Another death?

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 115213


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo <owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
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> jcb54me <ejblack at r...> wrote:
> Just ran across a report on the news that Rowlings says another character is going to die 
in the Half-Blood Prince.  Has anyone else heard of this or is it old news to everyone but 
me.
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> owlery2003 replied:
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> You know, I just saw that too, on a Headline News trailer, just a quick little blurb. 
Dashed to the Lexicon, but no mention there. Of course it's hardly a surprise, and there's 
been mention of further deaths, but this sounded recent, and I'd love to know the context 
for the item. I refuse to contemplate one of the trio being killed, particularly since there 
are so many other fine candidates - Molly and Percy come to mind. It also might be that 
Dumbledore is removed from the plot by the end of book six (reminiscent of Obi Wan 
Kenobi). This would be the most dramatic death, of a central figure, "the only one You 
Know Who really fears," leaving Harry on his own for the first time to chart the course 
toward the final showdown.
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Antosha:

On her website, in the FAQ section "About the Books", JKR answers the question "Are you 
going to kill any more characters?" with "Yes. Sorry."

To be honest, I don't think any of us here find that to be much of a shock. Having ramped 
up the violence in the two most recent books, it would have been shocking had the peril 
and consequences not continued to build.

If one (or more) of the Trio dies, I feel fairly certain it will happen in the last book. 
Otherwise, everything will be off-kilter for volume 7, and we'll spend the entire book 
mourning the lost friend(s). Bad enough to be mourning one or more of the other 
Weasleys (if it's Ginny, I'll be... annoyed--the kid's already been through hell), or Remus, 
or Snape (if he becomes DADA prof), or my personal 'favorite' candidate for a book 6 
death, Dumbledore. (I think the time has come for Harry to save the day without the DD 
cavalry riding in. For book 7, he'll need to be working without a net.)

Thinking about this, I have a prediction: DD for DADA professor in book 6, and Snape to 
fill the accursed post in the last book.