"die, ron, die"

[Hitomi]

No: HPFGUIDX 92249

Susanne wrote: 
> Well, seeing the smilie she put at the end of her reply, I
> suspect she finds something about Ron's future (career?) funny, 
and isn't
> planning on killing him.
> 
> Otherwise, I'd hope she wouldn't find in herself to smile,
> when thinking of Ron's demise.
> 
> She also brings up Ron of her own accord several times, even
> when he isn't mentioned in the actual question (the one
> about Hermione and Viktor, and there were a couple more that
> I can't think of right now), which makes me hope...
 
Hitomi:
I think she's just joking, because there is also this quote from an 
interview in Time Magazine:

"It's great to hear feedback from the kids. Mostly they are really 
worried about Ron. As if I'm going to kill Harry's best friend. What 
I find interesting is only once has anyone said to me, "Don't kill 
Hermione," and that was after a reading when I said no one's ever 
worried about her. Another kid said, "Yeah, well, she's bound to get 
through O.K." They see her as someone who is not vulnerable, but I 
see her as someone who does have quite a lot of vulnerability in her 
personality. Hermione is me, near enough. A caricature of me when I 
was younger. I wasn't that clever. But I was that annoying on 
occasion. Girls are very tolerant of her because she is not an 
uncommon female type--the little girl who feels plain and hugely 
compensates by working very hard and wanting to get everything just 
so."

So, no, I don't think JKR will be cruel enough to take out Ron, 
especially considering Harry's reaction when he sees the boggart as 
a dead Ron in the Black Manor (when Molly is trying to get rid of 
it).

Anyway, there's my opinion. ;)

~ Hitomi