fact, we've known for some time that there are "more deaths
coming." Deaths, plural. Which probably means that, since the war has
actually begun at last, the deaths will begin in Book 6. And since
we've already lost a character apiece in GoF and OoP, before the war
officially began, I will be very surprised if only one character dies
in HBP.

Unless, of course, you can find a quotation in which Jo herself says
that there will be one, and only one.

Carol