Weasley Cullings (Re: Full HBP cover artwork)

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 126949


> Tonks wrote:
> 
> I am not so sure about that. When I thought that Arthur was the 
one  that was going to die I screamed right out loud.. "She can't do 
that  to the children of the world!!!"   Killing off a parent, 
especially  one with such a large family, no.. no.. I say... no!!  
Of course she  did say that she didn't care if she had any friends 
left at the end. 
> I was sure that if she had killed Arthur that there would have 
been  a backlash of fans.  How could Molly have ever managed with no 
work  stills, etc. 
> 
> I can see that JKR might kill Bill or Charley and get away with 
it,  or maybe even Percy now that she has painted him in a bad 
light, but  I don't think she can get away with killing the parents 
or anyone  else.  Or I am getting depressed already!! I know, I 
know, a couple  of deaths does not a war make. ;-(  Better take my 
blood preasure 
> meds when I start reading the next book.

Hannah:  Well, she's got to kill some people.  Now, so far the only 
characters we've really known that have died are Cedric and Sirius.  
When she killed Cedric, I must admit, I thought 'well, she wimped 
out on that one.'  After all, she'd told us it was going to be a 
major character, and a lot of fans were guessing Hagrid, Ron, 
Hermione... no one even considered someone who had only been 
mentioned briefly twice in POA.  Not really a major character.

But then she killed Sirius, who in some ways *was* a parent, at 
least to Harry.  And I would consider him to be a major character.  
She's not afraid to kill main characters.  Also, JKR has already 
addressed the issues of dead and permanently insane parents... I 
don't think she'd stop at killing either Molly or Arthur (but not 
both, because I do think that would be too much).

I don't personally believe that JKR will kill any of the trio, or 
the other principal children, though I know a lot of people 
disagree.  But anyone else, unfortunately, is fair game.  And bear 
in mind that JKR herself seems to be most fond of Lupin and Hagrid, 
not the Weasley parents.  If it came to a choice, I reckon she'd let 
Arthur have a hero's death rather than killing one of them.

Just my opinion.  Don't get depressed, though, Tonks.  I don't think 
the books will have a sad ending, I reckon it'll be upbeat.

Hannah