Do we need any more death cases?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 89859

-Neri: 
> But I certainly did not claim it is impossible JKR will kill more 
> major characters. I merely asked: what for?

Because it's been prophesied that Voldemort will rise again, 
"greater and more terrible than ever he was," (PoA ch 16).  What 
was so terrible about Voldemort was that  the people who tried to 
stop him died "horribly" and "no one ever lived once he decided 
ter kill 'em." (PS/SS ch 4.) JKR has to maintain our sense that the 
characters' lives are in jeopardy and that Voldemort is a serious 
threat. Consider that if Sirius hadn't died, the DE's attack on the 
DoM would have been sheer buffoonery.

Lupin's little speech in OOP ch 9 about how Molly shouldn't worry 
because "it isn't like last time" when the Order was being picked 
off one by one gives me the heeby-jeebies. Two of the Order, 
Podmore and Sirius, have been picked off already and the war 
hasn't even gotten under way.

Pippin