Do we need any more death cases?

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 89936

Massive snippage>

> > Neri:
> > OK, I do seem to remember that JKR said in some interview that 
> there 
> > will be many people dying. But I think this was before GoF, 
wasn't 
> > it?


> > Taryn:
> > No, that interview was post-GoF. You can take a look here:
 
 
> Neri again:
> I stand corrected. But if she actually didn't say "many", then 
Sirius 
> and a couple of secondary characters will qualify. Hopefully.

Marianne chimes in:

One other thing to consider, other than JKR's vague mention about 
upcoming deaths is her quote about needing to be "ruthless" as a 
writer.  (Was this the Katy Couric interview?) When she talked about 
walking into her kitchen crying because she had just written Sirius' 
death scene, her husband asked her what was wrong.  She told him why 
she was so upset and he said something like "Well, if it upsets you 
so much, don't kill him off."

Her response was that an author has to be ruthless when writing 
children's books.  I take that to mean that she doesn't believe that 
children should be talked down to or should have their stories all 
prettied up with everything coming out okay in the end.  And if JKR's 
world has indeed entered a war, then she had to kill off major 
characters in order to be true to her ruthlessness.  She can't simply 
bump off nameless people or people who've earned hardly more than a 
mention in the story.  Putting in people like Emmeline Vance merely 
to turn them into Vmort victims to let us know there's a war going on 
somewhat cheapens the message, IMO.  

I don't think she'll kill people off just to yank our emotional 
chains. At least, I hope not. Nor do I want to see another death 
written in to let me know that death is sudden and arbitrary. I got 
that message already. But, I think she fully intends to kill off 
other major characters and I think she will use the deaths to advance 
the plot.  Just think of all those folks who want to see Snape go out 
with a blaze of murdered glory, proving once and for all what a noble 
sort he is. Or think of a character who may be pursuaded to give up 
some information to the DEs in a futile effort to protect someone 
they care about, only to see that blow up in their face.  

And, of course, let's not forget the Hero's Journey bit - Dumbledore 
will have to die to finally free Harry to face his destiny. I've 
always figured that one reason there are so many Weasleys is that JKR 
can bump off a few in the upcoming battles. I see Weasleys with 
bull's-eyes painted on their backs...

Marianne