Flitwick dead?

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 127284


Hannah originally:> 
> "...Flitwick's genetic composition has been relegated to the very 
back  
> of my mind over the *six* novels in which he features..." 
(emphasis  
> mine)
> 
> Six books?  He's been in them all so far, so that  suggests to me 
that 
> he'll be dead by the end of HBP.  Maybe that  indicates some kind 
of 
> attack on Hogwarts, in which other teachers  (including DD) die.  
That 
> could be what she's getting at in her  rather ominous 'some people 
won't 
> like this'  message.

> Chancie replied:
>  
> I don't think that JKR statement on Flitwick means he will die...  
Do  you 
> expect her to say "well I didn't really have a place to put his  
background
> in the books this far, and I doubt I'll have room in the 7th, 
so..."   That's 
> not her!  She's not going to give away who's going to die/or not  
die! 
> It wouldn't make since for her to say something about book 7 when 
she
> hasn't even started on that yet.  Not saying that he won't die in  
HBP,
> I just don't think her statement can be considered a clue, or at 
lest  not
> IMO.

Hannah:  It may not be a clue, of course, but it's just the way 
she's phrased it, specifically the line 'that he's featured in.'  
Why not say 'the six books so far' or 'the six books I've written?'  
Or simply 'the six books' or just 'the books.'  Adding, 'that he's 
featured in' alters the meaning, IMO, to suggest that he *isn't* 
featured in the seventh.  

Maybe it's an accidental thing, maybe it's a deliberate clue.  But 
it just seems strange.  I don't expect her to go into the kind of 
detail you are suggesting, of course not.  Were it not for those 
four extra words, I doubt I'd even have noticed anything.  But why 
add 'that he's featured in?'  It seems almost unnecessary.  

JMO

Hannah