Books 6 & 7 - tragedy or triumph?

[pcaehill2]

No: HPFGUIDX 107248

caspenzoe wrote:
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> You have some very fascinating ideas Hans. However, I think you are
> over-applying them. Ron and Hermione will not be decapitated in 
>any literal sense. 

Hans replied:
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> But the point of all this is: to be able to deliver the bombshell 
>there's going to have to be some pretty earth-shattering things 
>happening at the end. There are going to have to be deaths and 
>shocking events. Only then will the story have any impact on a 
>humanity bogged down in doubt and despair. However I feel sure, as 
>does Jen Reese, that there will be no gratuitous violence. 

and Pam adds her 2 cents:
Well, I do agree with caspenzoe, in that the alchemical metaphor may 
be present, but I'm not convinced it is woven so thoroughly 
throughout the story, nor as "point-by-point" as Hans believes.  
However, I did think of 2 "bloodless" decapitation possibilities:

1) Having one's head "stuck" in the fireplace when communicating via 
Floo powder (as Umbridge nearly caught Sirius--I'm still not sure 
what could have happened if she'd actually grabbed hold of his head--
could she have pulled the rest of him thru the Floo system and into 
her office?)
2) "Splinching" or incomplete apparation.