Weasley Cullings (Re: Full HBP cover artwork)

[Someone]

No: HPFGUIDX 126924


-p <captivity at g...> wrote:
> I'm banking on the figure on the right being Mrs.Weasley - I can 
> so vividly see the Weasley parents passing on in the next book.  
> I'm from the "the figure on the right is ghostly ie dead" camp and 
> I don't see Ginny shedding this mortal coil in the next book.  As 
> far as keeping the plot rolling, I think that there is room to cut 
> the Weasley parents.


John:
Ooh, take any number of Ron's family; I think the world in general 
could do with a good few less Weasleys. Why would JKR have so many, 
other then to knock off a few of `em and bring Ron into the fray 
personally? The bloke needs his own battles to fight for a change. 


John, sharpening the carving knives in anticipation.