Weasley Cullings

[mfterman]

No: HPFGUIDX 127010


I don't know how many Weasleys we're going to have killed off. Too
many would lose the impact after a while. I figure one is almost a
certainty, whereas two is possible and three is pushing it.

1. Percy
His death would fill the rest of the family with an extreme amount of
guilt. Why Voldemort would have him killed is somewhat difficult to
imagine, unless they tried to turn him and killed him when he refused
to accept their offer of power. Still, it would be a powerful
motivation for the rest of the Weasley family to strike against
Voldemort afterwards. Even Harry would be impacted.

2. Fred or George
Would certainly make the surviving twin much more grim, and having one
of the cheerful Weasley brothers killed would make for a very dark
note indeed in the books.

3. Arthur
His death would be devastating, as the near miss in book five
indicated. For sheer power in some ways he's even stronger than Fred
or George but the twins have numbers on him.

As for the others, Bill and Charlie are too remote presences, on the
flip side their deaths would do little to disrupt the narrative.
Still, the above are my favorite candidates.

-mfterman