Re Sirius and Molly (Was: Harry and the chocolate egg)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 89790

-> The Sergeant Majorette says
> 
> That's exactly why I thought Molly would be the one to die in Book V. 
> Sirius didn't really seem important enough for all the hype. And 
> really, his death scene wasn't all that traumatic, compared to, say, 
> Cedric's; not to mention the fact that the Blacks, being purebloods, 
> probably aren't *right*. Sirius' behaviour is Psych 101 bipolar: if 
> he had lived, his symptoms would have gotten out of control.
> 
> I think Molly will die before the series ends, and both the fact and 
> the manner of her death will be gut-wrenching.
> 
> Not looking forward to it, at all, and I sure wouldn't mind being 
> wrong.
> 
> --JDR

Carol:

I think Sirius's mental or emotional instability is the result of his
twelve years in Azkaban, not his status as a pureblood. However
arrogant and ewckless he was as a boy, he wasn't bipolar. Also isn't
Molly also a pureblood? My impression is that Mrs. Black calls the
Weasleys "blood traitors" because of their association with
Muggle-borns like Hermione and "half-bloods" like Harry rather than
because they've married outside the pureblood families. (I'm not sure
how she knows that they're not purebloods, but Draco implies in GoF
that the DEs will recognize Hermione on sight as a Muggle-born, and
Tom Riddle also seems to know when he chooses the basilisk's victims
in CoS.)

As for Molly's death, I think it's more likely that her boggart will
prove prophetic. I'm pretty sure that more than one son will
die--maybe Charlie in Book 6 given his dangerous profession but
someone we know more about and feel closer to in Book 7. I'm betting
on Percy, but maybe it will be the twins. (Can you see JKR killing one
twin and letting the other live? That would be the ultimate cruelty to
them both.) Watch out for that clock in the hallway. More than one
hand will point to "mortal peril."

Carol