Weasley Cullings (Re: Full HBP cover artwork)

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 126936


> -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. 


Hannah:  
Well, doesn't Molly herself say that with all the Weasleys in the 
Order it would be a miracle if they all survived?  I think there'll 
be two or three Weasley deaths over two books - not too many, 
because I don't think JKR would kill that many of them.  I think 
it'll be one parent (not both), one of the twins, and either Bill or 
Charlie.  

Weasley deaths (with the exception of Ron and Ginny) have the 
advantage of being sad without being too distressing for young 
readers.  And virtually everyone in the fandom seems to agree that 
at least one of them dying is inevitable, so I suppose people are 
prepared.

Hannah