possible theory as to who might die in book 7 and alchemy parallels

[sudeeel]

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> Geoff:

> Actually, to be pedantic "rubeus" means "produced from a bramble". Now 
> there's an interesting thought re Hagrid!!!?
> 
> The adjectival colour red is "ruber" and when used of hair 
> colour "rufus" - as with the nickname applied to William II (William 
> Rufus).

sudeeel:

According to Google, there are more than 17,000 cites linking rubeus
with red (including the dictionary.com definition of ruby, which says
the origin goes back to the Latin rubeus, meaning red) and less than
100 linking rubeus to bramble. (That's eliminating cites that have the
word "Hagrid" in both cases.) And Wikipedia gives both definitions. So
I think rubeus can definitely be interpreted as meaning red.

sudeeel